Month: March 2025

Introduction: Tesla’s EU sales have almost halved this year Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. European car sales have dropped this year, with Tesla’s market share tumbling as buyers turn to other electrc vehicle makers. New sales data just released show that Tesla’s market […]

The Change 10pm, Channel 4 Bridget Christie’s surreal menopause story returns for a second series, and manages to be even funnier and more life-affirming. To recap: menopausal Linda (Christie) ditched her husband and kids for a while to embark on a journey of self-discovery in the forest. The series picks up again at the Eel […]

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official has said. The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the 46 years that Iwao Hakamada spent in detention, most of it on death row when each day could have […]

The Queensland government has announced it will build a new $3.8bn 63,000-seat venue at Brisbane’s Victoria Park as part of plans for a main stadium and other venues for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. According to the government’s “delivery plan”, the state will build several new facilities. The Gabba is slated for demolition, to […]

“I think he actually got it while he was climbing on a climbing trip. And it was bad, but it wasn’t awful.” James first caught Covid-19 in April 2022 and as his partner Emma explains to Helen Pidd, it was not until months later that the severity of his infection became apparent. He became unable […]

Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday they destroyed four military helicopters in Russia’s Belgorod region with Himars rocket systems. The special operations command published drone footage and announced: “Special operations forces in cooperation with the GUR of the ministry of defence, missile forces and artillery destroyed two enemy Ka-52 and two Mi-8 helicopters in the […]

Rachel Reeves will plough £2bn into affordable housing in a bid to “sweeten the pill” of the spending cuts being announced at this week’s spring statement. The chancellor made the surprise announcement of the new cash – a down payment on the June spending review – as the Treasury bids to demonstrate that it remains […]

Domestic abusers are driving their victims to suicide, police have warned as they admitted to past mistakes and pledged to investigate more “hidden” cases of violence against women. The concession came as a new report revealed that deaths by suicide among victims of domestic abuse surpassed the number of people killed by an intimate partner […]

Ukraine has accused Moscow of making “hollow statements about peace” after 88 people were injured in a Russian missile attack as US and Russian officials began talks that Washington hopes will mark the first step toward lasting peace. Seventeen children were among the casualties after the missile hit schools and residential buildings in the city […]

“Remember the pandemic?” In 2025, it’s something you might say after spotting a person wearing a face mask on the street, or being temporarily stunned by the sudden recollection of the 2-metre rule, or people hosing down their weekly shop. Of course, few adults will have forgotten about a global pandemic that officially ended only […]