Hybrid electric cars should be banned from motorway chargepoints because they are taking too long, experts warn RAC Foundation warns plug-in hybrid electric cars should be banned from using motorway chargepoints It says some of them are blocking equipment required for battery-only vehicles  The latest battery-only cars need just five minutes at the quickest chargepoints But it takes almost an […]

Yellow Vest protesters erect a GUILLOTINE bearing French President’s political party name amid revolt that will force Macron to address the nation tonight Yellow Vest protesters erected the guillotine bearing the slogan En Marche! in a threat to Emmanuel Macron  The move came after another weekend of rioting swept France, leaving dozens hurt and hundreds in custody Macron, who has […]

Santiago:  Chile has become the latest country to pull out of a controversial United Nations migration pact, its Interior Ministry indicated, provoking fury among opposition parties who accused Sebastian Pinera’s government of “shameful and authoritarian” behaviour. Rodrigo Ubilla, Chile's Interior Ministry sub-secretary, told Chilean Sunday paper El Mercurio in an interview that the country's representatives would not attend the event to […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Global investors managing $32 trillion in assets have called on governments to accelerate steps to combat climate change, as policymakers meet for talks at a United Nations conference in Poland. A total of 415 investors from across the world including UBS Asset Management and Aberdeen Standard Investments signed the 2018 Global Investor Statement to Governments on Climate […]

Grandads get fewer Christmas presents than the family pet, with the average Brit spending £999 on buying gifts for 27 people, study reveals A survey found that family pets receive more presents than grandfathers  Children receive the most presents from individual family members, study says  The poll found the average amount of gifts received decreases with age One exception was […]

Shoppers warned against buying ‘rip-off’ Christmas vouchers that expire in APRIL, as a fifth more complain about gift cards than a year ago Research shows that many are riddled with hidden fees and exclusions  Spending on both gift cards and e-vouchers rose by seven per cent last year  Resolver said complaints about gift cards increase a fifth more than a year […]

The Times has discovered more than 100 cases in which young people who broadcast online have been manipulated into taking part in inappropriate sexual behaviour. Many of the groomers had reportedly promised THE youngsters thousands of extra subscribers if they agreed to their seedy requests. It's reported YouTube failed to remove half the live-streamed videos showing the sexual exploitation of children […]

Israeli officials say seven people have been wounded, one critically, in a shooting by a suspected Palestinian assailant outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. The Magen David Adom rescue service said the Israelis were standing at a bus stop at the entrance to Ofra, a settlement in the northern West Bank, when they were shot. The rescue service […]

The world’s oldest known wild seabird has laid another egg. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the Laysan albatross named Wisdom appeared at her nest site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife refuge last month. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports biologists confirm she laid the egg. Wisdom and her mate return to the same site on Midway Atoll each year. Laysan albatrosses […]

Dozens of people bearing flowers or stuffed animals attended a funeral for a newborn girl found dead last summer along a Southern California highway. Authorities in Riverside County continue to investigate the death of the baby whose identity remains a mystery. The service on Thursday was organized in part by police officers and firefighters, the Press-Enterprise reported. Jon Castillo, a […]