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AN up and coming soap actor was born and bred in an Essex town.

A survey, both telephone and written, is currently being conducted with 1,400 residents.

My boyfriend and I have been together for almost a year now, and things have been going well, up until recently.

As recently as 2021, GM "all but eliminated" hybrids from its future product plans, reports the New York Times. "But then a funny thing happened." Car shoppers balked at the high prices of fully electric models and the challenges of charging them. In the last few years, sales of electric vehicles have grown at a much slower rate than automakers once expected. And hybrids have stepped in to fill the gap, accounting for a large and growing share of new car sales... In the first three months of this year, hybrids — including cars that can and cannot be plugged in — made up about 14 percent of all light vehicles sold in the United States, according to the Department of Energy. That was around twice the market share of fully electric vehicles in that period... Several automakers are slowing the introduction of new electric vehicles, and have accelerated development of new hybrids. Robb Report looks at the current status of hybrids — and a possible future: "The charging infrastructure in most countries is not yet mature enough to support convenient mass adoption of battery-electric vehicles, and in some territories never will be," says Jonathan Hall, head of research and advanced engineering at U.K.-based consulting group Mahle Powertrain.... Porsche, active in this space since 2010, just hybridized its iconic 911 for this model year. Lamborghini also joined the trend with the debut of its 1,000 hp Revuelto hybrid in 2023. "The company doesn't plan to give up the internal-combustion engine anytime soon," says CTO Rouven Mohr. "We are also considering synthetic fuels to keep ICE vehicles running after 2030." Hall concurs: "With the emergence of bio-based and even fully synthetic fuels, the link between the ICE and climate change can be broken." Combined with the development of better batteries, this progressive hybrid model could offer the best of both worlds for years to come.

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Plans are in place to build flats at the site

Blackpool, once the sparkling jewel of Britain's seaside resorts, is a hub of deprivation where the life expectancy for men is the lowest in the country.

EXCLUSIVE: Welcome to the estate where buses refused to stop, where the stench of cannabis hangs in the air, and where even Father Christmas stayed away after being targeted by yobs.

The Duchess of Sussex has made no secret of the fact she loves a handwritten note, but her latest social media missive has a digital mark that may not be meant to be there.

Different factions of the intelligence community are grappling to see who can control the classified reports placed before President Donald Trump, the Daily Mail has learned.

The English acting legend, 92, took to Instagram on Sunday to share the sweet tribute to her youngest child.

It was previously named one of the UK's best places to live

Essex Police are appealing for information about a man who has failed to attend a court hearing where he was sentenced to more than two years in prison.

Essex Police are appealing for information about a man who has failed to attend a court hearing where he was sentenced to more than two years in prison.

In 2012, former IT professional Philip Gwynne Jones packed up his life and moved to Venice to escape a financial crisis that threatened his job - 13 years later, he's still there.

A baby died almost every fortnight, Catherine Corless said, with a 1947 report finding that as many as a quarter of the child residents died in a single year.

The Duchess of Edinburgh's Penelope Chilvers sandals feature luxurious metallic gold leather straps, a leather-covered foam insole and comfortable block heel.

As the Princess of Wales stepped out for this year's Trooping the Colour she was a vision in aquamarine with Princess Charlotte by her side, a mirror image in miniature.

They rose to the top of the charts with their hits Tragedy and Stomp and since forming in 1997 Steps have proved themselves as an unstoppable force. 

The American singer, 56, took to the stage at Wembley Stadium on Sunday for the annual event and was mobbed by fans when leaving her London hotel.

It's one of Britain's go-to lunches, dating back nearly 400 years. But according to experts, all these years we've been making the humble cheese sandwich wrong.