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Chinese car firm BYD is racing ahead with its electric vehicles. Here’s how more established brands can catch up

Electric cars made by the Chinese car firm BYD are now a familiar sight on British roads. In September 2025, the company sold ...
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Jessica Simpson never imagined being "single again as a mom of three"

The 45-year-old star announced her separation from Eric Johnson in January, after ten years of marriage, and Jessica now admits that she never imagined being single at this stage of her life The chart ...
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Canterbury have made two changes to their starting side for Saturday's South Island showdown with Otago to decide the NPC season

Otago have Josh Timu back at centre after he missed their semi final triumph over Bay of Plenty. Finn Hurley has overcome an injury scare to take his place on the bench. NPC COVERAGE WITH GALLAGHER ...
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An Amazon outage has rattled the internet. A computer scientist explains why the ‘cloud’ needs to change

The world’s largest cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has experienced a major outage that has impacted thousands of organisations, including banks, financial software platforms such ...
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Rachael Ray thinks it's "cool" that she's still considered "relevant"

The 57-year-old TV star walked away from her talk show two-and-a-half years ago, after 17 seasons, but Rachael is now relishing where she's at in her career, after her A+E Global Media deal was ...
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Gal Gadot was forced to quit a luxury hotel after an NFL team "took over the pool, saunas and the steam room"

The 40-year-old actress was staying at the Grove Hotel in Watford, south-east England, where suites can cost up to £2,000-a-night, while she was re-shooting scenes for The Runner - but Gal decided to ...
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Police are asking the public to help identify a 10-litre container related to a fatal house fire in Auckland's Bucklands Beach this month

Two people died in the blaze on Murvale Drive, which started about 2.30am on October 2. Police are treating it as a double homicide and trying to identify who's responsible. They want to hear of any ...
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Norman Cook contemplated becoming a fireman when he came close to bankruptcy in the early '90s

Cook - who had achieved a number one single, Dub Be Good To Me, with Beats International in January 1990 - was broke and ready to walk away from the music business to take up fire ...
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China accuses Australia of 'covering up airspace intrusion' over Paracel Islands

The federal government revealed on Monday that a Chinese fighter jet had released two flares dangerously close to an Australian P8 surveillance plane near the Paracel Islands, labelling the actions ...
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Better communication and movement in the midcourt

That's Silver Ferns centre Maddy Gordon's keys to victory in tonight's second Constellation Cup netball test against the Australian Diamonds in Sydney. New Zealand struggled to feed the shooting ...
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Squash world number three Paul Coll has stormed into the quarter-finals at the US Open in Philadelphia

The second-seeded Kiwi needed just 40 minutes to spank Jonah Bryant in straight games.
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Wellington Phoenix forward Ifeanyi Eze is adjusting to the taxing flight schedule of a New Zealand team in football's A-League

The 26-year-old Nigerian, who signed from a club in Iraq, scored on his Nix debut in their 2-all draw away at Perth Glory. That fixture's known as the distance derby as the clubs are more than five ...