We believe in freedom Free press. Free speech. Free markets. If you share these values, join us today. | | Independent businesses can be found across Shrewsbury in Shropshire | Cities provide thrills and bustle. Villages offer quiet and escape. But market towns – quintessentially British locales, hovering between rural and urban – offer something different.
There are around 1,275 of them in England alone, but what makes a truly great market town? Sarah Baxter, our UK holiday expert, has chosen 12 must-have ingredients, along with 12 towns worthy of a weekend away (or, at the very least, a day of retail therapy).
Her list includes Shrewsbury, whose thriving market has been crowned the country’s best for three years in a row; Ledbury, packed with lovely timber-framed buildings, including a 17th-century market hall; Clitheroe, known for its tiny ruined castle, high quality of life and numerous independent shops; and Chipping Campden, which combines architectural elegance with some curious British traditions.
Read the article to see her selection in full, and head to the comments to share your own favourites.
Continue reading ➤ | | Epping sex offender appears free in Chelmsford |  | Charles Hymas Home Affairs Editor | Sir Keir Starmer is facing yet another crisis following the accidental release from prison of the Epping Hotel asylum seeker who sparked nationwide protests after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
Ethiopian Hadush Kebatu, 38, who came to Britain on a small boat, was meant to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported, but was mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford.
Prison service sources said it appeared to have been “human error” as he had been wrongly categorised as a prisoner due to be released on licence rather than a foreign offender scheduled for transfer to a removal centre.
To rub salt into the wounds for prison authorities, he was given the standard £76 subsistence payment, money intended to cover a freed prisoner’s first week’s expenses, before being allowed to leave the jail without any escort.
The error – described by a justice source as “the mother of all f---ups” – could not have come at a worse time for the PM after an electoral catastrophe in Caerphilly.
The fast-track deportation of foreign criminals and ramped-up returns of illegal migrants have been a cornerstone of his fight back on immigration. Yet this blunder comes just days after a Channel migrant deported under the PM’s one in, one out deal returned to Britain in a small boat.
As former prime minister Harold Macmillan famously noted: “Events, dear boy, events.”
Read the full story ➤ | | Camilla Tominey This notion of total concealment has been developed and enforced almost exclusively by men Continue reading ➤ Matthew Lynn Labour is intent on destroying one of Britain’s most successful industries Continue reading ➤ Robert Jenrick Why Jess Phillips must resign Continue reading ➤ | Sharpen your talking points Explore incisive opinion from Britain’s leading comment writers | | I have long been curious about Marina Wheeler, a lawyer we would most probably never have heard of were it not for her famous – now infamous – ex-husband, one Boris Johnson, writes Judith Woods. Where he was ever the politician, glad-handing and ebullient in public, she always looked decidedly out of place. But it was widely recognised that her keen intellect dwarfed his. I wanted to know what really led Euro-agnostic Johnson to spearhead the Leave campaign in the EU referendum – it turns out her opinion was pivotal. Meeting to discuss her new book, A More Perfect Union: The EU We Need, I expected her to be, at best, humourless and, at worst, terse. I could not have been more wrong. Continue reading ➤ | |  | | When it comes to travel, seemingly insignificant errors can have big repercussions. Take your passport. Even slight damage, such as a small tear, is sufficient grounds for a border officer to turn you away. Then there are the EU’s rather confusing passport expiration rules, which have seen thousands of holidays ruined in recent years. We run through all the most common travel mistakes, and explain how to avoid them. Continue reading ➤ | | | Peter Reid was one of the most combative and cherished midfielders in the 1980s. He was the heartbeat of a hugely successful Everton side and is now a charismatic figure with many stories to tell. Jason Burt spent an hour in his company and found him full of laughs and incredible memories – from missing out on Diego Maradona’s shirt which was later auctioned for £7 million and being verbally abused at a Merseyside derby only to look into the crowd and realise it was coming from his Uncle Arthur. Continue reading ➤ | | | When the latest employment figures were published last week, The Telegraph’s data team noticed a stark statistic: the rate of unemployment in the London borough of Newham had shot up to 8.7 per cent, almost four percentage points above the national average. Why? We visited the area and heard how a huge influx of migrants has transformed life in the already deprived neighbourhood. Continue reading ➤ | | | The Chevening Scholarship is supposed to be one of the most prestigious study abroad programmes in the world, and has received more than £500m in taxpayer funding over the past decade. But a Telegraph investigation has found that each year, hundreds of foreign students are being paid to come to the UK to study courses such as video games, queer studies and social media. Continue reading ➤ | | | As the price of fertility treatment has soared, the number of online forums, where men offer their sperm to women who cannot afford a licensed clinic, has ballooned. Natasha Leake investigates a black market putting users at risk and raising the possibility of thousands of untracked conceptions. Continue reading ➤ | | | When Chris Jones took up cycling in his late forties, he weighed 17 stone and struggled to ride 5km. Now, at 55, he has not only dropped five stone but has improved sleep quality and feels more energised at work. Whether it’s a short ride or an intense workout, here are the health benefits you need to know. Continue reading ➤
Below are two more articles that I hope will brighten your weekend: | Andrew Baker’s Saturday Quiz |
Gather round for the latest instalment of my Saturday quiz.
You can find the answers at the end of the newsletter. - Which king led the English forces in the celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt on this day in 1415?
- The battle was fought on the shared saints’ day of which two similarly named saints?
- Which saint is the patron of Ethiopia, Catalonia, the Scouts, the Brazilian fire service and England?
- What is the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia?
- Which prime minister took Britain into the European Communities in 1973?
| Weekends are for sharing How to please the fussiest of guests this autumn | Pear and sage smash gin cocktail recipe |  | Eleanor Steafel Feature writer and recipe columnist | It’s time to really bed in and embrace autumnal fare this weekend. Let’s begin with the important bit – tonight’s cocktail. I always default to a martini, but Claire Thomson’s pear, sage and gin concoction is the perfect sharpener for this time of year. Ginger syrup, pear juice, fresh sage, gin and ice. Doesn’t that just sound like a good way to kick off your Saturday evening?
| Tear-and-share za’atar and mozzarella rolls | You’ll need something to nibble with that. I’m tempted by these tear-and-share za’atar and mozzarella rolls. Or maybe these anchovy straws.
| Sausage and butter bean casserole with baked potato, shallot and squash skewers | Then it’s time for something hearty, like this sausage and butterbean casserole with potato, shallot and squash skewers. Or perhaps beef shin chilli would hit the spot, with black beans and pumpkin? If you’re in a fishy frame of mind, Diana Henry’s smoked haddock gratin is a lovely thing. Then we’re baking apples. Mark Hix’s recipe, with its nutty, cider brandy butter filling and a pastry case, is the perfect autumnal pud.
Happy cooking, and see you next Saturday!
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The solution to yesterday’s clue was OBLIQUELY. Come back tomorrow for the answer to today’s puzzle. | | Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor
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