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Photocards must be renewed every 10 years to ensure the image is a true likeness of the driver. Photocards must be renewed every 10 years to ensure the image is a true likeness of the driver.

Photocards must be renewed every 10 years to ensure the image is a true likeness of the driver. Photocards must be renewed every 10 years to ensure the image is a true likeness of the driver.

Elon Musk confirms he has bought Twitter The Metro says Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has confirmed his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter has gone through. The billionaire boss of SpaceX and Tesla has been visiting Twitter this week ahead of the deadline for the $44 billion (£39 billion) deal to close tomorrow. The CEO then sent a tweet to advertisers this morning, confirming the buyout. ‘Dear Twitter Advertisers, I wanted to reach out personally to share my motivation in acquiring Twitter,’ he wrote.

Elon Musk news – live: Twitter is ‘freed’ after takeover, billionaire claims The Independent says The Elon Musk era at Twitter seems to have officially begun. Top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and legal chief Vijaya Gadde have all reportedly been fired. Mr Musk tweeted that “the bird is freed”. This after the billionaire bizarrely arrived on Wednesday at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters carrying a kitchen sink ahead of closing his $44bn deal to purchase the micro-blogging site. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-elon-musk-fired-ceo-trump-latest-b2212439.html

Elon Musk reportedly plans to become Twitter’s interim chief executive after buying platform The Guardian says Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, wants to lead Twitter as chief executive, at least in the interim, Bloomberg is reporting. Elon Musk plans to assume the role of chief executive at the social media group after completing his $44bn acquisition, on top of leading the electric carmaker Tesla and the spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX. Musk intends to replace Parag Agrawal, who was fired along with other major executives upon completion of the takeover, Bloomberg said, citing a person familiar with the matter said. The…

Rough gas storage facility in North Sea operational again as energy suppliers try to meet demand The UK’s biggest gas storage site has been brought back online in time for what could be one of the tightest winters for years for energy suppliers trying to meet demand. Centrica said it had brought the Rough gas storage facility in the North Sea back to 20% of its previous capacity. Even at only one-fifth capacity, it will be the UK’s largest single gas storage site and will add about 50% to the amount of gas that the UK can store at a…

The pair have 439 previous convictions between them. ​The pair have 439 previous convictions between them.

Thérèse Coffey blames parties for failure to form executive, but DUP says Westminster protocol delay at fault • UK politics live – latest news updates A Northern Ireland assembly election will “definitely happen” after a deadline to restore devolved government at Stormont was missed, a cabinet minister has said. The environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey said “clearly” there was not “sufficient agreement” between Stormont parties to avoid a fresh election. Continue reading… ​Thérèse Coffey blames parties for failure to form executive, but DUP says Westminster protocol delay at fault• UK politics live – latest news updatesA Northern Ireland assembly election will…

Bank says there has been some slowdown in customers trying to get new mortgages in recent weeks Pre-tax profits at NatWest Group remained flat between July and September at £1.1bn, amid a worsening economic outlook and a cost of living squeeze on its customers, as the bank predicted UK house prices would fall by 7% next year. Its profits, boosted by higher interest rates increasing its margin between what it charged for loans and paid out to savers, were slightly higher than the £1bn made in the same period a year earlier but lower than analysts’ forecasts. Continue reading… ​Bank…

Environment secretary defends Rishi Sunak’s decision not to go to conference in Sharm el-Sheikh • UK politics live – latest news updates King Charles is free to decide whether or not he should attend the Cop27 climate summit, the new environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has said as she defended the decision of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, not to go. Sunak, the third British prime minister in seven weeks, has come under scrutiny from opposition ministers and environmental groups who called the decision not to attend Cop27 a “failure” and brings government commitments to prioritise net zero and tackling the…