Andrew Gwynne sacked as health minister over comments posted on a WhatsApp group 
1.4 Million-Year-Old Jaw Identified as New Paranthropus Species in South Africa 
Extreme Arctic Warming Sees North Pole Temperatures Rise Above Freezing 
US congresswoman Angie Craig fights off elevator attacker by throwing hot coffee over them
A US congresswoman fought off an attacker by throwing hot coffee over him when he assaulted her in an elevator.Representative...
Nicola Bulley: Friends of missing mother-of-two in ‘last push’ appeal to ‘bring Nikki home’ as search extended to coast
Friends of Nicola Bulley have gathered for a "last push" roadside appeal two weeks on from her disappearance - after...
Drunk driver Ryan McElroy jailed after camera caught him stumbling to car before crash killed ‘selfless’ student
A drunk driver filmed stumbling to his car before causing a crash which killed a "selfless and kind-hearted" Master's student...
Fresh strikes by paramedics and university workers over pay and conditions
Paramedics and university staff are staging further walkouts today over pay, jobs, pensions and conditions.University staff will continue a 48-hour...
Jeremy Hunt offers hope on pay settlements but rules out feeding inflation
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has not ruled out increasing pay offers to public sector workers, but warned that giving more money...
Bill Gates: Nuclear waste is not a reason avoid nuclear energy
Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York,...
Jeremy Hunt faces calls to cut taxes after AstraZeneca snubs UK for £320m factory in Ireland
Tory MPs have stepped up calls for the government to cut taxes after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca overlooked Britain for a...
Volkswagen announces five-year plan to accelerate EV production and software strategy
Following a recent supervisory board meeting, Volkswagen Group has announced a major shift in its electrification strategy to expedite EV...
Tesla is about to expand its insurance business internationally
Tesla is preparing to expand its insurance business internationally – starting with insurance products in the United Kingdom. The automaker...
Amazon is the latest threat to Facebook as ad targeting suffers
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on...
Paris Olympics: Group of 35 countries ‘back ban’ on Russian and Belarusian athletes at 2024 Games
A group of 35 countries are to demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics over...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Rebel leader in Idlib calls for urgent international help as families devastated by quake
Syria's suffering is a unique desolation and inside Idlib we've seen the face of utter desperation.Here, they thought their plight...
Wheel-E Podcast: Rivian e-bike, RadWagon returns, electric Peel P50 and more
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional...
First electric concrete mixer truck unveiled by Volvo Trucks paves way for sustainable construction
Who says EVs can’t haul? Volvo Trucks delivered the first fully electric heavy-duty concrete mixer truck to CEMEX this week,...
Metropolitan Police officer tied up flatmate who thought she was going to be raped, court hears
A Metropolitan Police officer who used duct tape to restrain a woman asked her "who are you going to tell?...
Where EV trucks are going to hit the road first
The freight trucking industry is beginning its transition to electric vehicles, but it's going to be short-haul EV trucks that...
Bill Gates thinks A.I. like ChatGPT is the ‘most important’ innovation right now
Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates smiles during the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum in London on October 19, 2021.Leon...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: ‘We thought they were dead’ – sisters rescued minutes apart from rubble
The air is filled with dust and smoke, the city marked with heaps of rubble - but there is evidence...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Newborn baby, family of six and married couple among those saved from beneath rubble
A newborn baby and a family of six are among those to defy the odds and be pulled alive from...
Tesla cofounder’s Redwood just scored a $2B govt loan to make EV batteries
Redwood Materials just got a $2 billion conditional loan from the US Department of Energy to expand its factory near...