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The Princess of Wales’s uncle has accused Prince Harry’s wife Meghan of “creating drama” between Kate, William and Harry while appearing on ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother. Gary Goldsmith also said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could not “throw your family under a bus in such a dramatic style” – referring to books written by

Dame Helen Mirren and Kylie Minogue are among eight women honoured with their own Barbie likenesses ahead of International Women’s Day. Actress Dame Helen, the 78-year-old star of The Queen, Elizabeth I, Gosford Park, Calendar Girls, the TV series Prime Suspect and the narrator of the Barbie movie, has been chosen as a UK Barbie

The Rivian R2, the electric vehicle startup’s upcoming new electric SUV, has leaked through the company’s website. It starts at $47,000 and gets up to 330 miles of range. The R2 is the first next-generation vehicle from Rivian, following the R1S and R1T. Rivian has framed the electric vehicle has its new entry-level option leveraging

Baywatch is set to return to screens in a reboot 25 years after the original show last aired, according to reports. The show following a group of Los Angeles lifeguards became one of the most watched series in the world over 11 seasons between 1989 and 1999. Fremantle, the company that owns the rights, appeared

Porsche expects to keep its first electric car, the Taycan, in the lineup even as the highly-anticipated Panamera EV is introduced. The Panamera EV will stand apart with more space and luxury than the sporty Taycan model. Taycan gets an upgrade Porsche introduced the upgraded 2025 Taycan last month with more range, enhanced performance, and

Bullseye star and darts commentator Tony Green, who worked alongside Jim Bowen on the hit ITV show for more than a decade, has died aged 85. A statement on the Bullseye Facebook account said “our dear friend and much-loved colleague… passed away peacefully today after a long battle with Alzheimer’s”. Green, a former amateur player,

Hyundai has updated its Korean website with details about the expected refresh of its popular Ioniq 5 EV, with only minor changes from the original design but a lot of new features on the inside. We’ve been expecting a refresh to the Hyundai Ioniq 5, and an apparent facelift was spotted testing last year, complete

Kim Kardashian turned heads at a Paris Fashion Week event on Sunday with a possible fashion faux-pas – or did she mean it? The reality TV star and businesswoman wore a black dress to a Balenciaga show in the French capital with the tag still hanging from the back. The word Balenciaga was clearly visible

Thanks to electric bikes, more people than ever before are discovering the joys of car-free living. Many others find that they can at least leave their car in the garage more often, using an e-bike instead for many of their around-the-town trips and errands. But when the weather is cold, e-bikes can sometimes feel less

Actress Tracy-Ann Oberman is used to her work speaking for itself. She’s known to many for her roles on Doctor Who, Eastenders and as “Auntie Val” in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. But at a time when she’s arguably hitting her creative stride, winning critical acclaim in the West End, the actress has

Photo: Tesla Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows. The new findings come from the IEA’s annual update on global energy-related CO2 emissions and the just-released inaugural edition of the IEA’s new series, the Clean

I’m not sure if you could really call it a legit SUV, but these fun-looking little Chinese electric vehicles might just be an interesting alternative to the car bloat clogging the streets of cities around the world. Oh, and they make an excellent entry for this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week.

Raye has smashed the record for the most Brit awards won in any one year – taking home six prizes including best song, best artist and best album. The star was visibly emotional as she collected the statuette for best album for her debut, My 21st Century Blues, saying: “You just don’t understand what this

Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. Dutch-Norwegian offshore solar company SolarDuck, Italian investment fund Arrow Capital, and Italian developer New Developments are jointly developing the Corigliano project, which will be in the Gulf of Taranto off the Calabrian coast of

American fashion icon and businesswoman Iris Apfel has died at her home in Palm Beach, Florida aged 102. The news was confirmed on her social media accounts in the early hours of Saturday morning. Image: Ms Apfel on the runway during New York Fashion Week in 2012. Pic: Reuters Ms Apfel, an interior designer, referred

Young urban air mobility (UAM) developer Doroni Aerospace is stepping out of the shadows and into the eVTOL startup with the official reveal of its flagship aircraft – the H1-X. The two-seat eVTOL was showcased during a livestream event today and is damn close to being market-ready, touting some impressive specs. Doroni Aerospace was founded

The assistant director of Rust has told a court he missed a final safety check on the gun that killed the film’s cinematographer – as footage of Alec Baldwin firing blanks before the fatal shooting was shown. Hannah Gutierrez, the armourer responsible for the weapons on the set, is currently on trial in New Mexico

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Olly Alexander has unveiled his new single Dizzy – which is the UK’s entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Years & Years singer will perform the track at the annual competition in Malmo, Sweden, in May, following their victory at the 2023 event with Loreen’s song Tattoo. Alexander penned Dizzy with British producer

Rivian confirmed that its EV owners are going to start having access to Tesla’s Supercharger network in March. With Ford EV owners officially getting access to the Supercharger network today, I would assume that every other brand that adopted NACS are getting bombarded by inquires from their EV owners about when they will access what