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Police investigating claims of blackmail targeting TV presenter Alison Hammond have arrested a 36-year-old-man. West Midlands Police said a man from Warwickshire was arrested on suspicion of blackmail on Saturday evening, and has been in custody for questioning. Hammond had reportedly been blackmailed for large sums of money and a BMW car worth £5,000. The blackmailer threatened

Swedish heat pump maker Qvantum has debuted an award-winning apartment heat pump that’s so compact, it can fit under a kitchen sink. Limhamn, Sweden-based Qvantum’s new QG apartment heat pump, which offers integrated heating, cooling, and hot water in one system, was awarded the German ISH Design Plus 2023 award this month. The Design Plus

Following talks that carried late into Friday evening, representatives from both the EU and member state Germany have relayed that an agreement has been reached in the proposed 2035 ban of new combustion vehicle sales that will now include exceptions for e-fuels. After 2035, some combustion vehicles can still be sold, as long as they

Blackmail claims against TV presenter Alison Hammond are being investigated by police. The 48-year-old This Morning regular has reportedly been put under pressure by her blackmailer for large sums of money and a BMW car worth £5,000. The blackmailer threatened to spread lies about Hammond in an effort to derail her career if she did

Aptera Motors is back with its second exciting news update this week, announcing it has selected an open-source driver assistance system called “openpilot” as its official system that will be integrated into its production model solar EVs. Aptera Motors continues to take large strides in 2023 on its journey to reaching the holy grail of

Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is being sued by a retired optometrist who says she crashed into him on a ski slope, leaving him with a number of injuries. Paltrow denies this – claiming that Terry Sanderson crashed into her – and on Friday she had her chance to share her side of the story with

If the standard 100W or 200W solar panels we normally feature don’t supply enough energy for your setup, then consider picking up ALLPOWERS’ 400W foldable panel that’s on sale for $190 off today. Down to $509 with stacking discounts from its normal $699 going rate, this marks a new all-time low that we’ve tracked for

Only Succession fans can understand the perversely irresistible attraction of the world’s most detestable, back-stabbing, double-dealing Waystar family. As the fate of their empire is set to climax in the fourth and final series (on Sky Atlantic and NOW from Monday), the irony that Logan Roy could not be further removed from lead actor Brian Cox’s

Lucid Motors is in the process of delivering all four of the original trims of its flagship Air sedan promised when the ultra-long range EV made its initial debut a couple years ago. We’ve had a chance to experience several of those models inside and out, but have wondered when the promised addition of Apple

The BBC will not continue filming its latest Top Gear series after an investigation into an accident that injured presenter Andrew Flintoff. In a statement, BBC Studios apologised to the former cricketer following its investigation into the incident in Surrey in December. It said it would “continue to support” Flintoff with his recovery. “Under the

Tesla Supercharger locations are now being integrated into Rivian’s navigation system as part of the automaker’s latest software update. After years of planning and speculation, Tesla finally opened up the first few Supercharger stations to non-Tesla electric vehicles in the US last month. Tesla is integrating what it calls the Magic Dock as a new

Andrew Lloyd Webber has said his eldest son Nicholas has now been moved to a hospice. In a video on Instagram, the composer thanked fans for the messages of support for his son and added that the 43-year-old is “over the worst of this first bout of pneumonia he’s got as a result of his

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Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and singer Ne-Yo have been forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so. The group of celebrities, which also included rapper Lil Yachty, boxer and internet personality Jake Paul

BMW is already manufacturing its next-generation all-electric Neue Klasse (new class) vehicles two years ahead of the launch of series production – virtually at least. Using NVIDIA’s advanced virtual computing platform, BMW revealed this week it has opened the world’s first entirely virtual factor in the NVIDIA Omniverse to produce its Neue Klasse EVs. BMW

Noel Gallagher says his brother Liam should “get his people to call my people” about an Oasis reunion. Noel made the comments in an interview with radio station France Inter, days after Liam sparked fresh hope that a reunion may be on the cards by telling a fan on Twitter that “it’s happening”. Speaking to

John Boyega has told Sky News that “more help needs to be given” to struggling veterans. The British actor was speaking ahead of the release of his latest film Breaking, based on a true story, which sees him play a Marine Corps veteran who tries to rob a bank to ease his financial problems. On

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Tesla (TSLA) stock is surging amid data coming out of China, showing that the automaker will likely deliver a strong quarter in this important market. At the time of writing, Tesla’s stock is up 6%, while the market is up about 1%. This surge comes after the China Merchants Bank International released car insurance registration data.