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#WalangPasok: LGUs suspend classes on July 3 due to heavy rainfall

MANILA, Philippines — Several local government units (LGUs) have suspended classes on Thursday, July 3, due to heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon, locally known as the habagat. Classes were suspended in the following areas: Metro Manila Valenzuela City – Both online and in-person classes suspended for kindergarten to senior high school (public and

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Giant car firm behind 14 brands including Fiat & Peugeot ‘faces closing factories’ over EV targets, boss says

THE giant car firm behind 14 brands including Fiat and Peugeot may have to close factories over EV targets, its boss says.

European car manufacturers are having to sell more electric vehicles to cut CO2 emissions – or risk crippling penalties.

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The giant car firm behind 14 brands including Fiat and Peugeot may have to close factories over EV targets
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Stellantis may have shut some of its factories doors

Stellantis may have shut some of its factories doors due to the risk of hefty European Union fines for not complying with CO2 emission targets, the chief of the Franco-Italian automaker for Europe said on Tuesday.

The automaker industry has successfully lobbied for more time to comply, as fines will be based on 2025-2027 emissions rather than just in 2025.

Stellantis’ Europe chief Jean-Philippe Imparato slammed the targets, saying they were still unreachable for automakers.

He then exposed his company to fines of up to 2.5 billion euros within “two-three years.”

Speaking at a conference in the lower house of parliament in Rome, he said that without significant changes in the regulatory situation by the end of this year, “we will have to make tough decisions.”

Stellantis would therefore either have to double its electric vehicle sales, which is impossible, or cut the production of petrol and diesel vehicles, Imparato said.

“I have two solutions: either I push like hell (on electric) … or I close down ICE (internal combustion engine vehicles). And therefore I close down factories,” he said, at one point mentioning the Italian van-making plant of Atessa.

Meanwhile discussions over the future of Maserati remain ongoing as Stellantis prepared to welcome its new CEO.

New CEO Antonio Filosa faces huge financial decisions as a result of President Trump’s brutal trade tariffs.

Stellantis – which owns 14 brands across the globe – was reported to have hired management consulting firm McKinsey and Co to review the situation.

McKinsey was called in April this year to advise on struggling brands Maserati and Alfa Romeo, with both experiencing a dire 2024.

Last year, the number of Maserati units sold plunged from 26,600 to just 11,300.

Stellanis told Motor1: “McKinsey has been asked to provide its considerations regarding the recently announced U.S. tariffs for Alfa Romeo and Maserati.”

Trump’s new legislation means tariffs of at least 25 percent on anything imported into the US.

Maserati has no new model launches scheduled as it waits for a new business plan, with the last one having been put on hold by Stellantis in 2024.

The plan is expected to be presented soon after Filosa starts his new role.

But as things stand, it is understood that all options remain on the table for the world-renowned Italian brand.

It came after the global firm pulled the plug on a £1.3billion investment in Maserati earlier this year.

Plans for the hotly anticipated electric MC20 Folgore were also binned due to low demand.

What is Stellantis?

Stellantis is the company behind iconic motor brands such as Fiat, Vauxhall and Peugot.

The conglomerate, which is the second-largest maker of cars in Europe, owns 14 badges, including Chrysler, Citroen, Jeep and Maserati.

The company itself is the product of a merger between Fiat-Chrysler and France’s PSA, the maker of Peugeot and Citroen, in 2021.

But the motoring giant has encountered increasingly stuttering financial success.

And an initial manufacturing break at Stellantis has now been extended as bosses report a collapse in demand for electric cars.

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Lottery results and numbers: Lotto and Thunderball draw tonight, July 2, 2025

THE NATIONAL Lottery results are in and it’s time to find out who has won a life-changing amount of money tonight (July 2, 2025).

Could tonight’s £8.4 million jackpot see you handing in your notice, jetting off to the Bahamas or driving a new Porsche off a garage forecourt?

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Could you win big tonight with the National Lottery?
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Previous winners have gone on to build mansions and buy islands

You can find out by checking your ticket against tonight’s numbers below. Good luck!

Tonight’s National Lottery Lotto winning numbers are: 04, 11, 34, 51, 54, 55 and the bonus number is 57.

Tonight’s National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are: 06, 09, 12, 20, 35 and the Thunderball number is 14.

The first National Lottery draw was held on November 19 1994 when seven winners shared a jackpot of £5,874,778.

The largest amount ever to be won by a single ticket holder was £42million, won in 1996.

Gareth Bull, a 49-year-old builder, won £41million in November, 2020 and ended up knocking down his bungalow to make way for a luxury manor house with a pool.

TOP 5 BIGGEST LOTTERY WINS ACROSS THE WORLD

  1. £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize
  2. £1.267 billion (Mega Million) a winner from South Carolina took their time to come forward to claim their prize in March 2019 not long before the April deadline
  3. £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin
  4. £625.76 million (Powerball)  Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017
  5. £575.53 million (Powerball)  A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018

Sue Davies, 64, bought a lottery ticket to celebrate ending five months of shielding during the pandemic — and won £500,000.

Sandra Devine, 36, accidentally won £300k – she intended to buy her usual £100 National Lottery Scratchcard, but came home with a much bigger prize.

The biggest jackpot ever to be up for grabs was £66million in January last year, which was won by two lucky ticket holders.

Another winner, Karl managed to bag £11million aged just 23 in 1996.

The odds of winning the lottery are estimated to be about one in 14million – BUT you’ve got to be in it to win it.

Sandra Devine and her husband Mike won by chance - can you too?
Sandra Devine and her husband Mike won by chance – can you too?

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Terrifying moment man, 57, stalks wife around home with bow & arrow after telling her ‘you are dying tonight’

TERRIFYING footage shows the moment a 57-year-old man stalked his wife around their home with a bow and arrow.

Stephen Carr picked up the compound bow he had previously used in target archery competitions after telling his wife Lorna “you are dying tonight”.

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Home CCTV captured Stephen Carr brandishing the loaded compound bow[/caption]
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Carr was jailed for 17 years after being found guilty of attempted murder[/caption]
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He also stabbed his wife Lorna with the pair both drinking on the night[/caption]

The keen archer picked up the weapon to shoot metal-tipped arrows at Lorna, at their home in Strensall, North Yorkshire, a court heard.

Carr then stabbed her six times with a kitchen knife while she was on the phone with emergency services, the court was told.

He was jailed for 20 years after unleashing the “terrifying and frenzied” attack using a bow and arrow.

Cameras installed at the couple’s to assist in the care of the defendant’s elderly mother recorded parts of the attack on the night of September 8 last year.

Now, footage released by cops shows Carr stalking his wife around their house with the weapon before he is seen coolly picking up a knife from the kitchen drawers.

Jurors previously heard Carr told her “you are dying tonight” before he pointed the bow at her and fired three arrows in her direction after he had downed a litre of vodka.

The argument was sparked over the “concerns and stresses of caring for the defendant’s mother” who lived with them at the time, prosecutor Angus MacDonald said during the sentence hearing at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday.

But 57-year-old Carr denied intending to kill his wife and claimed he “blacked out”.

However, a jury convicted him of attempted murder following a trial at the same court last month.

Judge Simon Phillips, sentencing, told the defendant: “During the course of the trial, the jury heard, and to some extent saw, clear evidence that you were intent on killing your wife Lorna.

“You anger towards your wife increased that Sunday night. She tried unsuccessfully to calm you down.”

The court was told the bow was a “heavy and powerful compound bow” which shot metal arrows at a speed of 270 feet per second, which “could cause serious injuries and even death” if used against a person.

Mrs Carr managed to dodge the arrow by closing the door, and the arrowhead lodged itself in it “a split second” after she had been in the doorway, the court heard.

Mrs Carr tried to stop the defendant from using the bow again by attempting to cut the strings with a kitchen knife.

“You threatened to ‘go mental’ if she did that,” Judge Phillips told the defendant Carr.

“You had reloaded your bow and pointed it at her and she says: ‘Do you want murder and blood on your hands?’.”

The defendant then pursued Mrs Carr inside the house where she had sought refuge, struck her on the face with the bow, and said “You are dying tonight”, the court heard.

Mrs Carr then made a 999 call from the bedroom where the defendant cornered her and shot three arrows.

The court heard the arrows missed Mrs Carr, but the defendant went on to stab her six times in the back with a kitchen knife whilst she was on the line with a 999 call operator.

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An arrowhead lodged in the door[/caption]
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Carr being arrested[/caption]

She was recorded begging for her life and telling the call operator: “He’s got a bow, he’s got a compound bow… Don’t kill me Steve please. Do not kill me you c***. Please! Think of your mum”, a spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said.

“This was a terrifying, frenzied and sustained attack”, the judge said.

After the stabbing, Carr retreated to the garden shed on his property where police arrested him while Mrs Carr received medical care, the court heard.

She was taken to hospital for treatment to 10 wounds, including six to her upper back, as well as swelling and bruising to her forehead, shoulders and arms.

She was discharged three days later and has since made a full recovery, the court was told.

According to police, Carr sent a WhatsApp message to his wife after the assault in which he said: “I’m glad I didn’t do what I wanted to do. I did say you were pushing me to far (sic). My bag (sic) sorry.”

‘FRENZIED ATTACK’

During the trial, Carr claimed he “blacked out” and does not recall stabbing his wife, adding that he felt she was “controlling him”, a spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said.

His defence lawyer, Gulam Ahmed, told the judge Carr had not displayed abusive or violent behaviour towards his wife prior to the attack, adding: “For a short period Mr Carr certainly lost it, and it is without the background of any abuse, without the background of any violence.

“This was out of character and a one-off.”

The court heard Carr was “heavily intoxicated” throughout the incident which the judge said he took into account as an aggravating factor.

Carr received a sentence of 17 years’ imprisonment with an extended licence of three years, bringing his total custodial sentence to 20 years.

Despite the ordeal, Lorna declined to apply for a restraining order and told the court she wished to resume their relationship, the court heard.

Lorna wrote a letter to the court describing him as a “caring, compassionate man” who helped care for his beloved mum Betty.

She said he had “never been controlling or violent towards her” until the night of the event, when he was a “broken man” and said she has forgiven him for the attack.

Lorna added that she trusted he would never hurt her again, the court heard.

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Horse racing tips: ‘Trip’s ideal and we know he wins off this mark’ – Templegate’s Thursday NAP

TEMPLEGATE takes on Thursday’s action confident of smashing the bookies.

Back a horse by clicking their odds below.

CHALK MOUNTAIN (5.48 Kempton, nap)

Stuart Kittow’s five-year-old should be coming here off a win but he was badly hampered when cruising along at Newbury last time. He had to settle for a neck second there and can make amends. This trip is ideal and we know he can win off this mark.

RABY MERE (3.50 Perth, nb)

Has won two of his past three and can score again under champion jockey Sean Bowen. He has improvement to come and relishes this distance.

STELLA HOGAN (2.32 Yarmouth, treble)

Is consistent and was just over a length away at Chelmsford last time. She finished strongly there and looks hard to beat from the same handicap mark.

MAGIC BOX (5.11 Kempton, Lucky 15)

Has gradually improved with every run and looks the type to take a major step forward now handicapping.

Templegate’s tips

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Horoscope today, July 3 2025: Daily star sign guide from Mystic Meg

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column is being kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes.

Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. 

♈ ARIES

March 21 to April 20

Your connection skills are at their sharpest, so you are ready to talk and put all your feelings across so well.

This can bring a new understanding of financial facts.

But it could be love words you have waited almost a year to hear, that spark a celebration.

If you are single a match of opposites is passionate – but fun, too.

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Your daily horoscope for Thursday

♉ TAURUS

April 21 to May 21

Work and wellness sit at the centre of your day, so a job in the medical world could bring out your talents.

If you are single, a friend, who can’t resist matchmaking, can get it right by introducing you to a fellow Taurus.

Home or family extension plans that sound like wishful thinking, start to look real when you share them.

Get all the latest Taurus horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

♊ GEMINI

May 22 to June 21

Believing in your ideas gives others true confidence in you. At work and at home, your blend of tenacity and talent gets results.

Single? There could be a choice to make between a quirky, independent colleague and a relaxed newcomer, where old friends meet.

Your luck location is a shop full of special faces.

Get all the latest Gemini horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

♋ CANCER

June 22 to July 22

A house that makes you feel relaxed the first time you visit could have an unexpected but welcome role to play in your life.

If you are single, keeping a list of the qualities you hope to find in a partner, draws that special person closer.

Work that involves cameras could prove a smart blend of earning and learning.

Get all the latest Cancer horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

♌ LEO

July 23 to August 23

Chart connection between Pluto and the sun spins success for the changes you want to make.

You can ace the challenge of being decisive, especially about home life.

If you’re single, that loving feeling is back and a bond can begin with someone you don’t take to at first meeting, but now seems perfect.

Get all the latest Leo horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

♍ VIRGO

August 24 to September 22

Your spirit of adventure is back, and it shows in the unusual locations you are drawn to – you may even decide switch from life in the country to the city, or vice versa.

Someone who was not ready for a relationship last time, now is. This could set up intriguing choices.

Luck visits a house with a pale green gate.

Get all the latest Virgo horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

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♎ LIBRA

September 23 to October 23

Having the sun at the top of your chart gives you a view of your route to success.

It is time to see yourself as a boss, because then others will, too.

Romance-wise, as mutual trust grows stronger and partners could be talking weddings.

If you are after a relationship, an Aquarius in advertising, could be The One.

Get all the latest Libra horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

List of 12 star signs

The traditional dates used by Mystic Meg for each sign are below.

♏ SCORPIO

October 24 to November 22

You both may insist you are just friends, but feelings could be developing into love.

At work, the pace picks up – and your plans are prepped for action.

Or you could also discover that working with a group of friends brings out the genius in you.

Luck links a “D” name and an unusual, stylish vehicle.

Get all the latest Scorpio horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

♐ SAGITTARIUS

November 23 to December 21

It is tempting to do too much for those you care about.

Though it feels good, it can lead to resentment. Kind-heart Venus and passion-finder Mars are out to prove that a relationship can be supportive as well as exciting.

So love could put you on the rich list.

A family connection with local music inspires you.

Get all the latest Sagittarius horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

♑ CAPRICORN

December 22 to January 20

With the sun in your togetherness chart, getting involved in charity fund-raising music and sports events should go well.

Venus focuses on pleasure, and you discover how it can upgrade a relationship.

If you’re single, your new love has a name that makes you smile.

Workmates could be reunited for a project.

Get all the latest Capricorn horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

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Workmates could be reunited for a project[/caption]

♒ AQUARIUS

January 21 to February 18

Mercury, the planet of clear thinking, helps you look at love in a thoughtful way and then any doubts can disappear.

Single? Your next love may seem like romance on the rebound, but that does not mean it won’t last.

Job-wise, you can get noticed by chasing a place on a tough project.

Luck lingers on a ticket with a “5”.

Get all the latest Aquarius horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

♓ PISCES

February 19 to March 20

As Jupiter means business, luck is out there for you – but it could mean agreeing to updating your skills.

The cash zone of your chart is packed with surprises, and the very generous way a favour is returned astonishes you.

As for dating, your calm approach can win a better reaction than a rival’s over-the-top flattery.

Get all the latest Pisces horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

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Nissan Micra reboot proves small car isn’t dead… it’s a million miles better than old ones & based around superb rival

Red Nissan Micra electric car driving on a road.

NOT so long ago everyone was predicting the death of the small car.

  • Ford Fiesta.
  • Ford Ka.
  • Vauxhall Adam.
  • Vauxhall Viva.
  • Peugeot 108.
  • Citroen C1.
  • Renault Twingo.
  • Volkswagen Up!
  • Skoda Citigo.
  • Seat Mii
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The Nissan Micra has been rebooted for the electric age[/caption]
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Micra is a reskinned Renault 5 using the same menu of batteries, e-motors, suspension and electronics[/caption]

All popular runabouts sent to the great scrapyard in the sky.

Manufacturers blamed cost, ever- tightening regulations adding even more cost, and the trend for pumped-up crossovers.

Now everything is about to go full circle and I’m here for it.

Renault will unveil an all-new Clio petrol hybrid shortly.

To sit alongside the gorgeous battery-powered 5.

Then the titchy Twingo returns as a £17K EV late next year.

Volkswagen is to update Polo with a mild hybrid petrol engine – so it’ll be around for much longer. Ditto Seat and Ibiza.

Then VW will roll out a family of urban EVs previewed by the ID2 and ID1 concepts.

ID2 will be badged ID Polo by the time it hits showrooms next summer priced from £22k – and ID1 will become Up! in 2027, costing about £17k.

Vauxhall already flogs Corsa in both power types and we’ll see the next one in a month or two.

Fiat has the brilliant 500 and box-fresh Grande Panda and there’s a smaller Panda city car in the pipeline.

We recently tested BYD’s £19k Dolphin Surf.

Lots of small, simple starter cars for everyone.

Now we come to the red car you see here. Nissan Micra.

Another household name rebooted for the electric age.

Basically, Micra is a reskinned Renault 5 – built by Renault at the R5 factory – using the same menu of batteries, e-motors, suspension and electronics.

So it drives like an R5. Feels like an R5. Goes as far as an R5.

Which is fine by me. Because the R5 is a peach.

So your choice is purely down to looks.

Whether you prefer the retro codes of the R5 or the cheery puppy-eyed Micra.

Those Micra lights “wink” at you when you unlock the car.

That thick stripe down the waistline is what Nissan’s London designers call the “ice cream scoop”.

Like dragging a spoon across the surface of untouched ice cream.

Yeah, whatever. It’s a million miles better than the vanilla Micras of old.

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The Micra drives like an R5, feels like an R5 and goes as far as an R5[/caption]

Other observations. They’ve printed Mount Fuji in the centre console and boot frame, a nod to the car’s Japanese heritage.

But they forgot to replace the French cockerel on the windscreen. Duh.

Like the R5, Micra has a twin-screen dash, Google brain, reversing camera and one simple button to switch off all the beeps and bongs the law now demands.

Unlike the R5, mid-spec Micras have steering wheel paddles to adjust the levels of braking regen.

So it’s actually more fun to drive.

The tech wasn’t ready before R5 hit the road. But it will get it soon.

Nissan has also done another deal with Renault for a city car based on the upcoming Twingo.

Death of the small car? No, mate.

There’s lots of good stuff just around the corner.

KEY FACTS: NISSAN MICRA

  • Price: £23,000
  • Battery: 40kWh
  • Power: 122hp
  • 0-62mph: 9 secs
  • Top speed: 93mph
  • Range: 192 miles
  • Out: January

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