Rapper Dizzee Rascal has been charged with assault after a woman was injured in Streatham, south London. The grime artist, whose real name is Dylan Mills, is due to appear at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday 3 September. Police were called to a residential address on 8 June and found a woman with minor injuries.
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After months of horse trading, a bipartisan group of US senators unveiled the legislative text of a 2,700-page, $1 trillion infrastructure bill last night. Here’s what’s in it for all things electric vehicle and clean energy – and what got the chop. What’s included in the infrastructure bill Electric vehicle charging stations: $7.5 billion for electric vehicle
The fallout from comments made by DaBaby about HIV and gay men continues, after the rapper was booted off the bill of a major music festival. DaBaby has been widely criticised for his comments, where he told audience members to put their phone lights in the air – unless they were HIV-positive or were gay
Orbital Marine Power’s 2 MW tidal turbine has begun to generate electricity at the local onshore electricity network in Orkney, Scotland. Tidal turbine It’s the Edinburgh- and Orkney-based company’s first turbine. The floating turbine known as the Orbital O2 is anchored in the Fall of Warness, where a subsea cable connects it to the European
A £700m studios facility is due to be built just north of London as a Hollywood consortium eyes up expanding across the Atlantic. Located just 20 miles east of the Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden – home to Harry Potter – the new venture is set to create 4,500 jobs. The development will be the
If you’re still traveling to work or the park win a car, it’s time to change that. The RadMini Fat Tire E-bike delivers the ability to ride for up to 45 miles on a single charge, letting you go to work and back before it’s time to plug in. Normally $1,499, today we’re taking a
Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been detained on suspicion of rape, police in Beijing have said, after being accused of luring young women into sexual relationships. In July, the former member of K-pop band Exo was publicly accused by a teenager of having sex with her while she was drunk – an allegation he
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Tesla has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over throttling battery capacity. The court hasn’t approved the settlement, but it is expected to be and will include a payment of $625 to each affected Tesla owner. Back in 2019, Electrek reported on several reports from Tesla owners about seeing significant drops in range from 12 to 30
Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has said he “had a small heart attack” but will “be back soon” after he collapsed on set earlier this week. The 58-year-old was taken to hospital on Tuesday while filming the Breaking Bad spin-off show in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He tweeted on Friday: “Hi. It’s Bob. Thank you.
Netflix has released the first image of Imelda Staunton portraying the Queen in the forthcoming series of The Crown. The 65-year-old actress is following in the footsteps of Olivia Colman and Claire Foy to play the monarch in the award-winning drama about the Royal Family. Filming is reported to have started in the UK earlier
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s record earnings but coming with delays, a big new Tesla software update, Tesla’s retail shift, and more. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder,
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): KORE Power will build the first lithium-ion battery factory wholly owned by a US company. A Bronx, New York food distributor will host a 2.7-megawatt community solar project on its roof. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized
Peter Kay fans have clamoured for tickets to see his return to the stage – selling the shows out in 30 minutes. The Bolton funnyman, who has been all but absent from the public eye over the last few years, will make his stage comeback next month when he hosts two live Q&As in Manchester.
It’s a book that the author felt was “unfilmable” due to its different time strands. But both Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones were so taken with the adaptation of The Last Letter From Your Lover that they chose not just to star in the film, but to work on it as executive producers as well.
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Indonesia to manufacture BEV batteries in the country through a new joint venture (JV). As part of the JV, Hyundai and LG will invest a total of $1.1 billion in the construction of a battery plant in
Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney – accusing the company of breaching her contract when it offered the film Black Widow on its streaming service at the same time as it was released in theatres. The actress’s earnings are based partly on the film’s box office takings and, in court papers, she said the movie was
Elon Musk announces a date, August 19, for Tesla AI Day, an event to share progress in the automaker’s software and hardware development related to artificial intelligence. The CEO aims to use the event as a recruiting platform for Tesla’s AI team. Over the last few years, Tesla started holding events, not really to unveil new
Tesla has started to push a new software update to its fleet today and it’s one of the bigger ones with several new features, including Disney+, Car Wash Mode, hotspot capability, and more. For years now, Tesla has been leading the auto industry when it comes to over-the-air software update capability. Much like the smartphone
Elton John has has joined the chorus of condemnation of DaBaby, calling him out for spreading “HIV misinformation” at his gig last weekend. DaBaby has been widely criticised for his comments, where he told audience members to put their phone lights in the air – unless they were HIV-positive or were gay men who performed