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Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035 | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
Major carmakers privately lobbied the UK government to revoke a ban on new petrol and diesel cars after 2035, according to documents that reveal for the first time the efforts to overturn a key decarbonisation policy.BMW, Ford, Nissan and Toyota, plus the parts maker Bosch, wrote a joint letter to ministers in April calling for…
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Why Scotland’s cinematic Moray coast made it a perfect location to shoot The Odyssey | Scotland holidays
The incoming tide has made a labyrinth of the beach. As silvery rivulets spread across Culbin Sands to meet the mudflats, my walk becomes increasingly circuitous: weaving inland towards the pine forest, backtracking closer to the waves, skirting tidal pools and scaling dunes constantly resculpted by the North Sea breeze.In this shapeshifting stretch of north-east…
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‘Overdue reunion’: aviation hero’s long lost granddaughter uncovers secret past | Second world war
In the spring of 1944, Elsie Barber, a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, had a fling with a Royal Air Force pilot named Arthur Brown, known as Buster. The liaison at the RAF base near High Ercall in Shropshire was clandestine. She was 24 and single, he was a recently married 21-year-old.Buster died…
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Kayak death, jail settlement, bridge standoff among TNT’s top stories
Also Wednesday, a huge Pierce County warehouse sale.
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Montana U.S. Senate candidates hold firm as calls to drop out grow
ANACONDA — While there’s growing debate in Montana political circles over whether one of them should drop out of the race for U.S. Senate, for the moment Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead and independent candidate Seth Bodnar are both continuing on with their campaigns and making their cases to voters.“We’re planning to win in a four-way…
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Shooting investigation blocks US 2 at I-5 in Everett
The Brief All eastbound lanes of U.S. 2 in Everett were closed for hours after a possible road rage shooting on Wednesday.The closure happened between I-5 and Homeacres Road, and authorities closed the highway for an investigation.There were no reports of any injuries. SEATTLE – All lanes of eastbound US 2 were closed for hours…
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‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids | Taiwan
Walking out of one of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent bookstores, hands behind her back but head held high, the woman’s T-shirt was emblazoned with a simple slogan: “I am a bookstore employee”.Escorted by police, the woman was among five people arrested during raids on two bookstores last week, suspected of displaying and selling publications…
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Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander apologizes to Courtney Stodden for ‘inappropriate’ sketch made when she was a teenager | Television
Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has apologized to the model Courtney Stodden for a decade-old comedy sketch in which he rubbed a mobile phone on her breasts when she was 17, saying, “It was inappropriate and I truly regret it”.Stodden made international headlines in 2011 when she married her ex-husband, The Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison,…
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Missouri sues Kansas City, alleging discrimination against white people and men
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced a lawsuit against Kansas City, claiming a program discriminate against white people.
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UW report: WA driver data used for immigration arrests
SEATTLE – The University of Washington Center for Human Rights says federal immigration agents have continued accessing Washington drivers’ information through a national law enforcement data-sharing system, despite state laws intended to limit cooperation with civil immigration enforcement. The center’s latest update to its research says it has now confirmed 58 cases where Washingtonians were…