Motoring

  • BusinessPA Media: UK News

    Strongest start to year for used car sales since 2019, says trade body

    The 6.5% increase in the first quarter marked 16 months of successive growth.

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  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    Ask the Expert: Which estate can easily load my folded wheelchair?

    My folding electric wheelchair just about fits my 2018 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, but only with a lot of lifting and shunting about. I want an estate car that has a level load area and can accommodate the wheelchair (which is 960mm long, 450mm high and 680mm wide) straight in. My budget is £18,000, which includes the part-exchange on the Toyota. I would prefer a petrol engine; an Audi A6 Avant 2.0 TFSI S Line seems to fit the bill. Is this a good choice? What are the alternatives?

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  • NewsThe Guardian

    How Iran has intensified its crackdown on women under cover of war

    Iran's 'morality police' have intensified their crackdown on women defying hijab rules in several cities over the past week in the shadows of the country’s conflict with Israel. Footage circulating online shows an increased number of officials patrolling streets since 12 April and, in some cases, violently dragging women into the back of white vans. It comes after the police chief, Abbas Ali Mohammadian, announced a new phase to crack down on women defying the hijab rules. Some people in Iran ar

  • NewsThe Guardian

    Spears stolen by Cook returned to Aboriginal owners after more than 250 years

    The first objects the British took from Botany Bay in Australia have been handed back to their rightful owners. Four spears were handed back to the Aboriginal community of La Perouse, including direct descendants of the Gweagal people who crafted them, during a ceremony at Trinity College at Cambridge in the UK.

  • NewsThe Guardian

    Should Australia go nuclear? Why Peter Dutton's plan could be an atomic failure

    Year in, year out, there's a good chance someone in politics has suggested nuclear power as an answer to Australia's energy problems. Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley explains why. Modern-day nuclear energy is climate friendly compared with coal and gas. But going nuclear isn't practical for Australia – and it's an idea that's more than likely coming directly from the Coalition's 'delaying action on climate change' handbook.

  • NewsThe Guardian

    What's behind the fight between Elon Musk's X and Australia's eSafety commissioner?

    Elon Musk is at war with Australia — in particular Australia's online safety regulator — due to videos that were circulating on his platform after an alleged stabbing at a church in Sydney last week. After the eSafety commissioner requested all social media platforms to remove video of the stabbing from their platforms, X made the videos unavailable to view within Australia, but they're still available to watch both outside of Australia. Now, X and the eSafety commissioner are fighting it out in

  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Electric carmakers ‘breaking the law’ by failing to collect scrapped batteries

    Electric carmakers are breaking the law by allowing batteries from scrapped vehicles to pile up in scrapyards, a senior industry figure has claimed.

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