Nearly half of UK drivers, or 46 per cent, are now considering to pick an electric or hybrid car as their next vehicle, up from 38 per cent last year.

Australia Post is hiring more than 4,000 new staff as locked-down consumers buy online in unprecedented numbers, making it so flat out every day is like the Christmas rush.

Businesses are attempting to fill vacancies via a scheme which allows prisoners to undertake paid work on day release – with one lockup having run out of inmates to offer due to the surge in demand.

There were 207 under-19s in England waiting for ‘urgent’ care for conditions including bulimia and anorexia by the end of June – the highest number since records began in 2016.