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A new report shows used EVs now cheaper than diesel alternatives as market sees price stabilistaion Second-hand electric car prices are now more affordable than their equivalent diesel or hybrid alternatives, as the overall market sees price stabilisation after years of volatility, a new report shows. The report, by DoneDeal Motors, shows demand for second-hand electric cars is up, with prices also increasing by 1% during January — the first positive monthly growth since the beginning of 2023 which indicates the used electric car market has stabilised compared with previous pricing declines. According to the report, used electric cars are…

Rachel Reeves says Europe must boost defence spending like UK Rachel Reeves has said Europe must boost defence spending, following the UK’s lead after Keir Starmer pledges to boost spending to 3 per cent. In a move to underscore the reasoning behind the controversial budget shift, the chancellor wrote in The Telegraph it was the duty of the government to respond to Russian aggression by increasing defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP in the next to years, before going further following the next election. “This is a generational moment for our Continent. All of us must step up and do more on defence,” Ms…

A UN-led coalition warns of a “wave of extreme brutality” in Haiti, reporting numerous killings and mass displacements. According to the group, families have been massacred, and children shot while fleeing. Despite the Kenyan-led security mission’s reinforcements, gang dominance in the capital and widespread violence persist. “Entire families have been brutally wiped out in their homes, while others, including children and babies, have been shot dead as they tried to escape,” the group, organised by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said in a statement Monday. Gangs control large portions of Haiti, including the majority of…

Kennedy’s Southport account to MPs was centred on the events of 31 July. Serena Kennedy told MPs she had stressed that the UK’s streets were “on fire” with violent disorder in the wake of three young girls being fatally stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the town on 29 July. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was last month jailed for a minimum of 52 years for murdering Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine. By that evening, prosecutors had said that Rudakubana could be charged with murders in Southport which led to riots inflamed…

The White House to select news outlets for The President. On Tuesday it will select the media members covering President Trump, shifting control from the long-standing journalist group. Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed traditional media can still report but noted changes in participation for the press pool, which covers events in limited spaces like the Oval Office. “For decades, a group of D.C.-based journalists, the White House Correspondents’ Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore,” Leavitt said at a news briefing. “Moving forward, the…

Damian Lewis looking dapper at London Fashion Week. On this rare occasion the star posed for the camera with rarely seen children during London Fashion Week. Damian Lewis looking dapper at London Fashion Week Damian Lewis made a rare and stylish appearance with his two children at London Fashion Week. The Homeland actor, 54, looked dapper rocking a striped suit at the Burberry event alongside his daughter Manon, 18, and son Gulliver, 16, who he welcomed with his late wife Helen McCrory. Manon looked chic in a trench coat over grey trousers, complete with a green handbag. While Gulliver sported…

The Israeli army conducted air strikes on military sites in southern Syria on Tuesday, targeting weapon depots and command centers. At least two people were killed at a Damascus-area military unit, though their civilian or military status remains unverified, according to a war monitor. Israel strikes Syrian military targets The invading Israeli army said it carried out airstrikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday, just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for demilitarising the area. Political commentators in Brussels have suggested this move allows the Israeli army to move into Syrian territory without opposition. Two…

Keir Starmer has announced that Britain will fight for peace in Europe with a generational increase in defence spending paid for by slashing the foreign aid budget. The move, just two days before the prime minister is due to meet Donald Trump, raised immediate concerns that he was pandering to the US president, and fury from aid groups that say it could cost lives in countries that rely on UK support. Britain will fight for peace in Europe In a surprise announcement, Starmer announced the biggest increase in defence spending since the end of the cold war, with the budget…

Wes Streeting will axe thousands of jobs at NHS England after his ousting of its chair and chief executive in what health service staff fear is a power grab. The health secretary’s plan follows Amanda Pritchard’s shock announcement on Monday that she was stepping down as the organisation’s chief executive next month. She will be replaced, for the foreseeable future, by Sir Jim Mackey, the widely admired chief executive of the NHS trust that runs the acute hospitals in Newcastle upon Tyne. Wes Streeting will axe thousands of jobs at NHS Streeting plans to gain and assert much more control over NHS England as…

NHS Chief forced to step down as Health Secretary Streeting plays innocent, but isinde sources have suggested that she was given no choice but to resign or be fired. The NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has stepped down from her role, following weeks of criticism from MPs (mainly Labour) and suggestions that she lacked the drive to reform the ailing health service. Which translates as she resisted to make more staff cuts and use AI for healthcare. Streeting plays innocent While health secretary Wes Streeting insisted that he did not ask Ms Pritchard to step down, the NHS chief…