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Owners of hybrids save only £13 a year compared with petrol equivalents, thinktank saysBritish households could miss out on savings of more than £800 a year on running costs if they choose a hybrid car over an electric one, amid concerns that recent go…
Campaigners say most common problem are ‘sticky keys’ that fails to record registration numbers correctlyThousands of drivers in England are being sent demands for up to £170 from private parking companies because of faulty ticket machines, campaigners…
Annual value of gas and electricity stolen from Great Britain’s grids already estimated at £1.5bn‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion-pound energy heistThe number of British households stealing about £1.5bn of gas and …
Airbnb is rolling out a global update that displays the total cost of a stay upfront in search results. The only fee that won’t be included are taxes. The Verge reports: The company first started showing the full price of its listings in some locations…
America’s Justice Department “has shut down its unit that investigates cryptocurrency fraud,” reports USA Today.
A Monday night memo from U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the shut down was “effective immediately.”
Blanche directed the …
More than 40% of pesticides discovered in dust linked to serious illnesses including cancer, study showsAlmost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need to take “toxic cocktails” …
Scheme currently covers only heat pumps, whose uptake has been slow and which are not suitable for some homesThe UK government is considering expanding the boiler upgrade grant scheme to cover sources of low-carbon heating for domestic homes other than…
Bank is largest UK lender to cut rates in apparent response to turbulence, and experts predict others will follow Business live – latest updatesBarclays has become the largest UK lender so far to cut its mortgage rates in apparent response to the finan…
AA says ‘cash-guzzling’ councils are adding clean-air levies to parking tariffs and resident parking permitsDrivers are being caught out by hefty price rises to park their cars, as councils across England impose parking surcharges on petrol and diesel …
Fewer people want to escape from cities – and homes by the sea have lost some of their lustre, says RightmoveBack in the early months of Covid lockdowns, all the talk in property circles was of would-be housebuyers plotting a move to coastal and rural …