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Filmmaker Richard E Grant has criticised the government for the “very poor standard” of food provided with his £228-a-day hotel quarantine. Grant, 64, says he was forced to quarantine at a four-star Holiday Inn at Gatwick Airport after being “caught by red region restrictions”. “I went to southern Africa to visit my 90-year-old mother and

Tesla has started to push a new Full Self-Driving Beta software update (version 10.6) to its fleet with improved object detection. It’s the latest step in the long road to improve the FSD package and deliver on a promise to customers that has been delayed several times. Tesla is currently slowly rolling out what it

For the first time ever, this year’s MOBO Awards will “celebrate the artistry” of drill rap. A new category is being introduced to the ceremony, which showcases the best black music in the UK, Africa, the Caribbean and beyond. MOBO founder and CEO Kanya King told Sky News: “What’s important is for the MOBOs to

I’m an electric bicycle guy through and through. You’ve probably seen me riding and testing any number of dozens of electric bicycles in the last few months – hundreds in the last year or two. So I’ve seen just about everything the e-bike industry has to offer, or at least I thought I had. That

During a recent media event in Brussels, Toyota Europe outlined a plan for a 100% CO2 reduction in all-new vehicle sales in the market by 2035. This “goal” will be preceded by a sales mix of at least 50% zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in Western Europe by 2030. On a broader scale, Toyota Motor Corporation continues

Tesla is working on integrating vehicle sharing into its app, which could be a step further toward the long-awaited “Tesla Network” launch. CEO Elon Musk said that one of the core goals of the design of the Model 3 (and Model Y later) was to build the electric car around self-driving and car-sharing/ride-sharing capability. Things

In 2013, the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered buried in the garden of a house on the outskirts of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. The remains turned out to be those of Patricia Wycherley, 63, and her 85-year-old husband William, whose neighbours thought had packed up and left to go travelling 15 years

Toyota has reportedly partnered with China’s BYD to build a new affordable electric car to launch next year. The Japanese automaker has widely been recognized as a laggard in the transition to electric vehicles. Years of betting on hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid vehicles has put Toyota behind on battery-electric vehicles. The automaker only recently

Alec Baldwin has said he does not feel guilt over the fatal film-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins – and that there is “only one question to be resolved – where did the live round come from?” Speaking in his first interview since the gun he was holding fired and killed Ms Hutchins on the

Intruders have been removed from the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! castle set in the second security breach of this series, ITV has said. The latest incident happened as Storm Arwen hit the area and contestants had been evacuated as high winds battered Gwrych Castle in North Wales. In a statement, an

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares made some interesting comments that amounted to claiming that electric vehicles are being “imposed” on them and that they don’t know how to make them profitably. Prior to becoming Stellantis, Fiat Chrysler was seen as a laggard in the race to electrification and the PSA Group wasn’t exactly a leader either.

The original house from the 1990 film Home Alone will be available to rent on Airbnb during the festive period. The holiday rental platform has announced people will be able to rent the McCallisters’ home, in the Chicago area, on 12 December. Up to four guests will be able to stay in the house for

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) developer Volocopter announced a joint venture with the sustainable development of NEOM in Saudi Arabia to design, implement, and operate the world’s first bespoke public eVTOL mobility system. The initial order is for 15 Volocopter aircraft that will begin initial operation in the next two to three years. If you’ve never

Alec Baldwin broke down in tears in his first interview since Halyna Hutchins was shot dead on a film set – and insisted he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed her. The actor-producer shot and killed the cinematographer when a prop gun he was holding went off during filming for the

Tesla’s head of AI has released new footage of the automaker’s auto labeling tool for its self-driving effort. It’s expected to be an important accelerator in improving Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta. Labeling data for self-driving Tesla is often said to have a massive lead in self-driving data thanks to having equipped all its cars with

Covering her dance partner Giovanni Pernice’s ears as the music faded to silence, Rose Ayling-Ellis – Strictly Come Dancing’s first deaf contestant – gave millions a brief but poignant insight into her experience on the show. Those 15 seconds or so during the couple’s routine to Symphony by Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson were immediately

The trailer for the Sex And The City reboot has dropped, showing Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York back in action. The HBO/Sky show And Just Like That… will see the women navigating dating and friendship in their 50s – 20 years after the original show aired. The new clip for the show opens

The cost of electric vehicle battery packs has fallen to $132 per kWh – continuing decades of cost improvements. However, it might go up over the next year as increased material prices are catching up to incremental cost improvements. Price per kWh is the metric used to track the price of batteries. It can be

Adele has cemented her place as part of pop music royalty by announcing a Las Vegas residency next year. The Easy On Me singer, who recently released her fourth studio album 30, will perform weekend shows at the Colosseum theatre at the world-famous Caesars Palace in Nevada. Called Weekends With Adele, the 33-year-old star will