4 h. ago Car parts maker plans to close factories, threatening 350 jobs

The union is calling the plan a ‘betrayal’ of workers

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9 h. ago Hundreds of jobs at risk as car parts company plans to close factories

The union is calling the plan a ‘betrayal’ of workers

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38 h. ago Samaritans staff say colleagues silenced over controversial plans to close branches

'I would say there is something very close to a culture of fear where people are concerned about speaking out'

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3 d. ago Plans drawn up to send small boat migrants to six military bases around UK as ministers come under growing pressure to close asylum hotels

A list of sites from Surrey to Cumbria - all of which could be brought into use within weeks - has been compiled by the Ministry of Defence, the Mail on Sunday can disclose.

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6 d. ago Tesla shareholders to vote on $1tn pay package for CEO Elon Musk

If approved, the CEO will need to increase Tesla’s value eightfold, to $8.5tn in market capitalization, by 2035Tesla shareholders met on Thursday to vote on a compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk worth close to $1tn. If approved, the package will demonstrate shareholders’ confidence the billionaire can lead his car company into an era dominated by artificial intelligence and robotics. If denied, Tesla may face the loss of a leader who once made the company name synonymous with electric vehicles.If Musk delivers on the lofty milestones in the pay package laid out at Tesla’s 6 November annual meeting, he could become the world’s first trillionaire. To do so, he will need to guide Tesla to $8.5tn in market capitalization, eight times what it’s worth today. He will also be required to deploy millions of autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots and sustain the company’s bottom line in the hundreds of billions over the next decade. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Bentley backs combustion: Luxury car maker will offer hybrid models until at least 2035 as EV concerns mount

Bentley says it will stick by the internal combustion engine for at least another decade as the luxury car maker doubles down on its plans to delay switching to battery power.

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6 d. ago Inside refreshed Genesis GV60 with bigger battery, sophisticated new styling & ‘genius’ feature every new car needs

LET’S start with the orb-like controller which should be adopted by every car maker IMMEDIATELY. When the ignition is OFF, the big crystal sphere is embedded in the centre console like a piece of jewellery. When the ignition is ON, it rotates to a grey gear selector with finger indents to twist to select drive...

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8 d. ago Sizewell C ‘on budget and on schedule’ as financing completes

The planned nuclear power plant in Suffolk reached financial close on Tuesday.

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9 d. ago Over 400 UK high street stores including supermarkets and cafes to close

A number of popular high street stores have announced plans to close their doors permanently in 2025, while some others have announced new openings

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1 week ago Scottish ministers must draw up plans to close £5 billion black hole, says watchdog

The Auditor General for Scotland highlighted a ‘stark’ forecast gap

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2 w. ago Japanese car brand develops new tech to SAVE the combustion engine

Combined with the use of synthetic e-fuel, which the car maker is also developing, the system is claimed to be 'carbon negative'.

Transport

2 w. ago Major global travel and tourism group to quit London HQ and move to Europe because of Brexit

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has become the latest major international institution to announce plans to close its doors on its headquarters in the UK

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2 w. ago Raging residents near Scotland’s new migrant base hit out at 300 asylum seekers

RAGING residents in a quiet street near Scotland’s new migrant base have hit out at 300 asylum seekers being moved in next door. Home Office bosses announced plans to house small boat migrants in army barracks close to the centre of Inverness. But locals who live close to the site are concerned about their new...

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2 w. ago Amazon plans to cut 30,000 corporate jobs in response to pandemic overhiring

Figure represents nearly 10% of the company’s roughly 350,000 corporate employeesAmazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10% of the company’s roughly 350,000 corporate employees. This would represent the largest job cut at Amazon since around 27,000 jobs were eliminated starting in late 2022. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Chinese car maker targets Brits with huge discount on newly launched model

Chinese brands have gone from almost nothing a few years ago to now accounting for more than one in 10 new cars sold in the UK

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2 w. ago M4 closure LIVE: Chaos after crash on major UK motorway sparks huge queues

Traffic is mounting on the M4 after a car crash caused a section of the motorway to close, adding to existing disruption from planned works on a new bridge between Bristol and Bath

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2 w. ago Fresh humiliation for Starmer's Channel boats 'plan' as Germany 'shelves' vow to close legal loophole on people

Germany is said to be unlikely to keep a promise to close a loophole that means smuggling people to the UK is not technically illegal.

Politics

3 w. ago Britain's oldest Indian restaurant fights against redevelopment plans that could close it down

Veeraswamy has been operating from Victory House in Leicester Square since 1926

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3 w. ago Volvo's gone from sensible to cool: We review the new Volvo XC90 and EX30 Cross Country

Volvo is pushing to be the upmarket car maker of choice, embodying countryside cool. Do the XC90 SUV and EX30 Cross Country SUVs hit that mark? Freda Lewis-Stempel finds out.

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3 w. ago Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration

Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detailA live artillery shell exploded prematurely during a marines live-fire demonstration that launched over a southern California freeway in celebration of the military branch’s 250th anniversary, raining shrapnel down on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and a motorcycle that was part of JD Vance’s detail, according to a police report.The New York Times reported that fragments that fell from the 155mm shell landed on vehicles parked on a ramp on Interstate 5 – a major artery through southern California – which governor Gavin Newsom had ordered closed after learning that military officials had no plans to close the freeway. Continue reading...

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