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Speeding points Mr Fixit who helped 14 motorists dodge fines by claiming to be the driver in return for £100 is jailed for two years Mark Clarke, of London, was hired to fill in court papers naming himself as driver 34-year-old did this even when the guilty party caught on camera was female Caught after … Read more
Hundreds of councils are failing to install electric car charge points in residential areas in a blow to plans to ban sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030. Just one in six local authorities has introduced on-street charge points, and dozens – including the Transport Secretary’s constituency – have no plans to do … Read more
FTSE 100 climbs another 25.9 points to 6,206.8 after Pfizer’s vaccine announcement set market soaring to three-month high yesterday The FTSE 100 climbed some 22.58 points to 6208.87 in trading this morning IAG, EasyJet and Rolls-Royce adding to gains amid news of coronavirus vaccine Britain’s bombed out stocks have staged a dramatic recovery after Pfizer … Read more
Dow slumps 100 points and Wall Street pulls back from post-election rally as job growth slows and Biden edges closer to the White House Main US stock indexes edged lower on Friday after a post-election surge Stocks had rallied at the prospect of a split government in Washington But latest jobs numbers showed a slowdown … Read more
A new poll shows that President Trump has a seven point lead over rival Joe Biden in swing state Iowa. The latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, released Saturday, shows that Trump is ahead of Biden, 48 per cent to 41 per cent, in the state, with 2020 Election Day just days away. Three per … Read more
New poll gives Democrats leads up and down the ticket in North Carolina with Joe Biden holding a 6-point edge over Donald Trump a day after the president scrapped rally there due to high wind forecast Biden leads Trump 52 to 46 in the new NBC / Marist poll North Carolina is among a handful … Read more
Stocks tumbled again Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing 157 points lower and posting its biggest weekly losses since March. Wall Street is closing out a punishing week with all three major indexes in the red, dragged down by a slide in shares of tech heavyweights following their quarterly results. The Dow had earlier … Read more
Coronavirus could age the brain by ten years or cause IQ to fall, a study has suggested. Researchers have warned that survivors of the worst cases of the virus could be at risk of lasting mental damage, equivalent to an 8.5-point drop in IQ or the brain ageing a decade. This ‘brain fog’ has already been … Read more
Don’t even TOUCH your mobile at the wheel: New tougher law will see drivers fined £200 and given six points if they use their phone for any reason… but you can access its SatNav if it’s hands-free Drivers face a ban on touching mobile phones at the wheel under a new law Motorists can currently … Read more
Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka fined and handed six points on driving licence for speeding at 104mph on the M1 during the second week of the coronavirus lockdown in April Man United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been punished for speeding on the M1 Wan-Bissaka’s £90,000 G-Wagon was caught moving at 104mph on April 1 The 22-year-old … Read more