Britain’s biggest car maker, Jaguar Land Rover, has confirmed it has ramped-up vehicle production at its UK factories on the back of increasing orders worldwide. The manufacturer cut around 1,100 agency jobs earlier this year as coronavirus forced car giants to operate with reduced staff numbers and after it hit global demand for new vehicles. … Read more
Ana de Armas revealed that her Knives Out co-star Jamie Lee Curtis helped her land the role of Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming film Blonde. ‘She is my biggest cheerleader,’ said the 32-year-old actress of Jamie Lee in the latest issue of Flaunt magazine. ‘I showed her my screen test for Marilyn and of course … Read more
A gender-fluid engineer who was branded ‘IT’ by bullying workmates at Jaguar Land Rover has been awarded £180,000 after winning a landmark discrimination case. Rose Taylor, 43, was teased and harassed by colleagues at the car manufacturer after she began identifying as gender fluid/non-binary in 2017. An employment tribunal heard how she suffered insults and … Read more
Driver dies attempting land speed record at Elvington airfield, where Top Gear’s Richard Hammond nearly killed himself crashing jet-powered car in 2006 North Yorkshire Police said they were called out to a ‘serious collision’ yesterday Investigation of what happened at Elvington Airfield, east of York, is under way Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond had a … Read more
Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a little-known law professor in Indiana. Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett’s fast-track rise, set to drive the nation’s highest court to the right for a generation or longer, is the fulfillment of a decades-long effort by … Read more
British car maker Land Rover and US electric vehicle producer Tesla have been named the two most unreliable manufacturers in a poll of thousands of UK drivers. Land Rover, which has for years struggled with reliability issues with its big – and expensive – 4X4s, was named the least dependable brand for cars aged 0 … Read more
The Queen is to get a bailout from the taxpayer after her land and property investments plummeted due to coronavirus pandemic Treasury said it will top up the Sovereign Grant to help maintain Queen’s income Monarch’s income is based on a 25% share of the profits of the Crown Estate Queen will now be receiving … Read more
Aggressive passenger forces Jet2 flight from Glasgow to be diverted from Turkey to land at Manchester airport The Jet2 flight was set to land in Bodrum yesterday after taking off from Glasgow ‘Aggressive passenger’ caused the pilot to alter course and land in Manchester Greater Manchester Police met the plane when it landed at Manchester … Read more
Police probe Land Rover driver who ploughed through park duck pond in front of horrified members of public A car drove through the duck pond at The Green in Norton, County Durham Members of the public and children were present when the car was driven in Cleveland Police said enquiries are ongoing and appropriate action … Read more
Microplastic pollution is not just damaging the oceans: Washing clothes releases 175,000 TONS of synthetic fibres on to land every year, study finds US experts analysed the amount of microfibers made and released each year They also considered how fibres are processed at wastewater treatment plants Here, the tiny threads of plastic end up in sludge for … Read more