Mercedes-Benz urgently recalls more than 30,000 cars over sunroof fault

Mercedes-Benz urgently recalls more than 30,000 cars over fears the sunroof may FALL OUT and cause a crash Mercedes-Benz recalled more than 30,000 cars over fears of a faulty sunroof  The recall applies to 30,105 cars sold between 2000 and 2010  The affected vehicle models are the C, CLK, CLS, and E Class By Adam … Read more

Swarm of earthquakes detected eight miles from San Andreas Fault raises risk of ‘big one’ hitting

Swarm of earthquakes detected eight miles from the San Andreas Fault raises risk of ‘big one’ hitting in the next week San Andreas Fault in California was hit by an earthquake swarm Monday The quakes began in the early hours with the largest a magnitude 4.6 Experts have laid out three possible scenarios that could happen … Read more

California’s chances of the Big One on the San Andreas fault in the next 12 months have TRIPLED

More than 3,000 earthquakes rocked Ridgecrest, California in a single week last year and as a result, has increased chances of the ‘Big One’ striking the San Andreas fault. The tremors stressed the Garlock Fault, which stretches 160 miles along the Mojave Desert and connects the site of the Ridgecrest quakes to the massive San … Read more

Volvo recalls 170,000 UK cars due to ‘extremely rare’ seatbelt fault

Volvo recalls 170,000 UK cars due to ‘extremely rare’ seatbelt fault By Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 10:31 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 13:00 BST, 1 July 2020  Volvo Cars has confirmed it is recalling 2.2 million vehicles worldwide due to an ‘extremely rare’ seatbelt safety issue, which impacts almost 170,000 UK cars. The … Read more

Researchers in the Arctic Ocean map undersea methane pockets in a 250-million-year-old ‘fault zone’

Researchers in the Arctic Ocean map undersea methane pockets distributed across a 250-million-year-old ‘fault zone’ that could accelerate ice sheet withdrawal with future ruptures Researchers mapped a network of undersea methane pockets in the Arctic They found structural instability in the seafloor was the biggest factor effecting which region would experience a rupture, releasing the … Read more

You can choose to be happy: Think other people’s bad moods are your problem – or fault? Think again

Negative things will inevitably come my way but i’m responsible for my reactions Bestselling author Adele Parks used to think other people’s bad moods were her problem, or even somehow her fault. Then she had a lightbulb moment…    Ever since I was young, I’ve felt responsible for cheering people up when they’re down. I was … Read more

‘If it goes wrong, it’s my fault’: Musk accepts responsibility if historic launch ends in tragedy

Elon Musk has accepted absolute responsibility if today’s historic launch of two veteran NASA astronauts ends in tragedy, with the weather giving just a 50-50 chance of the lift-off getting the green light.  Musk told CBS This Morning: ‘I’m the chief engineer of this thing so I’d just like to say that if it goes … Read more

Technical fault causes Lambrusco Grasparossa to pour from taps in Italy, instead of water

Lambrusco WINE comes out of kitchen taps in Italian village after winery accidentally pumped plonk into local water system Lambrusco Grasparossa leaked into Modena water supply from damaged silo Locals began bottling the Settecani booze before the authorities turned it off A ‘technical fault’ at a nearby winery was later discovered to be the problem  … Read more

Ford recalls its new award-winning Puma SUV due to driver’s airbag fault

Ford recalls its award-winning Puma SUV after discovering a fault with the driver’s airbag that can see it come detached from the steering wheel if it goes off in a crash Ford has confirmed deliveries of the £20,500 crossover have been suspended Examples already sold – mostly £22,295 First Edition cars – are to be … Read more