TV and radio host Jeremy Vine has said he is “amazed at how hard it is” to get social media companies to act in response to his jailed stalker’s videos. Former BBC local radio presenter Alex Belfield, 42, was sentenced to five years and 26 weeks last Friday after being found guilty of waging a campaign against
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A prolific fraudster accused of impersonating Hollywood film executives is said to have fooled over 300 victims out of a total of $1m. Hargobind Tahilramani, 42, is said to be the “con Queen of Hollywood” for committing fraud by offering people in the film industry work that didn’t exist and tricking them into paying thousands
GM is transforming its business to meet the future of transportation by introducing a full lineup of new electric vehicles this year. With “EV for everyone,” GM is hoping it can reach the masses and speed up the transition to sustainable transportation. In the company’s latest push toward a cleaner future, the automaker released seven
Tesla is creating a simulation of San Francisco in Unreal Engine, which is primarily a video game engine, in order to test its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems. Over the years, Tesla has taken flack for testing its Autopilot and Self-Driving features with its customers on public roads. But to be fair, there are several
The new culture secretary has cast doubt on the future of the government’s plans to sell off Channel 4, saying the decision is being reviewed “to make sure we still agree”. Michelle Donelan’s predecessor, Nadine Dorries, led the controversial move to take Channel 4 out of public ownership during her time under Boris Johnson’s leadership.
Jeff Bridges’ new TV show was still in production when the veteran actor was diagnosed with lymphoma. He was given the news in 2020 as filming was on hold due to the pandemic – which led to what he describes as a two-year “health adventure”. Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Bridges says: “I got cancer
Kia will start producing electric vehicles in the United States starting in 2024 in order to qualify for new EV tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act, according to Korean news outlets Maeli Business News and SBS. The report is light on details and cites an unidentified source, but the news is not unexpected given
Mercedes-Benz is taking another big step towards achieving its climate goals, as the automaker announced its plans to install a “double-digit” number of wind turbines at its Papenburg test track in Northern Germany. The new wind farm expects to generate over 100 MW output by 2025, amounting to over 15% of Mercedes-Benz’s annual electricity usage
The biggest downside to all of the cool and wild electric vehicles I regularly find as part of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column is that most would never be street legal. But this fun-looking little flatbed trike truck seems to have solved that problem, at least in name only. The
Tesla announced that Gigafactory Texas has produced its 10,000th Model Y electric SUV as it ramps up production. One of the biggest stories at Tesla right now is the production ramps that the automaker is trying to simultaneously achieve at Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas. Those two factories are expected to roughly double Tesla’s production
Victoria Beckham has hailed Queen Elizabeth as a “powerful source of inspiration”, calling her the “ultimate icon” who was “never without her signature lipstick”. The former Spice Girl turned fashion designer, 48, said she has spent the last week reflecting on the monarch’s death in a post to her 30 million followers on Instagram. It
Lady Gaga has cut short her final Chromatica Ball world tour performance in Miami after a lightning storm forced her from the stage. The Born This Way singer shared an emotional video on Instagram, apologising to her 53 million followers and telling them it wasn’t safe for the show to carry on as “even when
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Urban electric bikes designed for quickly navigating the city are the perfect solution for drivers that want to switch to a more efficient and more fun transportation alternative. And the Aventon Pace 500 Step-Through has just what commuters need all in one package. Anytime we get a chance to throw a leg over the Aventon
The Phantom of the Opera – Broadway’s longest-running show in history – is scheduled to close its doors after 35 years. The musical, which has been an iconic fixture since 1988, will play its final performance on 18 February 2023, a spokesperson said. It is the biggest victim yet of the post-pandemic cooling of theatre
Equally important as adopting renewables is ensuring the buildings they power are also sustainable. Electrek spoke with Breana Wheeler, US director of operations at BREEAM, the world’s first green building certification program, about what the ideal decarbonized building looks like and how US real estate investors should see climate change as an opportunity. Electrek: What
A sombre and solitary silhouette in black opened Paul Costelloe’s Spring/Summer ’23 catwalk show, one of many designers paying tribute to the Queen at London Fashion Week. Costelloe, who has dressed many Royals from Princess Diana to Zara Philips and Sarah Ferguson, told Sky News the Queen was a huge inspiration to British fashion, especially
You won’t want to miss this one. BMW Middle East released a video teasing a new electric dune taxi that looks as if it came straight out of Mad Max. The Dune Taxi electric prototype is shown racing across the streets and sand dunes in Abu Dhabi. Is BMW gearing up for an off-road competition?
A former BBC radio DJ has been jailed for five years and 26 weeks after being convicted of four stalking charges againast broadcasters including Jeremy Vine. Alex Belfield, 42, was found guilty at a trial at Nottingham Crown Court last month of waging a relentless stalking campaign, with Vine labelling him “the Jimmy Savile of
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