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Matthew Perry’s mother has said the late Friends star appeared to have a “premonition” about his death during one of the last times they spoke. Perry, who played Chandler Bing in the classic US sitcom, was found unresponsive in the swimming pool at his home in Los Angeles on 28 October 2023. A post mortem

All five of One Direction’s studio albums have returned to the UK top 40 following the death of former member Liam Payne.  The singer died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week. The band’s 2013 album, Midnight Memories, which contains

Fresh off the back of becoming the first Irish-born winner of the best actor award at the Oscars, Cillian Murphy is busier than ever. “It’s my third film I’ve done since then so that was clearly my coping mechanism”, he tells Sky News at the UK premiere of Small Things Like These. Set in 1985

New passenger-hauling SUVs? Lifestyle pickups? Promises about affordable, self-driving EVs? You won’t find any of that trash here – this cut-down, lightweight, massively powerful EV is for people who still want to drive. If you’re sick of posh, quiet SUVs built around their infotainment screens and a bunch of weird nerds calling a pack of soulless

Kia sees an opportunity with its first electric PBV van launching next year. Although they are not even out yet, Kia is already finding new uses for the upcoming fit-for-purpose EV vans. We got our first look at the upcoming electric vans after Kia revealed its Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) business at the 2024 Consumer

Two brothers who were convicted of killing their parents and featured in Netflix shows could be freed early after 34 years behind bars. Lyle Menendez, 56, and his 53-year-old brother Erik are serving life in prison without parole for the shotgun murders of their father and mother – Jose and Kitty Menendez – in 1989.

High energy dance track Bang Bang! by Swedish electronic act Galantis kicks off with the lyrics, “You know I hate sometimes, my mind can run, faster than a bullet from a gun”. Subtitled My Neurodivergent Anthem, it’s now getting a video game remake with an ADHD character at the centre of the action. Image: Galantis’s

Banksy prints, handwritten notes, a pair of trainers – and even a collection of “burner phones” – are among scores of items set to be auctioned from “the most definitive archive” of his early work. Steve Lazarides, the anonymous street artist’s former agent and photographer, is auctioning artwork and other mementos amassed over more than

To promote emissions-free rides in the UK, Uber has teamed up with Lotus to deploy a fleet of the latter’s Eletre Hyper EVs around London. Now through the end of November, London commuters can book a ride in an Eletre by selecting Uber Green in their app. Better yet, the rider who saves the most

With the release of its financial results for Q3 2024, Tesla (TSLA) is predicting a record fourth quarter – a rare prediction for the automaker. Tesla missed revenue expectations by about $300 million last quarter, but it did beat earnings per share by $0.12 with an EPS of $0.72 – thanks to higher-than-expected margins last quarter.

Liam Payne’s girlfriend has said they planned to get married next year in a statement a week after his death. The former One Direction star died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur hotel. Kate Cassidy, who had been in Argentina with Payne until two days before his

Without urgent intervention the UK looks set to see “the end of a clubbing era that has defined generations”, according to industry experts. Ahead of next week’s autumn budget, Michael Kill, the chief executive of the Nighttime Industries Association (NTIA), has spoken to Sky News about the urgent need for government support to protect a “vital

Ford commercial truck customers can score a sweet deal on a new Ford F-150 Lightning Pro, thanks to a new $7,500 Fleet Order Discount offer – but that’s just the beginning: there are even more Lightning incentives out there for fleet buyers! Before we get too deep into this new Ford Fleet Order Discount, it’s

The​​​​​ flight instructor who trained actors in the 2022 Top Gun: Maverick movie has died in a small plane crash during an air show in New Mexico. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 monoplane when it went down around 2:30pm local time on Sunday. Mr Coleman

Photo: Apollo Energy Renewables now claim a 30.1% share of total US utility-scale electrical generating capacity, according to new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. Solar also provided nearly 100% of all new generating capacity in August, according to the SUN DAY Campaign, who reviewed the FERC data. What’s more, renewable energy sources – biomass,

A toxicology exam on Liam Payne’s body has not been completed yet, authorities in Argentina have said – amid reports of cocaine being found in his system. The former One Direction star died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week after falling from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur hotel. A representative of the public

On today’s spooky episode of Quick Charge, Tesla backtracks on the Cybertruck range extender, Ford updates the Mustang Mach-E, and you can now volunteer to help get people to the polls in an electric vehicle. We’ve also got a pickup truck dressed like an SUV, an important update for Ford owners on the Tesla Supercharger

Map: NDDOT The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) announced a funding opportunity for DC fast chargers in 16 communities across the state. More EV chargers for North Dakota The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will be used to distribute around $1.2 million awarded to North Dakota by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s Advanced Transportation

Oasis have announced Richard Ashcroft will be joining them as a special guest on their UK and Ireland tour. The former frontman of The Verve will join Liam and Noel Gallagher for Oasis’s long-awaited reunion shows in Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin next year. In a statement on social media, Ashcroft said: “As a

An initial toxicology report has found former One Direction star Liam Payne had cocaine in his body at the time of his death, according to an Argentine official. The 31-year-old pop star died after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last Wednesday. A preliminary toxicology report