Pritti MistryBusiness reporter Getty Images A new tax for electric and hybrid vehicles has been announced by the chancellor in her autumn Budget. Electric car drivers will pay a road charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per mile from April 2028, with the rates going up each year with…
The front (left) and back (right) of the 2021 Mexico 50 peso note It’s always interesting to see what images states put on their money. Mexico recently redesigned its 50 peso note with the image of a perpetually smiling amphibian found only in the country called the axolotl, and it’s become so well loved it’s…
Laura Gozziand Ottilie Mitchell Reuters President Zelensky’s team are hoping to arrange a meeting with President Trump in November (file picture) Ukraine has said a “common understanding” has been reached with the US on a peace deal aimed at ending the war with Russia. The proposal is based on a 28-point plan presented to Kyiv…
Two musical pieces written by Johann Sebastian Bach were recently performed for the first time ever, more than 300 years after they were composed. Both written for the organ, they are believed to date from the great composer’s very early career, when he worked as a organ tutor in Thuringia. Germany’s Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer…
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a teenage trans activist on social media but convicted of damaging the campaigner’s phone. Linehan “deliberately whacked” Sophia Brooks’ phone and threw it in the road outside a conference last October, his trial was told. Westminster Magistrates’ Court also heard that the Irish comedy writer…
A chaffinch, one of the birds that recovered in the study – credit, 4028mdk09 CC 3.0. The first large-scale study to investigate the impact on bird populations from the 2018 European Union ban on a universal insecticide has determined that birds have recovered as much as 3% since 2018. Given that 57 species of birds…
After the resignations of Director General, Tim Davie, and CEO of News, Deborah Turness, MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) committee invited a number of senior BBC figures to be quizzed on what has happened. Amongst them were BBC Chair Samir Shah, BBC Board member Sir Robbie Gibb and former independent editorial advisor…
Deforestation in Colombia’s Amazonas Department – credit: Lowfill Tarmak, via Flickr. It’s 42% of Colombia’s territory. It’s 7% of the total Amazon Rainforest. It’s the same size as Sweden, and it’s now free from future oil and mineral extraction. The news that half a million square kilometers of territory in the Amazon biome of Colombia…
Councillors in Mid and East Antrim are due to discuss a proposal later on Monday to change a street sign named after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Last month, the King “initiated a formal process” to remove his brother’s titles following controversy over Andrew’s friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew’s association with Epstein has created…
Screenshots from the Nyiyaparli living language project app – credit, supplied by Nyiyaparli Widi An Australian Aboriginal community with only 8 fluent speakers left has launched a mobile phone game to help reconnect their youth with the tongue of their ancestors. The game allows you to help preserve a wetland nature reserve where the community…
