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Why Gen4 feels like Lola’s true Formula E beginning

Lola’s long-awaited comeback to motorsport has so far yielded just one podium finish in Formula E, but the brand has big ambitions for the future as it prepares for the Gen4 era

Motorsport

Warning ‘dramatic’ rise in food prices ahead as farmers feel the squeeze from Iran war

Fertiliser costs ‘problem for the world’, warns farming group controlled by Duke of Westminster

The Independent UK

Fertiliser shortages to have dramatic effect on food prices, says Duke of Westminster’s firm

Mark Preston, of Grosvenor Group, who owns one of the UK’s leading farms, says knock-on effect of Iran war could arrive next year

The Guardian - UK

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What next for Lucas di Grassi after retiring as a professional driver?

Di Grassi’s influence has long extended beyond the cockpit. But now he is ready to take on an even bigger role in the “second phase” of his career

Motorsport

Mayfair landlord Grosvenor delivers rise in profits to £86.4 million

Higher profits allowed Grosvenor to pay record £52.4m dividend to family trusts

Evening Standard

‘Nonsense and stupid’: Trump’s tariff war will cause global damage, says Grosvenor boss

Policy will eventually right itself, adds Mark Preston, who heads Duke of Westminster’s property group

The Guardian - UK

Di Grassi commits to Abt and Lola Formula E project

The Abt Formula E team has confirmed that Lucas di Grassi will stay with the squad for next season when it will use the Lola/Yamaha powertrain for the first time.

Autosport

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Lola commits to Formula E Gen4, Yamaha undecided

The iconic British brand announced in March that it would return to motorsport for the first time in more than a decade as a powertrain supplier in the all-electric championship, starting with the 2024-25 season.

Motorsport

The significance of Lola and Yamaha’s Formula E project

Motorsport fans of a certain age will need no reminder about how both Lola and Yamaha endured generally torrid Formula 1 campaigns 27 years ago, the last for each in the category. The former botched its attempt to make the grade after both of its drivers comprehensively failed to qualify…

Autosport

Duke of Westminster’s property firm pays £50m dividend despite profits drop

Boss of Grosvenor, which owns swathes of Mayfair and Belgravia, warns of ‘more pain’ for commercial property market

The Guardian - UK

Profits tumble at Duke of Westminster’s Grosvenor, but 64% of London office pipeline is pre-let

The London office pipeline at the Duke of Westminster’s property company Grosvenor is nearly two thirds pre-let, but its chief executive has warned of “trouble coming” for some landlords of older workspace alongside revealing a slump in profits.

Evening Standard

Prosecution collapses against ex-G4S directors over offender tagging scandal

The prosecution of three former G4Sexecutives over claims of defrauding the Ministry of Justice has collapsed, in a fresh embarrassment for the Serious Fraud Office.

Evening Standard

How two driver-turned-managers are tackling Formula E's challenges

The new Gen3 era of Formula E carries numerous trials for the teams to keep on top of, but the sweeping brush of change isn't limited to the cars and driver lineups. Two squads feature former drivers settling into challenging new management roles. Here's how McLaren team manager Gary Paffett…

Autosport

Happy Valley and Downton Abbey actor to star in new play about Nottinghamshire drag queen

The play will showcase the amazing life story of road repairer Mark Preston and his alter ego Zandra

Nottingham Post

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Nottinghamshire road repairer who becomes a drag queen at night

Mark Preston has raised thousands for charity performing as their alter ego, Zandra

Chronicle Live

County Durham defibrillator legacy for "fantastic dad" who always "had a smile on his face"

Darren Scott died suddenly during a football match in February but his wife and local community are ensuring that he won't be forgotten

Daily Mirror

Brit family brutally slain in Alps not gunman's primary target, ex-detective says

British-Iraqi family Saad al-Hilli, 50, wife Iqbal, 47, and her mother Suhaila, 74, were shot dead in their car in September 2012 as police appear no closer to cracking the case

The Guardian - UK

More flowers, fewer cars: the rewilders turning parking spaces into parks

Across the UK and Europe, the ‘parklet’ movement is gaining pace, transforming dead spaces where cars used to be into pockets of green

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation asked to please explain why some of her candidates are invisible in the seats they’re supposed to be contesting

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (PHON) is running a network of "ghost" candidates in the federal election, many of whom have not been seen nor heard of in the seats they are supposed to be contesting.

Chronicle Live

Tributes paid to Newcastle United fan and North East footballer who died during a game at the weekend

Amateur footballer Darren Scott died at the weekend during a game in South Shields and a £20K appeal has been launched to help his heartbroken family

Nottingham Post

Council highways worker raises more than £350k as drag queen alter ego Zandra

He says he's never taken a penny for himself

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