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Protests over soaring energy prices take place across UK (The Guardian)

Demonstrators rally in London, Cardiff, Birmingham and other cities following major rise in cap on household bills.

It’s right they take that time to have a look at it.” Labour said the government should bring in laws to keep prices down. A further jump in October could take the cost up to £2,600.

Henrik Fisker's radical plan to take on Tesla (Autocar)

After a brave foray into electrification ended in glorious failure, the designer is back with his Ocean SUV.

In the Ocean’s case, it undoubtedly helped that Fisker is both the design chief and the CEO of his eponymous company, so there’s no question of one faction fighting the other. “It’s almost as if the car industry decided 50 years ago that developing a model takes four and a half years and always will,” says Fisker. “That kind of interval means in-car tech for a new model has to be chosen three or four years before the model goes into production. This much I discovered when I met the Danish-born, Californian-based EV entrepreneur in a Park Lane hotel last week – right before he jumped on a flight to Austria to review 47 Fisker Ocean prototypes that his Graz-based manufacturing partner, Magna Steyr, had just finished building.

PENGUINS TAKE BACK PLAYOFF SPOT BY ROUTING ISLES, 9-2 (wbspenguins.com)

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins delighted a packed house at Mohegan Sun Arena with a dominant, 9-2 victory over the Bridgeport Islanders.

Full-Season, 22-game, 12-game, Flexbook and Premium Seating plans are available by reaching out to the Penguins directly at (570) 208-7367. Alex Nylander started the frenzy at 13:48 of the first period. With playoff position hanging in the balance, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (30-27-4-4) unloaded a franchise record-tying nine goals. Drew O’Connor beat backup Ken Appleby through the five-hole 28 seconds into the final frame. Less than a minute after that, Félix Robert put the Pens up by two. Poulin notched his second of the night at 7:26 of the third period, and then O’Connor rounded out the nine-goal outing with his second tally arriving with 1:21 left in regulation.

Mum didn't get chance to take 'perfect' baby home from hospital (Liverpool Echo)

Caz Finlay, a pseudonym for the author of the gangland crime series Bad Blood, was devastated in 2016 when her son Finlay died when he was two days old. Finlay ...

When the book was finished Caz sent it to friends who urged her to look for a publisher. Even though I'm writing gangland crime novels I always want to show our city in a good light as well." She said: "I've always been interested in the psychology of human behaviour and why people do the things they do. Caz grew up in the city and before becoming an author worked as a senior probation officer. Caz Finlay, a pseudonym for the author of the gangland crime series Bad Blood, was devastated in 2016 when her son Finlay died when he was two days old. Following Finlay's funeral Caz stumbled across an old laptop that hadn't worked for years but in a "bizarre" twist the laptop turned on.

Earl and Countess of Wessex will take lessons from Cambridges ... (Telegraph.co.uk)