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She will take charge of the F1 Academy Susie Wolff has been appointed as managing director of the F1 Academy. The 40-year-old will take charge of the female-only academy, which develops young talent to prepare them for higher levels of competition. Wolff, a former professional driver who has also held the role of team principal with the Venturi Formula E team, launched the Dare To Be Different action plan –

They are predicting sales of between 8000 and 9000 homes this year One of the country’s biggest housebuilders plans to nearly halve the number of homes it releases onto the market this year as challenging market conditions are expected to cut the amount it can charge. Persimmon said that it would build and sell between 8,000 and 9,000 homes in 2023, down from close to 15,000 the year before, which

The Prime Minister is in “total denial” about the “damage and decline that he is presiding over”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader probed the Prime Minister on the UK’s longstanding problems with growing the economy, during their weekly joust at Prime Minister’s Questions. He also referred to the economic damage caused by Rishi Sunak’s predecessor Liz Truss during last autumn’s mini-budget. But Mr Sunak accused Sir Keir

Two trains collided and some carriages caught fire just before midnight on Tuesday night Greek police say the stationmaster in the city of Larissa has been arrested following the train crash that left at least 36 people dead. A police statement identified the suspect only as a 59-year-old man. Another two people have been detained for questioning. Fire Service officials said 36 people were killed and at least 85 were

Dozens of officers are involved in the desperate hunt near Brighton Specialist teams are scouring parkland around a mile from where aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested as the desperate search for their missing baby continues. Dozens of officers from the Metropolitan Police and a team from London Search and Rescue were seen in Wild Park Local Nature Reserve, which backs onto Hollingbury Golf Course, in

Cherry Seaborn was told by doctors she had a tumour while pregnant with their second child.

Thats according to figures from the Bank of England.

The luxury car maker posted pre-tax losses of £495 million for last year.

The Amsterdam-based group swung to underlying earnings of 19 million euros last year.