In other cases, Edward was quoted £48 for an MOT, whereas Emma was quoted £49 - a 2% increase.įewer than a third of women (31%) feel confident about investing, compared with more than two-fifths (44%) of men, a survey has found. Edward was quoted £229 on average whereas Emma was quoted £241 - a 5% increase. Out of the 100 garages contacted, 70 responded to both calls. It's International Women's Day - but it seems there's still progress to be made.Ī recent survey found women are charged 5% more than men for vehicle services.Ĭar management app Caura conducted a blind survey by contacting 100 garages for quotes on MOTs and services, using the names Emma and Edward.Īlarmingly, the quotes for Emma were higher than for Edward - even though it was the same vehicle. Meanwhile, the Tropical Beach card can fetch a value as high as $1,984.38 (£1,540.39), depending on the condition of the card and which collection it belongs to. More good cards to have are Gengar, which has a highest single card value of $1,103.30 (£856.45), and Espeon star, of which there is only one card in existence valued at $4,122.50 (£3,200.13). Popular character Pikachu is the second highest value, with its 196 cards coming to a total of $8,356.70 (£6,486.97). Research by CSGOLuck has calculated the accumulative value of cards for each Pokemon character in the franchise, and found those which are most likely to earn you the most money if sold old.ĭragon-like character Charizard is the one you want to find, with an impressive total card value of $21,468.91 (£16,665.46). If you happened to collect Pokemon cards at one point - and still have them somewhere - you could net yourself thousands of pounds if you're lucky. Here is the full breakdown across the regions: The ABI says young drivers have been hit the hardest by soaring insurance costs, with premiums spiking by more than 25% year on year. Those in Northern Ireland are paying the least, with an average of £1,359 spent. This is closely followed by average premiums of £2,392 in West Midlands and £2,327 in Yorkshire. In the capital, 18 to 24-year-olds are shelling out £2,811 on average to insure their vehicles. Price comparison experts at .uk looked into the UK regions with the highest premiums for young drivers - and found London, the West Midlands and Yorkshire among the worst. Some young drivers are paying close to £3,000 on average for their car insurance premiums, data reveals.
He died of acute subdural haematoma, a type of bleeding near the brain, on 1 March, Bird Studio, the company he created, said in a statement on Friday.Īnnouncing the news "with deep regret", the statement said "he would have many more things to achieve", but "he has left many manga titles and works of art to this world". Japanese manga comic creator Akira Toriyama, best known for his work on popular titles like Dragon Ball and Dr Slump, has died aged 68, his publisher has said. Ms Coutinho is also expected to refer several major gas boiler manufacturers to the Competition and Markets Authority for potentially colluding over price increases of up to £120 on gas boilers, imposed to cover potential fines that they described as a "boiler tax". In a concession to the industry, fines for missing electric heat pump targets will be pushed back by 12 months to April 2025. Sky News understands energy secretary Claire Coutinho had intended to ditch the policy, known as the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM), but will now proceed following objections from ministerial colleagues, who argued that it is crucial to decarbonising home heating and meeting wider net zero policy. Plans to impose targets for electric heat pump sales on gas boiler manufacturers could be confirmed as early as next week, after fierce debate within government and intense lobbying from industry to abandon the policy. Riviera runs river cruises as well as holidays to destinations in Europe, India and South Africa. Sky News understands that Silverfleet Capital, which has owned Riviera since 2017, has hired Baird, the investment bank, to oversee an auction later this year. The owners of Riviera Travel, one of Britain's biggest providers of escorted foreign tours for the over-55s, have hired bankers to prepare a sale of the company.