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Location : The A34 southbound between the junctions with the A339 and the A4 . Lane Closures : Lane one is closed. Reason : Broken down vehicle. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 12:00 and 12:15 on 26 June 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 12:00 and 12:15 on 26 June 2026. Lanes Closed : There is one of two lanes closed. Source link

The Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new changes to federal vehicle regulations that would allow companies to skip including brake pedals in “vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.” The proposal, if adopted, would remove a major regulatory barrier for companies like Tesla and Zoox, which are developing vehicles intended to be fully autonomous, without a steering wheel or pedals. The public will now have 30 days to comment on the proposal before the DOT decides whether to approve the changes. This is the latest of a series of proposed changes to vehicle laws from the…

Friday 26 June 2026 9:55 am Lord Walker (left) said Burnham should snub Miliband (Dan Kitwood/PA Wire) Keir Starmer’s cost of living champion has warned that Ed Miliband would be a “disaster” as Andy Burnham’s Chancellor.Lord Richard Walker, who is also executive chairman of budget supermarket Iceland, told BBC Newsnight that the current energy secretary’s net-zero policies are putting an undue burden on household bills.He said: “Climate change is real, I believe in science, but I think how we’re going about it is far too ideological, and it’s putting unfair pressure on households and on billpayers in a very regressive…

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is warning passengers flying from Scottish airports to take extra care with lithium-powered devices such as vapes and power banks. Ahead of the school summer holidays, the CAA has launched a campaign reminding travellers to carry rechargeable batteries in the cabin rather than in checked luggage. Giancarlo Buono, director of aviation safety at the UK CAA, said: “Flying is by far the safest way to travel and we want to keep it that way. “Scottish passengers must pack right for a safe flight, and that means don’t put your batteries in your checked bag. “Take…

NIEA investigators established that companies called A1 Recycling Ltd and Bin It Ltd operated by Coulter were advertising on social media platforms with a mobile phone numberRubbish dumped at a site off Crumlin Road in July 2020(Image: Gary Lenaghan)A North Belfast man was jailed for nine months on Thursday for running illegal waste dumping operations in the city.Thomas Coulter, 46, of Alliance Court, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawfully depositing waste and one of keeping unlawful waste.The offences were committed on dates between March 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020 at two separate illegal dump sites on…

A rare and aggressive form of liver cancer has long resisted immunotherapy, a treatment that helps the body’s own immune system attack cancer cells. Now, researchers have identified a potential way to overcome that resistance using an FDA-approved drug that is already available for another medical condition. The findings suggest a possible new treatment strategy for fibrolamellar carcinoma, a rare liver cancer that primarily affects children and young adults. Fibrolamellar carcinoma makes up about 2% of all liver cancer cases. There is currently no cure, and the disease is often discovered only after it has spread to other parts of…

Amid a worldwide memory shortage driven by the AI buildout, Apple is raising prices of its Mac and iPad lineups, as reported by Bloomberg. For the moment, there is no rise in iPhone prices, but there is a possibility that it could arrive later in the year. The new entrant to the MacBook lineup, MacBook Neo, will now cost $699 instead of $599. The company also raised the base MacBook Air’s price from $1,099 to $1,299 and the MacBook Pro’s price from $1,699 to $1,999. The desktop-class Mac Studio now costs $2,499, up from $1,999. iPads also received a price…

Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer Polestar, owned by Chinese automotive giant Geely, will no longer be able to sell its new cars in the U.S. market, the company said on Thursday, as the Trump administration’s Department of Commerce refused to authorize the company to do so. The decision was made as part of the administration’s so-called “Connected Vehicle Rule” that restricts cars with Chinese software or hardware from being sold in the U.S. Polestar had requested a special authorization to sell its vehicles in the U.S. Polestar said it will continue selling its existing stock of Polestar 3 and Polestar 4…

Tether stablecoin USDt has become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization as Ether fell to its lowest price of the year on FridayEther’s market capitalization dropped below $185 billion following a 5.2% price crash over 24 hours, sending the asset tumbling to $1,510 on Coinbase, according to TradingView. This allowed USDt, with a $186 billion market capitalization, to surpass the cryptocurrency. “[The] stablecoin overtake really highlights how the market still favors stability over ETH’s volatility right now,” Andri Fauzan Adziima, research lead at Bitrue Research Institute, told Cointelegraph. The development reflects accelerating stablecoin growth, which currently represents almost 15% of the entire…

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