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☆ Charlie Hughes: Wigan center-back nets late, late winner to make soccer history
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —England under-20 international Charlie Hughes gave new meaning to the phrase ‘late winner’ when he scored after 20 minutes of second-half stoppage time to earn Wigan Athletic a 1-0 win over Wycombe Wanderers in England’s third tier on Tuesday. The unusually long period of stoppage time at the end of the League One match came about because of an injury to referee Adam Herczeg after a fall early in the second half. The England under-20 international caught the ball on the volley to score the latest goal recorded in a match in the long history of the English Football League (EFL) to win the game. The victory moved Wigan into the top half of League One standings, sitting 11th with 34 points. Wycombe is 17th on 30 points, four above the relegation zone.

Persons: Charlie Hughes, ’, Adam Herczeg, Steven Rushton, Herczeg, Callum McManaman, Hughes Organizations: Reuters, Wigan Athletic, Wycombe Wanderers, League, English Football League, Wigan, Wycombe Locations: England, England’s, Portsmouth

It forecasts that Britain, with a 2030 fossil-fuel car sale ban, could be short 25,000 EV technicians by 2032. And Australia could be 9,000 EV technicians short by 2030, the Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce predicts. CEO Lawrence Whittaker said Warrantywise must use expensive franchise dealers to fix EVs because they more often have qualified technicians than independent shops. Customers lacking EV repair options already come from far afield. The IMI estimates 20% of UK automotive technicians have received some EV training, but only 1% are qualified to do more than routine maintenance.

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☆ UK's Taylor Wimpey to build fewer homes in 2023 as weak demand weighs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 13 (Reuters) - British housebuilder Taylor Wimpey Plc (TW.L) on Friday forecast that it will construct fewer homes in 2023 than in the previous year as affordability concerns and economic uncertainty kept homebuyers on tenterhooks. Taylor Wimpey expects its annual operating profit to come in line with company-compiled consensus of about 921 million pounds ($1.12 billion), almost similar to market estimates from November. The FTSE 100 company, which also has a minor presence in Spain, said it built 14,154 homes in the UK including joint ventures in 2022, in line with its production outlook "broadly similar" to 14,087 units a year ago. The High Wycombe-based company said year-end order book - a key measure in gauging sales performance in the short term - excluding joint ventures stood at 1.94 billion pounds, compared with 2.55 billion pounds a year earlier. ($1 = 0.8201 pounds)Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Taylor Wimpey scales back home building plans due to cost-of-living crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Ajose Koilparambil | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The company joined bigger rival Persimmon (PSN.L) in flagging increasing stress in the housing market. Taylor Wimpey said it now expects 2022 volumes to be broadly similar to the previous year. For the second half of the year to date, Taylor Wimpey said its sales rate had dropped to 0.51 homes per outlet per week and its cancellation rate had risen to 24%. That compares with a sales rate of 0.95 homes and a cancellation rate of 14% for the same period a year ago. ($1 = 0.8662 pounds)Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Edwina GibbsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ UK counter-terrorism police lead investigation into Dover bomb incident
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] Members of the military and UK Border Force extinguish a fire from a petrol bomb, targeting the Border Force centre in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File PhotoLONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Britain's counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into an incident in which petrol bombs were thrown at an immigration centre in the southern English port of Dover, police said on Tuesday. The attack came as British policy towards migrants and asylum seekers remains a heated political issue. Sunak's interior minister Suella Braverman is facing heavy criticism for describing the arrival of asylum seekers as an invasion. Reporting by William Schomberg and Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Kate Holton and Michael HoldenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Suspect in UK immigration centre attack was 66 year-old male, now deceased - police
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] Immigration and police officers stand next to a car believed to have been used in a petrol bomb attack on the Border Force processing centre in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Peter NichollsLONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - British police said the suspect who threw petrol bombs at an immigration centre in Dover on Sunday was a 66 year-old man from High Wycombe, southern England, who was later found dead at a nearby service station. On Sunday, a man threw petrol bombs attached to fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover and then killed himself, a Reuters photographer said. Police were working to search the suspect's property on Monday, they said in a statement. Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, writing by William JamesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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