UK car production slumps to 66-year low but improvement expected ahead
UK car production fell to its lowest level since 1956 last year, according to industry figures showing that the global shortage of parts continued to drag on performance.
UK car production fell to its lowest level since 1956 last year, according to industry figures showing that the global shortage of parts continued to drag on performance.
Clare Drakeford, the wife of Wales’s First Minister Mark Drakeford, has died suddenly, the Welsh Government has announced.
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While some singers might not think sending a drunk video on private message to an artist asking to join their tour will work, for Rachel Chinouriri it did. The up-and-coming singer from London revealed in a Twitter thread the wild way she managed to secure a place on Lewis Capaldi's upcoming European tour, which starts in Warsaw, Poland, on 13 February. Chinouriri said she was scrolling through Instagram and spotted that the Scottish pop star had followed her and tagged her in a story of himself singing her song - I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Trying).
Six women have been given suspended sentences after being convicted of criminal damage.
Elena Rybakina said she struggled with the "pressure" and aggression from Aryna Sabalenka in falling to defeat in the Australian Open final on Saturday."With Aryna now, the score is 0-4," Rybakina said.
Africa's Lake Victoria is a source of joy and livelihood for those living along its shores, but the waterway is being overrun by pollution. Kenya's Rahmina Paullete is not just tackling the scourge, but transforming waste particles into furniture, coasters and bags. She's the founder of the "Let Lake Victoria Breathe Again" campaign. The young activist joined us for Perspective.Read more on FRANCE 24 EnglishRead also:Tackling climate change: 'African leaders are talking and not acting'Kenyan climate activist Abigael Kima on raising awareness in AfricaCOP27 summit: What's at stake for the African continent?
Families whose children qualify for free school meals will get a food voucher of £20 per child for the February half-term, which they will receive through their schools, Herefordshire Council has announced.
A Palestinian boy, aged 13, shot and injured an Israeli man and his adult son in East Jerusalem. The boy was shot and disarmed by bystanders and taken to hospital in handcuffs.
Sylvia Syms most recently starred in the BBC period drama Gentleman Jack as Mrs Rawson.
Actress Sylvia Syms, best known for the films Ice Cold In Alex and Victim, has died at the age of 89.
Footage from the fatal attempted arrest of Tyre Nichols on January 7 in Memphis, Tennessee, was due to be released “sometime Friday after 6pm”, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.In a statement on the City of Memphis Facebook page, Strickland said: “We wanted to ensure the proper legal steps were followed and that the family of Mr Nichols had the opportunity to view the video footage privately before we released it to the public. In light of those matters occurring, we will be releasing the video to the public sometime Friday after 6pm.”The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday that five former Memphis Police officers had been charged with seven counts each including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. The former officers were named as Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr, and Justin Smith.Tyre Nichols died on January 10 after being hospitalized in Memphis with critical injuries following an attempted arrest after a traffic stop on January 7.US President Joe Biden released a statement on Thursday, urging “peaceful protest” upon the release of the footage. Credit: City of Memphis via Storyful
Residents narrowly avoided injury after a partial building collapse on a busy north London high street.Firefighters and paramedics rushed to Stoke Newington High Street at 9.30am on Friday after parts of a building flew off the roof.Builders frantically shouted at shoppers to get back as a “huge ball of orange dust” erupted engulfing an Afro-Caribbean greengrocer.
2/5 Smith’s voice remains a remarkable instrument but it is asked to carry songs that feature little else of interest
EastEnders couple Lola Pearce-Brown and Jay Brown face an emotional start to married life in next week's episodes.
Planets capable of hosting life are said to inhabit the “Goldilocks Zone” – based on the fairytale heroine’s requirement that her pilfered porridge should be neither too hot, nor too cold.
Craters appear to make up eyes of the ‘bear’, and a V-shaped collapsed hill for its snout
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing a gold leaf-covered mummy that had remained closed for 4,300 years. It's believed to be one of the oldest and most complete mummies ever discovered in Egypt. The remains were discovered at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft in a recently uncovered group of tombs at the Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo."This mummy may be the oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date," Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s former an
IT would be difficult to overstate the scale of the challenge for Glasgow in achieving crucial large-scale conversion of old buildings
A murder investigation has been launched after a 15-year-old girl died following a suspected stabbing.
David DePape describes the attack and accuses Democratic officials of crimes against Trump in nearly 18 minutes of audio from his police interview