Nearly a quarter of the global population of older adults at mid-century could face extreme heat, putting their health in danger.
By 2050, as many as an additional 246 million adults age 69 and older could experience temperature extremes that exceed 37.5° Celsius, researchers report May 14 in Nature Communications. The new projection suggests that more than 23 percent of the global population of these older adults — largely concentrated in Africa and Asia — will encounter this intense
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Jaguar Land Rover is taking the fight to keyless car thieves by investing millions to protect customers from the rise in this type of crime, it has announced.
The British brand – owned by Indian giant, Tata – has confirmed it will fork out £10million retrofitting older models with its latest security technology to create a virtual barrier to block the recent spate of hi-tech ‘relay’ attacks on its vehicles.
The recent spike in keyless car crime has seen this
Hundreds of Londoners are dodging Sadiq Khan’s hated Ulez charge by buying classic cars – which they can then insure for a fraction of the cost of a modern motor.
Merlin McCormack of Duke of London said he has clients searching for a classic that can be used as a daily driver.
In the UK, once a car reaches 40 years by year of manufacture it is deemed historic. This means the car is exempt from road tax, does not
Thousands of motorists face paying new environmental taxes despite upgrading their cars to the latest, most environmentally friendly models.
Councils across Britain are imposing new Ultra Low Emissions Parking charges which are hiking the cost of parking a diesel car by an inflation-busting 50 per cent.
Within London’s square mile, older vehicles are charged double that of the most environmentally friendly.
Also hit by the new charges are businesses and tradespeople who scrapped their older vans and swapped them for
Online influencer and rapper Lil Tay has died at the age of 14 – five years after the controversial social media star – whose real name was Claire Hope – shot to online fame.
The news of her ‘sudden and tragic’ passing was confirmed by an unnamed family member in a statement shared on the teen’s Instagram account today – when it was revealed that her 21-year-old brother, Jason Tian, had also died.
Lil Tay became embroiled in furious controversy
Londoners with cars that fail to meet Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone standards are typically more than £3,200 better off selling these older vehicles online than using the mayor’s scrappage scheme.
That’s according online car marketplace, carwow, which revealed that Londoners who flogged non-compliant motors on its platform in July received an average of £5,200 – more than double the paltry £2,000 offer to scrap an older car using Khan’s scheme.
It says it has recently seen a flood
Sarah Ferguson has paid a gushing tribute to her daughter Princess Beatrice, who is celebrating her 35th birthday today, while revealing the life advice she gave both of her children growing up.
In the latest episode of her podcast The Duchess of York, 63, discussed the ‘elusive concept of balance’, in relation to her personal experiences of parenthood.
She disclosed the core values that she instilled in her daughters through ‘leading by example’.
‘If you don’t want to be polite,
A young boy who dreams of becoming a beefeater had his day made at St James’ Palace when he was greeted by the guards.
Frank, a charming little boy, travelled to St James’ Palace, London, dressed in a mini beefeater uniform, to salute the guards.
Half of videos on TikTok about baby boomers posted by younger people are ageist, a study suggests.
It is four years since ‘OK boomer’ became a fashionable patronising put-down aimed at people of a certain age.
