Filings suggest manufacturers’ lending arms have massively underestimated bill from FCA’s £9.1bn redress scheme Carmakers are under pressure to drum up £3bn to cover payouts for motor finance scandal victims after failing to adequately prepare for a UK-wide compensation scheme that is due to begin this summer. Company filings show the lending arms of big vehicle manufacturers including Ford, BMW, Stellantis and Volkswagen may have massively underestimated the final costs of the financial regulat
Exclusive: George Robertson calls on officials to identify the ‘fit and willing’ in UK’s 95,000-strong strategic reserve The Ministry of Defence has lost track of military veterans they intend to recall at a time of national danger, according to a key government adviser. About 95,000 former soldiers and officers are in the strategic reserve but it is claimed that officials have failed to maintain a full record of their contact details. Continue reading...
Winner The "Blitz" robot from smartphone manufacturer Honor accept media interviews after the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-marathon on April 19.
This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer. (Image credit: NASA)
Skydiver crashes into scoreboard during game at Virginia Tech
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Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Murder charge laid after woman’s body found at home A 25-year-old man will face court after a woman’s body was found at a home. Continue reading...
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IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait after brief window when strait had reopened • Middle East crisis – live updates Iranian officials say they have reversed the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and reimposed restrictions on the vital shipping lane after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iranian ports. A UK maritime agency reported that Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) ships had fired at a tanker as it attempted to pass through the strait on Sat
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Iranian parliamentary speaker also says passage through waterway will depend on Iranian authorisation and accuses Donald Trump of multiple falsehoods Iran says strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels as oil prices fall Britain will make “a wide-ranging military contribution” to an international mission to protect shipping in the strait of Hormuz trade waterway, the UK ambassador to the US has said. Christian Turner ’s commitment comes amid long-running concerns over the state of
