Afghan gang deflate and bury dinghies on French beaches before charging migrants £2,000 to get to UK

Afghan criminal gang are deflating and burying dinghies on French beaches before charging migrants £2,000 each to use them to get to the UK An alleged criminal network is thought to been buying second-hand boats online They then stashed the vessels – which could carry up to 15 migrants – near Calais The migrants would … Read more

Kia’s new app gives drivers access to 14,000 public EV charging devices

Car firm Kia has today launched an antidote for drivers of electric cars who suffer range-anxiety worries about where they can next charge their car. It’s new KiaCharge s ‘one-stop shop’ system gives drivers of its cars access to 13,900 UK charging points at which to recharge their pure electric or plug-in petrol-electric hybrid vehicles. … Read more

The electric car public charging lottery revealed

The huge gulf in costs faced by electric car owners who use public devices to replenish the batteries of their plug-in vehicles has been revealed in a new study. The priciest companies charge up to four times as much as the cheapest provider for the same amount of charge, a market comparison of user costs … Read more

The best and worst electric car public charging networks ranked by drivers

The Government has published its latest update on the growth in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, confirming the UK has passed 20,000 publicly-accessible devices.  A total of 4,270 new charge points were added to the network in 2020, an increase of 26 per cent. And of the 20,775 plug-in points now available, 3,880 are judged to … Read more

Apple patent reveals charging cable cord with ‘uniform thickness’

Apple is working on a charging cord for its iPhones that will make frayed cables a thing of the past, a new patent suggests.   The patent, filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office and dated Thursday, suggests the new cable will have a uniform thickness but different levels of stiffness. Either ends of the cable … Read more

Xaiomi unveils remote charging technology that can charge multiple devices from some 10 feet away 

Forget cables! Xiaomi announces new long-range wireless charger lets you power multiple devices from some 10 FEET away Xaiomi’s Mi Air Charge Technology powers phones from ‘several feet away’ It also works on wearables and can charge multiple devices at once An isolated charging station locates the phone and transmits waves An array on the … Read more

Big oil goes green: Shell buys electric car charging company

Two of Britain’s largest oil producers have taken major steps in their battle to go green. BP has dismantled its century old exploration team, cutting the division to less than 100 employees from over 700 just a few years ago. And rival Shell bought Ubitricity, the largest electric vehicle charging network in the UK. Cleaning … Read more

Australian Survivor’s Aaron ‘AK’ Knight is charging $1,000 for Cameos

Former Australian Survivor star Aaron ‘AK’ Knight is charging a whopping $1,000 for a single message on Cameo By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:35 GMT, 15 January 2021 | Updated: 07:35 GMT, 15 January 2021 Aaron ‘AK’ Knight first rose to fame on season two of Australian Survivor and then returned in … Read more

Travel concierge service charging members £40,000 for private Covid jab

An elite members-only travel concierge service is charging the world’s mega-rich £40,000 to fly them out to Dubai and India for a Covid vaccine. The Knightsbridge Circle is offering its hand-picked members first-class travel to countries who administer the sought-after vaccine on a private basis. The club has been offering both the Pfizer and the Sinopharm jabs … Read more

Students call on private landlords to stop charging them rent for accommodation they are not in

Universities in Sheffield and Manchester have become the first to scrap student accommodation fees during lockdown – after furious undergraduates threatened ‘rent strikes’ across the UK. The National Union of Students (NUS) has insisted it is ‘unacceptable’ that little support has been made available for those who travelled home for the holidays and have since … Read more