Yes, it's a shame that the Sunday Times has gone to subscription only on line, as that article makes very interesting reading.
It says it's based on a restricted document that has come into their possession which lists over 100 faults with the aircraft including: Nose gear that sticks, bomb bay doors that don't open correctly (the first ones into service would have not been able to use the Bomb bay), engine bays that overheated and had gaps in the fire walls, aileron controls that could have been disabled by a bird strike, limitations for operating in icing conditions and even worse the design fault that caused the loss in Afghanistan was still there.
A BAE spokesman said they were working to sort them out and were confident the could have been rectified.
Considering it was 12 years late? exactly what had they been doing all that time?