TOM UTLEY: I fear it’s my fault Apple’s outstripped the whole FTSE 100

Frankly, I blame Barbara for initiating me into the cult of Apple and sparking an addiction I’ve been unable to shake off since. It was six years ago this autumn when the PA, whose services I shared with a handful of colleagues, took one look at the antiquated mobile phone I’d been allocated by my … Read more

Mercedes-Benz urgently recalls more than 30,000 cars over sunroof fault

Mercedes-Benz urgently recalls more than 30,000 cars over fears the sunroof may FALL OUT and cause a crash Mercedes-Benz recalled more than 30,000 cars over fears of a faulty sunroof  The recall applies to 30,105 cars sold between 2000 and 2010  The affected vehicle models are the C, CLK, CLS, and E Class By Adam … Read more

Swarm of earthquakes detected eight miles from San Andreas Fault raises risk of ‘big one’ hitting

Swarm of earthquakes detected eight miles from the San Andreas Fault raises risk of ‘big one’ hitting in the next week San Andreas Fault in California was hit by an earthquake swarm Monday The quakes began in the early hours with the largest a magnitude 4.6 Experts have laid out three possible scenarios that could happen … Read more

California’s chances of the Big One on the San Andreas fault in the next 12 months have TRIPLED

More than 3,000 earthquakes rocked Ridgecrest, California in a single week last year and as a result, has increased chances of the ‘Big One’ striking the San Andreas fault. The tremors stressed the Garlock Fault, which stretches 160 miles along the Mojave Desert and connects the site of the Ridgecrest quakes to the massive San … Read more

Volvo recalls 170,000 UK cars due to ‘extremely rare’ seatbelt fault

Volvo recalls 170,000 UK cars due to ‘extremely rare’ seatbelt fault that impacts 2.2million vehicles globally Recall is biggest in Volvo’s history and impacts some 2.2m models worldwide Problem affects front seatbelts fastenings, mounted on the outer side of seats A fastening cable can suffer reduced strength ‘under certain circumstances’ It said instances of the fault … Read more

Researchers in the Arctic Ocean map undersea methane pockets in a 250-million-year-old ‘fault zone’

Researchers in the Arctic Ocean map undersea methane pockets distributed across a 250-million-year-old ‘fault zone’ that could accelerate ice sheet withdrawal with future ruptures Researchers mapped a network of undersea methane pockets in the Arctic They found structural instability in the seafloor was the biggest factor effecting which region would experience a rupture, releasing the … Read more

You can choose to be happy: Think other people’s bad moods are your problem – or fault? Think again

Negative things will inevitably come my way but i’m responsible for my reactions Bestselling author Adele Parks used to think other people’s bad moods were her problem, or even somehow her fault. Then she had a lightbulb moment…    Ever since I was young, I’ve felt responsible for cheering people up when they’re down. I was … Read more