Congratulations to @B_Fernandes8 for being voted the Footballer of the Year. The @ManUtd captain garnered 45 per cent of votes, 28 ahead of runner-up Declan Rice, while Erling Haaland was third. He is the first United player to win our award since Wayne Rooney in 2010 #FOTY2026
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China just quietly killed the diesel heavy truck with brutal economics. 2025 data now in:
>231,100 electric heavy trucks sold (+182% YoY)
>Dec 2025 Market Share: 53.9% (EVs outsold diesel)
>Fleet owners saving $170k per truck over a 10-year cycle
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“I felt so proud shaking that man’s hand,” said Eric Dowey after he met Governor @schwarzenegger almost 60 years after their first encounter in Belfast.
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🇬🇧 We don't make anything anymore? UK manufacturing's Q1 highlights:
🔸British supercar manufacturer McLaren Automotive opened a new facility at its stunning £300m McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey.
🔸BAE Systems announced plans to recruit 2,300 apprentices, graduates and undergraduates in the UK this year.
🔸Cummins announced plans to invest $50m expanding its power systems manufacturing plant in Daventry, Northamptonshire.
🔸AESC UK officially opened its new battery manufacturing plant in Sunderland.
🔸Oxford-based Airbus Helicopters was awarded a £33.6m contract by the Ministry of Defence to support the UK Armed Forces' new H145 fleet.
🔸Following a £450m investment programme, the new electric LEAF entered production at Nissan Motor Corporation's Sunderland plant.
🔸Diageo opened its new £73m Guinness Open Gate Brewery in London, marking a return of brewing to Covent Garden.
🔸Airbus opened a new central manufacturing hub at its Broughton site to support its Beluga transport network.
🔸Safran announced plans to open its first Research and Technology Centre outside of France in the UK.
🔸McMurtry Automotive Limited opened a new multi-million pound factory in Wotton-under-Edge near Stroud in Gloucestershire.
🔸FUJIFILM Biotechnologies officially opened its expanded medicine and vaccine factory on Teesside following a £400 million investment.
🔸Lucozade and Ribena maker Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I is set to invest £25m upgrading its Coleford factory.
🔸Cummins is set to significantly expand its engine manufacturing plant in Darlington, County Durham.
🔸Leonardo was awarded a £1 billion contract to build 23 new medium helicopters (NMH) for the MoD at its Yeovil factory, securing the site's future and more than 3,000 jobs.
🔸Rolls-Royce announced plans to invest £21.3m to double the capacity of its Advanced Blade Casting Facility in Rotherham where some of the world’s most advanced turbine blades are manufactured.
🔸Expected to create 500 jobs, Denmark's Vestas announced plans to build a new £216m nacelle and hub manufacturing plant in Scotland.
🔸Lockheed Martin is set to build a new £85m satellite manufacturing plant in Scotland.
🔸Airbus and Rolls-Royce secured a multi-billion pound order from US carrier Atlas Air for 20 A350F freighter aircraft, powered by 40 Derby-built Trent XWB-97 engines.
🔸Stellantis announced plans to invest an additional £50m at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire.
🔸British Steel is ramping up production at its Scunthorpe plant after securing one of its largest ever export orders – a £70m contract for port redevelopments in Nigeria.
🔸 GE Aerospace announced plans to invest more than €110m, and create over 1,000 new jobs, across its UK and mainland European manufacturing sites this year.
🔸Expected to create 150 jobs, British Engines won approval to build a new multi-million pound factory in Newcastle.
200 – Games taken to reach 200 goal involvements for Man Utd in the Premier League era:
295 – Wayne Rooney (133G, 67A)
314 – Bruno Fernandes (104G, 96A)
339 – Cristiano Ronaldo (144G, 56A)
393 – David Beckham (85G, 115A)
424 – Ryan Giggs (90G, 111A)
564 – Paul Scholes (138G, 62A)
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One of the best gifts I was ever given.
When I was twenty-one years old, fresh out of college and about to start my first job, my father gave me a handwritten list of instructions.
Here are my dad’s rules for success:
> Do at least 10% more than you are asked.
> Never, ever, to anybody, present as fact, opinions on things you don’t know. Take great care and discipline.
> Be courteous and considerate always— up and down.
> Don’t knock, don’t complain—stick to constructive, serious criticism.
> Don’t be afraid to make decisions when you have the facts on which to make them.
> Quantify where possible.
> Be open-minded but skeptical.
> Be prompt.
I’ve passed these same rules on to my own children and the original copy hangs next to my bathroom mirror.
🇬🇧 Truflation UK CPI Inflation today is 0.81%, decresing 1.2% from last month.
According to our data, UK inflation has been in freefall, collapsing quickly from its September 4.5% peak to near-record lows, suggesting a strong trend reversal and deflationary momentum.
Our UK inflation index analyses +8M data points from 20+ data sources, reflecting inflation associated with real purchases and consumer preferences.