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Kate Beckinsale has announced the death of her stepfather, the TV director Roy Battersby, and has said she has “no words” to describe the loss. Mr Battersby, 87, was best known for his work on detective dramas including Inspector Morse, Cracker and A Touch Of Frost. He had suffered “a massive stroke” and was being treated

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Succession has done it again, taking home the night’s biggest prizes at the Emmys just a week after big wins at the Golden Globes. The critically acclaimed series about a media mogul and his empire was named best drama, while Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook, who play dysfunctional siblings Roman and Shiv Roy, took the

The largest privately owned freight carrier in North America has recently incorporated a dozen BEV Class-8 electric semis into its California fleet. This addition complements its extensive inventory of over 300 all-electric assets. Estes added twelve Freightliner eCascadia electric semis to its West Coast operations through the company’s Banning, California terminal. The trucks, which offer

Former Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins has been criticised for mocking ITV presenter Kate Garraway after the death of her husband, Derek Draper. Draper was said to be one of the UK’s longest-suffering COVID patients, spending 13 months in hospital after contracting the virus in March 2020, and died earlier this month. In a video posted

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Holly Willoughby has returned to TV screens after a three-month break. The presenter, 42, who quit popular ITV daytime show This Morning in October after 14 years, reappeared on the channel on Sunday night to resume hosting Dancing On Ice. Willoughby marked her return by welcoming Stephen Mulhern, 46, who has been appointed a fellow

US equipment manufacturer Volteq launched a new electric mini loader last week that it claims is ready to go toe-to-toe with the diesel-powered competition. In addition to quieter, smoother operation, reduced maintenance, and no-drip job site readiness, the new Sky 1000 loader has one more trick up its sleeve: remote control. “Our battery-powered solution offers

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If you’ve read anything about Emma Stone’s latest film Poor Things, you’ll know the big takeaway: there’s lots and lots of sex. Stone plays Bella Baxter, a woman who was pregnant before she died, only for a scientist to bring her back to life and replace her brain with that of the still-living baby. (Yes,

Patsy Palmer is returning to EastEnders for a short stint as Bianca Jackson. The 51-year-old actress and DJ, who has already started filming, will be back on screen in the spring. In the episodes, she will be visited by her step-daughter Whitney and Whitney’s partner Zack. Bianca, who was last seen in 2019, will return

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Caterpillar turned the heads of CES attendees with a monstrous, all-electric underground mining loader – but the real game-changer wasn’t the big mining rig, or even the electric excavator. Instead, it was Cat’s cutting-edge energy management systems to keep electric equipment charged up and ready to work. “We are thrilled to return to CES to

Move over new CES power station reveals, ALLPOWERS is stepping in to close out the work week today by taking 50% off its new 3,168Wh 15-port portable power station. The discount down to $1,399 comes joined by the second-ever discount on GoTrax’s all-new F1 e-bike at $539, as well as some Greenworks electric tools. You’ll

“Our disc jockeys are husband substitutes,” Annie Nightingale was told when she knocked on Radio 1’s door following it’s launch in 1967. So why on Earth, they said, would a woman would want to join the airwaves? “They were bewildered,” Nightingale told Desert Island Disc’s presenter Lauren Laverne, during her appearance on the much-loved radio

George Clooney says he has more fun directing than he does acting because he gets to “boss people around”. The Hollywood star steps behind the camera for his latest project, The Boys In The Boat, a sports movie about an underdog rowing team, thrust into the spotlight of Hitler’s Olympics as they compete for gold.

Tesla cars being shipped to Europe Tesla will shut down its Berlin gigafactory for about two weeks, from January 29 to February 11, due to a lack of components as a result of a Red Sea blockade, according to Reuters. The Red Sea is home to important shipping lanes, particularly between Asia and the Mediterranean

Broadcast icon Annie Nightingale – Radio 1’s first female DJ – has died, the BBC has said. Nightingale, who was 83, started presenting on Radio 1 in 1970 and became its longest-serving broadcaster. She was awarded an MBE in 2002 and a CBE in 2020. In 2004, Nightingale was the first female DJ from Radio

First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on India’s first fully vertically integrated solar plant. The factory, which is in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has an annual nameplate capacity of 3.3 gigawatts (GW) and directly employs around 1,000 people. It will produce

Kevin Hart says there’s absolutely no chance he will ever host the Oscars, labelling award show gigs as “very cold” and not “comedy friendly environments”. The 44-year-old comedian and actor stepped down from hosting the 2019 Oscars after a series of old tweets emerged in which he’d used homophobic slurs. Chat show host Ellen DeGeneres

Zombie fans can rejoice as it appears a new sequel to much-loved horror flick 28 Days Later is in the works. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, the director and writer of the 2002 film, are set to reunite for the movie – named 28 Years Later. They are said to be planning a trilogy of

The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 –and that means it has a real chance of achieving the goal set by governments at the COP28 climate change conference of tripling global capacity by 2030. The amount of renewable energy capacity added to energy systems around the world reached almost 510

A Tory MP has thrown down the gauntlet to former footballer Gary Lineker, telling him to stand at the next election amid an ongoing feud with the BBC presenter. Jonathan Gullis criticised Lineker last month on social media for signing an open letter against the Rwanda bill, claiming it breached the BBC’s new impartiality rules.

Tesla’s Model Y was the best-selling electric vehicle in the US in 2023 by far, but other EVs from VW, Hyundai, Rivian, Chevy, and Ford are climbing the sales charts. Another year of EV records A record 1.2 million EVs were handed over to customers in the US last year, beating most expectations. Electric vehicles

Rapper Skepta has responded after artwork for his upcoming single was criticised for alluding to the Holocaust. Artwork for the grime star’s upcoming track Gas Me Up (Diligent) featured people with shaved heads, with the words “gas me up” tattooed on one, inspired by the period during which his parents moved to the UK in

Tesla has officially launched the new Model 3 Highland refresh in North America – taking orders now for deliveries within a month. Last summer, Tesla introduced a new version of the Model 3, codenamed Highland, which featured a refreshed design, a new backseat screen, new ambient light, and more. It was only being built at

In addition to updates for phones, tablets, and TVs, Google has a number of Android Auto and Automotive announcements at CES 2024, including a Chrome app. Android Auto is getting deeper integration wherein electric vehicles can share real-time battery information with Google Maps. This will let the navigation app show “estimated battery level upon arrival

Sinead O’Connor, who was found unresponsive at her London home last year, died of natural causes, a coroner has said. The Irish singer died in July aged 56. No medical cause for her death was given at the time, with London Inner South Coroner’s Court saying a post-mortem would be conducted and the results could

Baywatch star Nicole Eggert has been diagnosed with breast cancer aged 51. The actress, who also starred in 80s sitcom Charles In Charge, told People Magazine she was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in early December. Image: Nicole Eggert as Roberta ‘Summer’ Quinn in Baywatch. Pic: Fremantle Media/Shutterstock Eggert told the US

Following the debut of the production-intent design of its Helix light eVTOL, electric aviation startup Pivotal has begun selling the personal aircraft in the US. The Helix is unique in that it does not require FAA pilot certification, opening the skies to a larger pool of potential customers… if they have the money. Pivotal is

Horwin’s flashy flagship electric motorbike, the SENMENTI 0 production model, has just made its US debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Best classified as a maxiscooter, the SENMENTI 0 is likely to compete against other high-performance, futuristic-looking models such as the BMW CE 04 electric motorbike. “Horwin comes to the

Gill Catchpole, the wife of singer James Morrison, has died.  Ms Catchpole, who had two daughters aged 15 and five with the singer, was found dead in her home in Whitminster, Gloucester, on Friday. In a statement, Gloucestershire Constabulary said: “Police were called to Whitminster in Gloucester at around 9.10am on Friday 5 January following

A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to allegations he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021. A Los Angeles judge had previously found there was enough evidence for the rapper to stand trial after hearing testimony at a preliminary hearing. Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers,