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Petrol prices nudge $2 a litre for King’s Birthday long weekend

Australians are facing petrol prices teetering around $2 a litre ahead of the long weekend, with bowsers peaking across Australia's big cities.

The New Daily

Raging hairdresser doused Glasgow pub in petrol after landlord kicked him out

Daniel Cantley had been verbally abusive to staff at the Lea Rig before being ordered to leave and returning a short time later with a petrol can and pouring the contents on the front door.

Glasgow Live

Dublin Lotto player nabs €250,000 after impulse buy

The lucky player decided to buy a scratchcard on the way home from work and was left astonished after winning a huge sum of money

Dublin Live

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Images of Glasgow Great Western Road petrol station robbery released by police

Officers have released images of two men they believe could assist in their investigation into a robbery at a petrol station on Great Western Road earlier this year.

Glasgow Live

What is e-fuel? Synthetic petrol could displace electric vehicles

You can make car fuel without crude oil, but do e-fuels show a visible future for the internal combustion engine?

Evening Standard

Dublin Fire Brigade rush to blaze at northside petrol station

The incident happened this morning at a petrol station on the Clonshaugh Road

Dublin Live

Fact check: why Rowan Atkinson is wrong about electric vehicles

Last week we ran a piece by Rowan Atkinson casting doubt on the environmental benefits of electric vehicles. Here Simon Evans of Carbon Brief offers his response

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East Lothian fast electric chargers will cost drivers more than petrol

The RAC estimates that a unit of petrol when compared to electricity costs 60p which is lower than some of the charges East Lothian are introducing across their Journey EV chargers

Edinburgh Live

Woman sets drunk husband on fire near Madanapalle

In a shocking incident, a woman reportedly set her husband, who was in an inebriated state, on fire by dousing petrol on him at Poojarollapalle village of Kurabalakota mandal in the Annamayya district in the early hours of Wednesday.

The Hindu

Mercedes-AMG G63 4x4² review: what the car critics say

Mercedes has overhauled the G63 to increase its luxury SUV’s off-road prowess, said Robb Report. New portal axles give a ground clearance of 351mm, meaning this “green monster” can climb a 45° incline and wade through a metre of water. The extra height also allows for huge 22-inch wheels with…

The Week

The die is cast: petrol and diesel engines are dying. The electric age is inevitable

Arguments over the green credentials of electric cars are already over. Work on 21st-century tech, and leave the past behind, says Zapmap co-founder Ben Lane

The Guardian - UK

Wigan Athletic, Dechra Pharmaceuticals and The Co-op: The 13 latest North West deals

BusinessLive has rounded up some of the latest top deals you should not miss

Birmingham Post

Bungling criminals outmuscled in failed cash-in-transit Notts petrol station robbery

Senior inspectors described the plot as a 'planned and brazen attack'

Nottingham Post

Study shows just how much toxic air office plants can remove in a single work day

‘This is the first time plants were tested for their ability to remove petrol-related compounds’

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Tasmanian man uses employer's fuel card to unlawfully buy more than $20k of petrol

A Tasmanian man who used a company fuel card to buy more than $24,000 worth of fuel, some of which he onsold to friends, avoids prison — the court acknowledging his marriage breakdown caused "great upheaval" for him before the offending started.

Evening Standard

Why is the second-hand value of electric cars plummeting?

New data reveals electric cars have lost an average of one third of their value in the past six months compared to just 0.5% for petrol vehicles. But why?

Nottingham Post

The best times to fill up your car and save money on petrol and diesel, according to expert

It comes as RAC Fuel Watch data shows that diesel prices continue to fall, while petrol costs are beginning to stagnate

The Guardian - UK

Why electric cars win in the long run

Brief letters: Electric v petrol | Boarding school bites | Sewage shares | Miliband militancy | Damp spirits

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Belfast Live

Derry security alert: PSNI officer hurt as youths throw petrol bombs in "senseless disorder"

The alert in the Aileach Road area was later declared a hoax

The Guardian - UK

I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped

Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson

The Guardian - UK

UK car buying: expert tips on what to pick for your budget

Motoring insiders tell us which models to choose, based on price, reliability, running costs and more

Daily Mirror

Uber Eats driver begs customer for petrol money so he can deliver his takeaway

An Uber Eats divided opinion when he asked a customer for petrol money to complete a delivery

The Hindu

Three ‘Maoist couriers’, a ‘sympathiser’ held, ‘plot’ to set ablaze roadwork machinery foiled

Police arrested three persons who were reportedly going to set ablaze roadwork machinery, under instructions from Maoists, on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border area

Liverpool Echo

NYPD police car spotted getting petrol at Speke Morrisons

People were "stopping and and staring" at the unusual car

Wales Online

Man holding matches and petrol had threatened to set fire to himself and the hotel he'd been told to leave

Abdalla Barka's advocate told the court he was acting out of 'desperation and frustration'

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