19 minutes ago Classic Mercedes set to sell for £42M: 1954 racer driven by legends Fangio and Moss could become the second most expensive car ever sold at auction

The 1954 W 196 R Streamliner is one of four and has been driven by two of F1's most celebrated greats. It is set to become the world's second priciest car sold at auction.

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72 minutes ago Strictly star Pete Wicks reveals the terrifying death threats he has been receiving for staying in the dance competition as fans questions how he has managed to escape elimination

The former TOWIE star, 36, opened up on his Staying Relevant podcast on Saturday while discussing having made it all the way to the quarter final stages of the hit BBC dance show.

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2 hours ago Strictly presenter in tears after brutal fans call for axe following car crash interview

Strictly Come Dancing fans are calling for a change in the presenting line-up for It Takes Two after an emotional interview

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2 hours ago Three people killed after Google Maps sends their car careening off an unfinished bridge

Three men in a car were killed when Google Maps sent the driver over a bridge, which had not been completed, and they plunged 30 feet into the river below in India

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2 hours ago 'Impatient' motorist who killed Manchester Arena bombing 'hero' when she ploughed into his motorbike while overtaking a cyclist on a blind summit avoids prison

Darron Coster, 54, was test driving the 'dream' motorbike he was considering buying when he was hit and fatally injured by a car travelling on the wrong side of the road on a country lane.

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3 hours ago UK to water down electric car making rules as Vauxhall closes factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk

The plant, which makes Vauxhall Vivaro vans, was due to be overhauled next year to make electric models

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3 hours ago Our family no longer fits into our car since we had twins, but Volvo wants to charge us £6,384 to escape our lease early: SALLY SORTS IT

When my wife and I signed a four-year lease agreement with Volvo in October last year we didn't realise she was pregnant with twins, and when they arrived we could not all fit in the car.

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3 hours ago Mother's tribute to 'beautiful' autistic girl, 17, hit and killed on the M5 after escaping police car

Tamzin Hall, the 17-year-old girl who died after fleeing a police vehicle on the M5 motorway, had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

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4 hours ago ‘Films were an escape – to a deeper repression’: Jarman winner Maryam Tafakory on Iranian cinema

The UK-based artist and film-maker reveals how the work that has won her the prestigious award was the result of watching 417 films made in post-revolution Iran, many of which she ‘fell in love with – and felt betrayed by’In the first weeks of the pandemic, Maryam Tafakory set herself the task of watching 417 films made in post-revolution Iran. She soon found something curious: the recurring use of bags. Objects such as bags are often deployed by film-makers as substitutes for actual physical contact between a man and a woman, in a country where such depictions of intimacy are prohibited.Focusing on films spanning nearly three decades, the UK-based artist built on research she originally began three years earlier for her PhD, to create several films and video essays. The first is Irani ...

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