BMW slams brakes on £600m investment in Oxford Mini Cooper assembly plant

BMW slams brakes on £600m investment in Oxford Mini Cooper assembly plant

BMW has slammed the breaks on its multi-million pound investment in the Mini plant in Oxfordshire as demand for electric vehicles plummets. The assembly plant in Cowley is one of the nation’s most vital and historic car factories, but it is facing turmoil after a £600 million investment has been… BMW slams brakes on £600m … Read more

A desperate, futile dash under a flaming sky: Min-by-min breakdown of what would happen if looming asteroid hit London

A desperate, futile dash under a flaming sky: Min-by-min breakdown of what would happen if looming asteroid hit London

IT starts with a glimmer in the sky – just a pinprick of light, barely distinguishable from the stars. But this is no distant celestial body – this is a massive 2,560-foot-wide asteroid heading straight for Earth. 9 What would happen if a giant asteroid smashed into Earth?Credit: Getty 9 A chilling… A desperate, futile dash … Read more

Underused washing machine setting saves money on your energy bill and it’s better for your clothes too

Underused washing machine setting saves money on your energy bill and it’s better for your clothes too

DOING the washing is one of those chores that most of us don’t give much thought but you can wring some big savings from your machine with a couple of easy moves. Even though washing appliances come with a number of different settings, chances are that you don’t know the difference between these… Underused washing … Read more

Trillions of litres of water used to make all the clothes in UK wardrobes

Trillions of litres of water used to make all the clothes in UK wardrobes

JEANS are the worst “water offenders” of all the clothes in your wardrobe – using more than 18,000 litres per pair on average during the manufacturing process. Of this amount, 16,390 litres is used in the early production stages – from the cotton cultivation through to fabric production. 1 New… Trillions of litres of water … Read more

Why now is the perfect time to prep your garden for summer… and the ten jobs to tackle

Why now is the perfect time to prep your garden for summer... and the ten jobs to tackle

SPRING is just weeks away – and below ground, your garden is getting ready for a glow-up. Whether you plant in pots on patios, on your windowsill, or in beautiful beds, there are jobs that need doing NOW to make your outside space look lovely this spring and summer. 8 Make your outside space look… … Read more

UK wastes BILLIONS on crazy foreign projects like Kenyan gender lectures while dithering on defence spending

UK wastes BILLIONS on crazy foreign projects like Kenyan gender lectures while dithering on defence spending

BRITISH taxes are being squandered on shrimp farms in Bangladesh, poetry workshops in Colombian jails and gender lectures in Kenya. UK workers also fund diversity training in the Jordanian army and cyber security for India — while pressure mounts to raise our military budget and millions wait… UK wastes BILLIONS on crazy foreign projects like … Read more

Eco yobs busted by The Sun after boasting of plans for a month of transport misery in April

Eco yobs busted by The Sun after boasting of plans for a month of transport misery in April

ECO yobs boasted of their plans for a month of misery in April — as The Sun listened in. We used a link on a public forum to join a video call where they revealed a plot to trigger a 30-day transport meltdown in London. 4 Hannah Taylor, 24, and Catriona Roberts, 22, were caught … Read more

Who is on Dragons’ Den tonight? Meet Spudos CEOs Del & Chris and Dig bosses Henry & Alex

Who is on Dragons' Den tonight? Meet Spudos CEOs Del & Chris and Dig bosses Henry & Alex

BOSSES of two green and innovative companies — Spudos and Dig — are seeking investment from the Dragons. Here we get to know these entrepreneurial and environmentally conscious business people, who put their cases forward on the popular BBC One show on Thursday, February 13, 2025. 4 Dig… Who is on Dragons’ Den tonight? Meet … Read more

Builders say Labour’s housing targets cannot be met with 100,000 home shortfall expected

Builders say Labour's housing targets cannot be met with 100,000 home shortfall expected

THE UK risks building only half of the 300,000 homes targeted this year by the Government, according to a third of housebuilders. Only 2 per cent believed that the goal set by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner would be met, property firm Knight Frank found. 4 Only 2 per cent of builders believe… Builders say … Read more

My £3.89 hack to keep your orchids happy – and what you should NEVER do, expert reveals

My £3.89 hack to keep your orchids happy - and what you should NEVER do, expert reveals

 ORCHIDS get a bad press. The absolute divas of the gardening world – they’re all showy and stunning, until they don’t get what they want. 3 Gardening Editor Veronica Lorraine with orchids at Kew gardensCredit: Olivia West 3 Florist and artist Henck Roling at the Orchid festival at the… My £3.89 hack to keep your orchids happy … Read more