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Friends save £4k by making back of Corsa into bed to travel Europe

Joby Aviation, Inc., the California-based company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, has announced a partnership with Virgin Atlantic.

200mph air taxi could soon connect cities to major UK airports

Greeba Heard - Set to complete six marathon challenge in Tokyo.

Melton runner to complete world marathons set in Tokyo

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British kids dream of global adventures in 2025

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Melton pub to host beer festival this week

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The 19 best-rated sushi restaurants in the UK - according to DesignMyNight (Photo: Google)

19 places to visit in the UK for your sushi fix

Robots get a 'living skin' makeover thanks to researchers in Japan. Photo by 2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND /

Robots get ‘skin’ and ‘smiles’ in horrifying makeover

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Rishi Sunak has spoken out on the alleged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle car chase with paparazzi in New York
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The SMB College Group rugby players based at the Brooksby campus who are off to play rugby in Japan

Brooksby college students off to play rugby in Japan

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Six Four ITV - Release date, cast, how to watch and summary

Robots to carry out more than a third of household chores according to an Oxford University study

Robots to handle household chores by 2030, according to research

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A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on December 31, 2022

North Korea finish 2022 with three more ballistic missile launches

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