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‘Shockingly bad’: Nissan Leaf drivers voice anger over app shutdown

Carmaker’s decision to drop NissanConnect EV app on relatively recent cars fuels warnings from experts

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14

Petrol prices vary wildly from one filling station to the next. Why?

From postcode pricing to slow-falling wholesale costs, the price you pay at the pump depends less on petrol itself than on where – and when – you fill up

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15

Is it still worth buying an electric vehicle after tax changes made in the Budget?

A new tax of 3p per mile is coming for EVs which will narrow the gap to petrol cars in running costs

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025

Bus chiefs told they must improve reliability as North East passengers left to endure 'utter misery'

Delays and cancellations have become a major problem over recent weeks, with complaints that helpless passengers are being left stranded at 'freezing cold stops'

Chronicle Live · Dec 21, 2022

Hundreds of Seattle micro-apartments are for sale. Will rents go up?

The financial stability of hundreds of Seattle tenants is on the line as public and private players vie for nearly two dozen apartment buildings that have been on the market since this summer.

Tribune News Service · Oct 7, 2022

‘It’s the best thing I’ve done’: over-50s on quitting work for good

Record numbers of Britons have left the workforce since the pandemic – but could the rising cost of living bring them back?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2022

Free travel on all buses across the North East for kids this summer

Take The Kids For Free was first launched by Nexus on Tyne and Wear Metro and the Shields Ferry in July 2021 and is now a permanent price promise for customers. Bus companies made a matching offer during Easter 2022 and are now repeating that offer for the summer.

Chronicle Live · Jul 15, 2022

Omicron rips through remote Aboriginal communities, as leaders say governments' COVID response 'too late'

As much of the nation begins to look beyond a summer of rising COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalisations, the pandemic has just arrived at the doorstep of many remote Aboriginal communities.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022

Children’s social services in Bradford to be handed to independent trust

Move comes after an investigaton found serious management shortcomings and follows Star Hobson case

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022