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While most hybrids are said to use one to two litres of fuel per 100km, a study claims they need six litres on average Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) use much more fuel on the road than ...

A man who threatened a postman has been found guilty of attempted robbery. Thomas Lawton had already admitted multiple other assaults, including on an emergency worker, and criminal damage after the ...

A postman has received £13,000 compensation from Royal Mail after being banned from starting work at 5am. Darren Williams had worked on his early morning rounds in Eccles, Greater Manchester, for ...

An Auburn man donned a mail carrier’s uniform last week and brought along a cellphone jammer, zip ties and other gear as part of an alleged scheme to coerce a Seattle man into giving him 10 bitcoins ...

The opioid crisis in the United States has come about because of excessive use of these drugs for both legal and illicit purposes and unprecedented levels of consequent opioid use disorder (OUD). More ...

“I get about half an hour free each day and use it to read the newspapers.” The couple’s biggest treat was a fortnightly 200-mile round trip to a cash-and-carry in Glasgow, from which they would stop ...