dimanche 29 mars 2026

Six ways to reset your health this spring

Qatar’s crisis threatens to hit Britain | The retirees refusing to downsize
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Sunday, 29 March 2026

Issue No. 399

Good morning.

Spring is here, and with it, for many, comes the introduction of new habits. In his latest column, Prof Tim Spector, our Health Expert, encourages you to rethink your breakfast, and offers six swaps to make healthier choices.

Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor

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In today’s edition

War has sent Qatar reeling. It spells danger for Britain

The retirees refusing to downsize and living it larger

Plus, ‘I’m an expert on Greece. This is my honest review of every (major) island’

Spring Sale: A whole year for just £25

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Prof Tim Spector: Six easy ways to reset your gut health this spring

Swapping your breakfast cereal for a bowl of full-fat yogurt and berries is an easy way to boost your fibre intake

Tim Spector

Tim Spector

Health Expert

 

If you’re one of the four in 10 people in the UK having cereal or toast for breakfast, it’s probably bringing down the quality of your diet. Virtually no breakfast cereal or supermarket bread is good for you. Even if you choose muesli and granola, there are very few types that are actually healthy, despite the tempting labels.

Spring is a good time to rethink your breakfast, your diet and, now the weather is starting to get warmer, make more time for exercise. At the start of the year, we generally don’t go out much and we’re a bit more miserable. We look for ways to reward ourselves, often by eating and drinking more than usual. Now is a chance to think about our diet differently – not so much for comfort, perhaps more for energy and health.

So this week, I’m bringing you a three-part spring reset: things I know that work for me that I hope will work for you too.

One way I do this is by having a bowl of full-fat yogurt, kefir, mixed berries and my Zoe Daily 30 mix (a supplement containing seeds, nuts, legumes, herbs, spices and mushrooms) for breakfast most days during the week. I have some variant of a shakshuka with eggs at the weekend for brunch. Both options are full of fibre, variety and protein to keep me energised through the morning, support my gut health and fill me up.

Here are my other five ideas for diet tweaks this season that should leave you feeling brighter with more energy.
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Plus, in the next edition of our Healthy Living newsletter, I’ll also reveal everything you need to do this season to boost your fitness and sleep.
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Opinion

Jake Wallis Simons Headshot

Jake Wallis Simons

The spectre of JD Vance hovers over America’s war effort

The most isolationist voice in Trump’s inner circle has entered the fray as lead negotiator despite an uneasy relationship with Netanyahu

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<span style="color:#DE0000;">Zoe Strimpel</span> Headshot

Zoe Strimpel

If foreigners must pay to visit museums, so should we

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<span style="color:#DE0000;">Daniel Hannan</span> Headshot

Daniel Hannan

Britain should slap sanctions on any country demanding slavery reparations

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Matt Cartoon
 

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Weekend reads

Questions are mounting about Qatar’s plans for its mountain of cash locked up in Britain – and the potential fallout for the UK economy

War has sent Qatar reeling. It spells danger for Britain

Iran’s missile attack on Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas plant also hit the global gas market and incinerated Qatar’s own economic prospects. As Hans van Leeuwen explains, the Gulf monarchy is scrambling to rescue its economy. The country’s £40bn British investments, from hotels to major retailers, could soon feel the impact.

This piece of analysis is only available to subscribers.

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The Milehams’ five-bedroom home gives them plenty of room for their interests, four dogs and to accommodate their grandson

The retirees refusing to downsize and living it larger

Robert Mileham and his wife, Pauline, wanted to expand their horizons in retirement, rather than “sitting around doing less, waiting to die”. Defying convention, the couple swapped their home in Surrey for a five-bed property near the Norfolk coast. In the process, they found space for Pauline’s arts and crafts and Robert’s model soldier collection.

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Pussycat Dolls

Reunited trio (left to right): Kimberly Wyatt, Nicole Scherzinger and Ashley Roberts

The Pussycat Dolls: ‘The music business is still pitting women against each other’

Twenty years since their debut album PCD made them one of the best-selling girl groups of the 21st century, the Pussycat Dolls are back. The reunited trio – Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt – have been busy in the interim. Scherzinger won a Tony and Olivier award for Sunset Boulevard; Roberts and Wyatt are British radio mainstays. They speak candidly about their reconciliation and the challenges still facing women in music today.

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Nikola Brindley, 36, has been left disabled after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in July 2021

‘My organs shut down, now I’m in a wheelchair’: The lives ruined by Covid jabs

Hours after dental nurse Nikola Brindley received her AstraZeneca Covid jab, a severe reaction began shutting down her organs. Today, she relies on a wheelchair. Although the rollout prevented millions of deaths, thousands of serious reactions have been recorded. Yet with 98 per cent of UK compensation claims rejected, those left with life-changing conditions face a desperate battle for support.

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Simon Briggs, pictured in the inset as a teenager, treasures the memory of Jack Russell receiving a standing ovation at Lord’s in 1988

Simon Briggs: Jack Russell made me fall in love with sport. What did it for you?

Do you remember your earliest visit to a real, live sporting event? For those who go on to become fans, that first step through the gates often lodges in the mind as vividly as a first kiss. Simon Briggs describes a formative trip to Lord’s and invites readers to tell your own stories about the moment you fell in love with sport.
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What is your most formative sporting memory? Let us know here for a chance to appear in a future edition of the newsletter.

 

Richard Keys and his wife, Lucie, address some myths about their marriage

Richard Keys interview: I didn’t leave my wife for Lucie when she had cancer

A message arrived that Richard Keys wanted to meet. Contrary to expectations, his idea was not to discuss his return home to the UK from Qatar, but to talk in unsparing detail about his personal life. Even as he prepares to step away from the TV screens, he clearly has no intention of slipping quietly into the shadows, writes Oliver Brown.
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Your Sunday

‘I’m an expert on Greece. This is my honest review of every (major) island’

The pretty harbour village of Agia Marina on the Greek island of Leros

It would be easy to think that one Greek island is pretty much like another, writes Heidi Fuller-love. However, in my decades of exploring them, I’ve discovered plenty of differences, from culture and music to food. So which destinations should be on your travel bucket list, and which aren’t worth the effort? Here’s my candid verdict.

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The 1% club

Try some of the questions from our newest puzzle, the 1% Club, based on the hit TV show. Play this week’s game for free here. Answers can be found at the bottom of the newsletter.

 

One great life

Daphne Selfe, the world’s oldest model, whose career took off when she was rediscovered at 70

Daphne Self

Daphne Selfe in 2019 at the offices of her agency, Models 1

When she was in her mid-80s, Daphne Selfe, who has died aged 97, earned a place in The Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest professional model, writes Andrew M Brown, Obituaries Editor.

She had first been scouted as a model in 1949, but as her life unfolded she devoted herself to bringing up her family, while doing some TV commercials and modelling clothes in department stores.

It was in 1998, at the age of 70, that Daphne Selfe was rediscovered and experienced global success. Vogue hired her as part of a feature on ageing, and she was soon doing catwalk shows for DKNY, Dolce & Gabbana and others, and being photographed by the leading fashion snappers.

There were assignments across the world for Olay, Evian and Nivea and by 2010, aged 82, she was judged “Britain’s oldest working model”. It was not a phrase she liked, since it made her sound like a Heath Robinson contraption. In 2015 she was given an entry in The Guinness Book of World Records.

Daphne Selfe, who was still working into her tenth decade, put her fine complexion down to a diet of vegetables and water – with the occasional slice of cake and glass of champagne. For skincare, she swore by Nivea.
Read the full obituary

 

Puzzles

Panagram

Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including PlusWord, Sorted, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.


 

Yesterday’s Panagram was FORECOURT. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle.

 

Thank you for reading.

Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor

P.S. Please share your thoughts on the newsletter here.

Quiz answers:

  1. Foundation 65%: Crocodile | COD is in croCODile
  2. The Ascent 25%: 25 || 8 fingers + 6 fingers + 8 toes + 3 toes = 25
  3. The Summit 10%: 39415687 || The smallest number that can be made from 5, 7, 39, 41 and 68 is 39415687
 

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samedi 28 mars 2026

Britain’s immigration addiction

All the tax changes and price rises coming in April | Trump’s war in Iran puts US where China wants it
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Saturday, 28 March 2026

Issue No. 398

Good morning.

Reducing immigration may be politically popular, but it could cause the public sector to collapse. Ben Butcher, our Data Editor, reveals why Britain is finally about to face the true consequences of failing to train a British-born workforce.

Elsewhere, Lauren Davidson, our Executive Money Editor, walks you through all the financial changes that await you in April, and how you can protect your money.

Chris Evans, Editor

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In today’s edition

Trump’s war in Iran puts US where China wants it

The one item my teenage self couldn’t live without

Plus, how inclusive Iceland succumbed to ‘trans madness’

Spring Sale: A whole year for just £25

Enjoy full access to our free-thinking journalism for less than 50p per week

 

For decades, the public sector has relied on immigrant workers. Now, it faces collapse

Ben Butcher

Ben Butcher

Data Editor

 

Immigration is falling quickly. Having reached a peak of almost one million in 2023, net migration has now plummeted to 204,000 in the latest annual figures. This decline is expected to continue as a growing number of “tough-on-immigration” policies kick in.

Politically, at least, this decline had to happen: the rise of Reform having sent shockwaves through the establishment. However, a sustained reversal will also highlight the follies of almost three decades of government policy. For years, mass migration has been the “sticking plaster” for dire recruitment and retention in the public sector – a tactic which started with Tony Blair and continued right up to the “Boriswave” a quarter of a century later.

The result is a public sector hugely reliant on foreign labour – from doctors to teachers to HMRC call handlers – which now must either be wholly rethought in a low-immigration environment or face collapse.

To see just how dramatic this situation is, The Telegraph has carried out a sector-by-sector audit of state services and their reliance on immigrant workers, highlighting the severity of this crisis, and revealing just how difficult it will be to fix.

This essay is available to subscribers only.
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All the tax changes and price rises coming in April

Lauren Davidson

Lauren Davidson

Executive Money Editor

 

It’s April 1 next week, but this is no joking matter. The new month brings with it a cacophony of financial changes that only a fool would ignore.

First, the good news: the typical household’s energy bills will fall by seven per cent, or £117 a year, from Wednesday due to the reduction in the energy price cap. However, this drop is likely to be short-lived. Oil price shocks from the Iran war are predicted to push the cap from £1,641 to £1,801 in July. Shop around for a cheaper fixed-term deal and lock in before the summer.

Elsewhere, most costs are going up from April. Most council tax bills will rise by 4.9 per cent, which is £111 for an average Band D house. Use our calculator to see how much more you’ll pay. Also going up next week are water bills, car taxes, mobile phone and broadband prices and the cost of a TV licence.

Hot on the heels of price rise day comes the start of the new tax year on April 6, which will also leave most people lighter of pocket. Farms, family businesses and Aim-listed shares will incur more inheritance tax, dividend taxes will rise by two pence in the pound and the dreaded Making Tax Digital finally arrives for sole traders and landlords with more than £50,000 of income (find the best software to use here).

Fret not, for you still have time to act to protect your money. Don’t miss out on the essential tips in these guides.
Read our full April guide

12 ways to maximise your tax-free allowances before April 6

Best cash Isas: Today’s latest rates

The 25 best funds for your Isa – picked by our experts

 

Opinion

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Matthew Lynn

Bosses are right to boycott Reeves’s show trials

Declining invitations to Downing Street in the current climate is absolutely the correct decision

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Charles Moore

You can’t just Google a fix for the BBC crisis – it needs to find a proper editor

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Lewis Page

No, Mr President, the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers are not ‘toys’

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Matt Cartoon
 

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weekend reads

Trump’s war puts the US where China wants it

Chinese troops march during a parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of the Second World War

With every missile the US launches in Iran, concern is growing among its allies in Asia, writes Allegra Mendelson, our Asia Correspondent. What was a distant and confined conflict is now having repercussions on the Western security umbrella across the continent. It is a development that will be secretly welcomed in the halls of Beijing, experts told me.
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Trump wants ‘pay to play’ Nato

 

Michael Grade said the corporation’s handling of its recent woes was ‘unforgivable’

Michael Grade: ‘The BBC can’t go asking for more and more money, it’s just not on’

As the only person to have headed up Channel 4, the BBC and ITV, you could argue Michael Grade is better placed than anyone to talk about how to run a public service broadcaster. The outgoing chairman of Ofcom tells Anita Singh that he’s not impressed by the BBC and how it has dealt with allegations of bias, and admits he feels no sympathy for Tim Davie, the chairman who was forced to resign.

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Were you devoted to your Walkman? Did you buy every issue of Smash Hits? Telegraph writers share their adolescent prized possessions

The one item my teenage self couldn’t live without

Many of us have standout memories from our teenage years: a first kiss or heartbreak, a formative holiday or dreaded exams. Which singular item would you choose to represent your own adolescence? With the announcement of a new Museum of Youth Culture opening in London, Telegraph writers select the items they would submit, from Smash Hits magazine to film cameras.

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Icelander Ina Steinke told Julie Bindel that she feared free speech was under threat in her country

How inclusive Iceland succumbed to ‘trans madness’

Once a beacon of progress, Iceland has adopted an authoritarian approach to gender politics, writes Julie Bindel. Those who don’t agree that it’s safe for children to change sex are ostracised, or worse. I spoke to citizens who are terrified for the future, and fear the encroaching indoctrination. This is a cautionary tale for other countries, including our own.

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Britain’s brewing habits have become a surprisingly revealing marker of taste

What your coffee maker says about you

Britons now drink 98 million cups of coffee a day, turning our brewing habits into a ruthless marker of taste. From the instant coffee die-hards (80 per cent of us still buy it) to the V60 devotees reading Camus, and stovetop aficionados who like their morning brew tasting of “rocket fuel”, Tomé Morrissey-Swan decodes the tribal world of home caffeine.

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Your Saturday

  • Eat (or don’t) | A versatile store cupboard staple, baked beans are nutritious and provide protein and fibre, but how healthy are they really? We spoke to the experts to find out.
  • Play | The Telegraph has conducted an in-depth study of the class system, to generate an entirely new social order, defined by the British public themselves. Take our test to find out where you fit in.
  • Walk | Our expert has chosen the most scenic South Downs walks, each starting and ending at a characterful country pub. Take in the spring air and try one this weekend.
  • Discuss | England supporters felt crushed by the end of the 2025-26 Ashes series. We’re creating a readers’ manifesto, to right the wrongs of this debacle. How would you fix the Test team? Let us know here.
  • Drink | If you’re trying to save the pennies, finding a decent bottle of wine for under £10 is devilishly difficult. Here are the best six to try.
 

Diana’s Weekend table

Spring shoots

Artichoke, broad bean and shallot salad with saffron dressing

Diana Henry

Diana Henry

The Telegraph’s award-winning cookery writer

 

Spring is in the air, which means I feel compelled to sort out the freezer. I’m not a very tidy person but this time of year means I can’t fight the urge to “sort things out”. It’s a blessing that this urge comes, as it’s rare. I couldn’t believe the number of broad beans in the freezer – packets half emptied, packets with a trickle in the bottom. They have to come out. Even when broad beans are in season I often use frozen because the amount of beans you have to remove from their fur-lined pods to make anything decent takes ages. One of my favourite uses for them is in a simple salad with artichokes, shallots, pine nuts and raisins.

Herbed tomato and onion galette

Many of us have a stash of frozen puff pastry and filo pastry “just in case” it’s needed. I don’t “need” to make this lovely tomato galette but you can’t keep pastry in the freezer for ever. This will make your kitchen feel like summer isn’t far away. The mascarpone layer under the tomatoes is what makes this brilliant. It’s more than a regular tomato tart.

Stir-fried prawns with sugar-snap peas, Thai basil, chilli and lime

I quite often stash a packet of king prawns in the freezer “for a treat”. Then I forget about them. The flavour will deteriorate the longer they are in there so it’s time to whip them out and actually cook a treat. This stir-fry with sugar-snap peas, chilli and lime is the loveliest and simplest dish. Use Thai basil if you can find it, but most vegetables that you can stir fry (green beans, peas, purple sprouting broccoli) will work here. As well as a freezer clear-out you can do a bit of a fridge raid.

Find me here every Saturday and in the new Recipes Newsletter, which you can sign up to here.

Happy cooking!

 

Andrew Baker’s Saturday Quiz


Gather round for the latest instalment of my Saturday quiz.

  1. Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who was born on this day in 1819, created in London a “wonder of the industrial world”. What was it?
  2. Which is the only one of the original “seven wonders of the world” cited in the sixteenth-century text Octo Mundi Miracula, to survive today?
  3. What kind of cat does Alice meet in Wonderland?
  4. What is the largest member of the cat family (Felidae)?
  5. Who was the first woman to take her seat as a member of parliament in 1919?
 

You can find the answers at the end of the newsletter.

 

Puzzles

Panagram

Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including PlusWord, Sorted, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.


 

Yesterday’s Panagram was MITHERING. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle.

 

Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow.

Chris Evans, Editor

P.S. Please send me your thoughts on this newsletter. You can email me here.

Quiz answers:

  1. The sewage system
  2. The Great Pyramid of Giza
  3. Cheshire
  4. Tiger
  5. Nancy Astor
 

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