Everyone seems to know the score, they’ve seen it all before… Except this time, maybe, they haven’t. Clean sheets. More and more goals as the tournament has progressed. Could football (whisper it) actually be coming home? We have David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie to thank for that central refrain now
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More than 70% of Channel 4’s presenters for the Paralympics will have a disability, the broadcaster has announced. Hosts for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games include wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan, who will front the highlights show Today In Tokyo from Japan, as well as disability advocate Sophie Morgan, former Royal Marine Commando and Strictly
Elon Musk has confirmed that the Tesla Cybertruck will be equipped 4-wheel directional steering resulting in a feature similar to the Hummer EV’s ‘Crab mode’. Over the last year, Musk has been talking about Tesla unveiling an updated version of the Cybertruck ahead of the start of production, which is still officially planned for later
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The Prince of Wales has revealed a selection of his favourite tracks, including Givin’ Up, Givin’ In by The Three Degrees which he says used to give him “an irresistible urge to get up and dance”. Speaking on a pre-recorded hospital radio show to be aired at noon today, dedicated to volunteers of the Hospital
Thanks to some quick images captured by a Canoo deposit holder, we have a glimpse of one an upcoming electric vehicle from Canoo. This “sport vehicle” has previously been teased on Canoo’s website and in company presentations, but these images offer some of the first glimpses of the upcoming EV in real life. Canoo ($GOEV) is an
Remember the good ol’ days of staying up all night playing Mario Kart, stuffing Cheetos into your face while red-shellin’ your friends from behind? Well, this awesome little three-wheeled electric vehicle I found from China makes me want to try the real-world adult version, maybe just without the snacks and shells. This oversized Hotwheels car
Keith McCoy, a senior director, federal relations at Exxon, thought he was having a Zoom video meeting with a recruiter. But what he really took part in was a meeting with a member of the Greenpeace project Unearthed in an undercover investigation. McCoy went into detail about how Exxon fights emissions reduction efforts in private,
Tesla is bringing back the Model Y Standard Range, a cheaper option for the electric SUV, but it is only made available in Hong Kong. Earlier this year, Tesla launched a new Model Y Standard Range RWD with 244 miles (393 km) of range. The launch was surprising considering CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla won’t produce the
The world-famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival will be going ahead in person this year following its pandemic-enforced hiatus. More than 170 shows have already been announced for the city-wide spectacle that includes theatre, dance and comedy at what is thought to be a scaled-back festival. As well as in-person performances, there will also be online shows
China launched two out of 16 of the Baihetan hydropower station’s generating units on Monday. It’s the world’s second-largest hydropower station behind China’s Three Gorges Dam. The two 1 gigawatt units began full power generation today. The $34 billion (220 billion yuan), 948-foot-high (289 meters) Baihetan hydropower station is located on the upper section of
Amber Heard welcomed a baby daughter earlier this year, the actress has revealed on social media. Heard, 35, announced the news in an Instagram post to her 3.9m followers on Thursday night. She shared a photo of her tenderly cradling the infant on her chest. The baby girl was born on 8 April and has
Stephen Dorff was just a teenager when he landed his first major film role in the 1987 horror The Gate. Since then he’s gone from child star to leading man, and his career has seen him play a range of characters including a vampire overlord in Blade, the fifth Beatle in Backbeat, and one of
Love Island “bombshell” contestant Chloe Burrows has received “vile” abuse and death threats after just three days in the villa, her family and friends have said – in a statement reminding viewers to “be kind”. Chloe, 25, arrived in the Love Island villa in Majorca a few hours after the original 10 contestants had coupled
Nissan has announced a new EV manufacturing hub called EV36Zero in Sunderland, UK to produce a new electric crossover. The hub will also include its own battery factory, as previously reported. Earlier this week, we reported on Nissan’s plan to build a new battery factory with AESC in Sunderland, where the Japanese automaker is already
It’s taken seven series of Love Island – and a considerable amount of coaxing from viewers – for the producers to cast a contestant with a disability. In 2019, ITV bosses responded to questions I had asked about disability by referring to the costs of adapting the villa. Richard Cowles, the show’s producer, has also