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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Scottish Sun
Legendary car brand set to RETURN to UK after a decade away – but only with the right line-up
START YOUR ENGINES Legendary car brand set to RETURN to UK after a decade away – but only with the right line-up Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A LEGENDARY car brand is gearing up for a return to UK roads after nearly a decade – but only if the timing and model range are right, according to its European boss. The Japanese manufacturer known for iconic models like the Shogun and Lancer left the UK market in 2020 during the Covid pandemic, when a sharp drop in sales forced a rethink of its global strategy. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Mitsubishi is phasing out the current versions of the Eclipse Cross and budget-friendly Space Star But now, Mitsubishi, says it's looking at Britain as a key part of its European comeback. 'If you look at the potential and size of the market, it's our preferred route to go back, basically. But we need to have the right product line-up for that,' said Mitsubishi Europe president Frank Krol, speaking to Autocar. Since its withdrawal, Mitsubishi has re-established itself in much of Europe, using models developed through its Alliance partnership with Renault. This includes the Colt supermini and ASX crossover – both rebadged versions of Renault cars. Earlier this year, Mitsubishi reintroduced the Outlander plug-in hybrid SUV to Europe, a model that previously enjoyed major success in the UK and topped the PHEV sales charts. The brand's line-up is set to grow further with the launch of the Grandis, a compact SUV based on the Renault Symbioz, which will be unveiled on 1 July. An all-new electric SUV, built on the same EV platform as the Renault Scenic and Nissan Ariya, is also due this autumn and is expected to carry the Eclipse Cross name. At the same time, Mitsubishi is phasing out the current versions of the Eclipse Cross and budget-friendly Space Star (also known as the Mirage in the UK), as they no longer comply with updated EU safety regulations. Krol said a return to the UK would need to be led by the right models – likely including the upcoming electric SUV and a next-generation Outlander PHEV – rather than the Colt and ASX, which are less distinct from their Renault counterparts. 'These newer models would better reflect our brand values,' he suggested, hinting that they would have more appeal for British buyers familiar with Mitsubishi's legacy of practical and robust vehicles. A new version of the Outlander could appear around 2027, given that the current generation launched globally in 2021. Despite the long absence, Mitsubishi still enjoys strong name recognition in the UK – but that won't last forever, Krol warned. 'It is not preferred to have extremely a long period without any sales presence,' he said. 'That's something we would need to consider.'
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Yahoo
‘You're never the sum of your worst mistake': April Barber Scales, from prisoner to advocate
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Sentenced to prison for the rest of her life for the murder of her grandparents, April Barber Scales now spends her time on the outside making amends. Thirty years after the then 15-year-old pleaded guilty, April was granted clemency. In the decades that followed her guilty plea, new research on adolescent brain development emerged and laws regarding juvenile sentencing changed across the country, including North Carolina. In 2021, the newly established Juvenile Sentencing Review Board considered 300 petitions. Of those, April was one of three people to be granted clemency by then governor Roy Cooper. After three years of probation, she is now fully free. To understand how April received her freedom, a moment that was full of joyful tears, you have to know the story of the tears of sorrow, regret and fear that were shed in Wilkes County back in 1991 and 1992. 'I didn't understand that I was actually being mistreated, so to speak, by him. I was still very much in love. You know, this was my boyfriend. This was my son's father. This happened, but somehow, some way, we're still going to work through it. And my naive mind said it's going to be okay at some point somehow,' April told CBS 17's Russ Bowen. At 14 years-old, April became pregnant by a 29-year-old. It was a relationship that was encouraged by her own mother. But it was a pregnancy that was discouraged by her grandparents who had adopted April. 'It was supposed to be like a Lifetime movie. Everyone paints this picture where some tragedy happens, and everyone is all so accepting and comes out on the lawn and hugs everyone and all the bad is forgiven and everyone moves forward. And that's the way it was supposed to be. And then it wasn't. And it couldn't be undone.' As for what April would say to her grandparents, if she could see them face-to-face, she said she would, 'profusely apologize and explain to them I never wanted to harm them; I only wanted them to see my point of view.' The house fire she and her then boyfriend, Clinton Johnson, were accused of setting killed her grandparents, Aaron and Lillie barber. April faced two murder charges at 15 years old. 'They had me kind of painted like Long Island Lolita, like I was the mastermind and that he was under my influence. 106 days after I gave birth, he [the defense attorney] brought a plea to me saying that I would be wasting the taxpayer's time and money if I took it to trial. And I plead guilty to murder, to the two counts, not knowing that the judge was going to make the sentences consecutive.' April was also threatened with the death penalty. After entering prison, the teenage mother did get the opportunity to create a relationship with her son, Colt. Colt went on to attend Appalachian State and played on the university's football team. It's a relationship that has survived. 'He's been by my side since he has been able to do so. And we maintain a very still close and open relationship. He is now 33. He is a very accomplished young man. He's a marine with a lot of good things behind him. And we still maintain that, just communicating and visiting as much as we can,' she said. Ten years into her sentence, April was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In one of April's published books, she recalls what that was like. Reading an excerpt for CBS 17, she said, 'MS is such an iffy, scary disease. How could my life be over at 25? We discussed treatments to slow the progression of the disease. I began to research as much as I could.' April has also written about coming to terms with her mother's decisions as a child and as an adult. 'Shelia attempted to leave on a better note than she came—promising to write, visit, send money and find a lawyer to help April obtain freedom. April heard these words, but deep down knew they were false,' she read. April's mother died while April was in prison, however she has become close with her biological father. Since her release in 2022, April has become an advocate for juvenile defenders and a messenger of hope and frank reality for those on the inside. She said she does believe that she is reaching people. 'I do. I do in in small increments,' she said. 'I do think I'm reaching them. I developed this mantra in there: 'One-day, one-step, one-moment at a time.' And I think that's how I reach them.' April continued to say, 'I would like to reach them all and snap my fingers and be able to go back and change policy and how they're treated in prison. But you know, that's not going to happen overnight. I wasn't released overnight, so I know that big changes don't come overnight, but that's why I keep at it, because I do believe they will come. April recognized that there are people who might say that she should not have been released from prison for a crime that she admitted committing, even if she was 15 years old at the time. 'I want those people to know you're never the sum of your worst mistake and I am not a juvenile. I am not someone who will make rash decisions now or be influenced. You know I have made a lot of mistakes, as a lot of people, and I've learned to live with those mistakes, and I understand that not everyone is going to be as supportive. And I just let my success be something that those people can hopefully look up to one day as opposed to looking down on me.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
11 Great Comedy Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now (May 2025)
While some streamers shy away from older movies, Amazon Prime Video embraces classic comedies like Animal House, which returned to the streamer this month. Prime Video does have a handful of original comedy movies as well, but the best ones still tend to be older titles like The Big Lebowski. The only downside of Prime Video is that its interface makes it difficult to sort through all of the available selections. That's why the Watch With Us team has already done that for you to present this list of the 11 great comedy movies on Amazon Prime Video right now. Need more recommendations? Then check out the Great New Movies on Netflix, Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and More, the Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now, the Best Movies on Hulu Right Now and the Best Action Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski is a unique comedy that shares the offbeat tone of the directors' previous movies. Jeff Bridges' performance also turned Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski into an iconic figure. The Dude may share his name with Jeffrey "The Big" Lebowski (David Huddleston), but he's just an ordinary guy who has no link to the other Lebowski's wealth. After the Big Lebowski's trophy wife, Bunny (Tara Reid), is kidnapped, the Dude is roped into delivering the ransom money. That sends the Dude into a series of misadventures when all he really wants to do is go bowling with his buddies, Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) and Donny Kerabatsos (Steve Buscemi). The Big Lebowski is streaming on Prime Video. Because Saturday Night Live alum John Belushi died when he was 33, he only had eight film credits to his name. Animal House may be the movie he's best known for, and it's still one of the all-time comedy classics nearly five decades later. Belushi plays John "Bluto" Blutarsky, one of the beloved members of Delta Tau Chi House at Faber College in 1962. If you've ever heard the term "double secret probation," it came from this movie because Bluto and the boys made an enemy out of Dean Vernon Wormer (John Vernon). He wants Delta house shut down at all costs, and the frat's wild antics give him all the ammunition he would ever need. Animal House is streaming on Prime Video. Barbie's Ryan Gosling dives into this adaptation of the '80s TV series The Fall Guy, which doesn't share a lot in common with its predecessor besides its name. Instead, this action comedy goes its own way with Colt Seavers (Gosling), a stuntman who is so burnt out on Hollywood that he leaves the industry and his girlfriend, Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt), a year later, Colt is drawn back into Hollywood's orbit on Jody's first film as a director. She may not be happy to see Colt, but she needs his help. Her star, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), has gone missing, and if Colt can't find him, then Jody's movie may be dead in the Fall Guy is streaming on Prime Video. On the heels of his comeback in Pulp Fiction, John Travolta headlined Get Shorty as Chili Palmer, a loan shark who works for the mob. When Palmer's rival, Ray "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farina), takes over the crime family, he sends Chili to collect a debt from Leo Devoe (David Paymer), a man who faked his gets a little sidetracked when collecting a separate debt from director Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman). That encounter inadvertently gives Chili dreams of selling his story to Hollywood. Chili has experience with other criminals, but the movie industry proves to be even more cutthroat. Now Chili has to deal with crooked film investors like Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo) and clandestine DEA investigations in addition to his obligations to his old life. Get Shorty is streaming on Prime Video. The Batman's Jeffrey Wright takes on a leading role in American Fiction as Dr. Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, an academic scholar and novelist. However, Monk's books don't sell very well, and he's openly jealous of another writer, Sintara Golden (Issa Rae), whose highly successful books perpetuate several Black stereotypes. In response, Monk writes his own Black literature satire, and he's subsequently stunned when publishers can't wait to sell it. Suddenly, Monk has all of the success he's ever dreamed about, but he also has to take on the persona of a fake fugitive author while perpetuating the same stereotypes that Sintara uses in her Fiction is streaming on Prime Video. Five decades ago, the Monty Python comedy group unleashed one of the all-time great comedy movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin all play multiple roles in this hilarious take on Arthurian even King Arthur (Chapman) is immune to ridicule in this retelling. Arthur and his men are on a quest to find the Holy Grail, and they do some very silly things along the way. Arthur's duel with the Black Knight (Cleese) is particularly quotable even after 50 years. This is a comedic masterpiece that few films have ever matched. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is streaming on Prime Video. Monty Python strikes again with Life of Brian, a spoof of Biblical proportions that centers on Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a man who had the misfortune of being born on the same day as Jesus (Kenneth Colley). At birth, Brian is mistaken for the messiah, and it's a recurring theme throughout his infatuation with Judith Iscariot (Sue Jones-Davies) leads him into the revolutionary factions who want to break Judaea free from Roman rule. From there, Brian's story becomes increasingly absurd, including his face-to-face meeting with Rome's governor of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (Michael Palin). This movie is hysterically funny for reasons you'll just have to see for of Brian is streaming on Prime Video. There are currently only two movies by comedy legend Mel Brooks that are available to Prime Video subscribers: Spaceballs and Life Stinks. The former isn't always regarded as a comedy classic, but it's beloved by Star Wars fans for its very funny take on the plays Skroob, the leader of the evil Spaceballs who want to steal the atmosphere of Planet Druidia. When the safety of Druidia's Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) is threatened by Skroob's nerdy enforcer, Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), Bill Pullman does his best Han Solo impression while trying to save her as Lone Starr alongside his human/canine companion Barf (John Candy).Spaceballs is streaming on Prime Video. Joel and Ethan Coen made movies before Fargo, but this crime comedy was their critical and commercial breakthrough. Frances McDormand leads the cast as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief who is investigating the kidnapping of Jean Lundegaard (Kristin Rudrüd).The Coen brothers reveal right away that Jean's husband, Jerry (William H. Macy), orchestrated the kidnapping to extort his wealthy father-in-law, Wade Gustafson (Harve Presnell). Jerry also vastly underestimated the stupidity of Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare), the two losers he hired to kidnap his wife. Carl and Gaear may be idiots, but their violent nature also leaves a string of dead bodies in their is streaming on Prime Video. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short play silent movie stars in Three Amigos, a film Martin co-wrote with Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman. When the stars of the fictitious Three Amigos films ask for a raise, Lucky Day (Martin), Dusty Bottoms (Chase) and Ned Nederlander (Short) suddenly find themselves out of Mexico, a young woman named Carmen (Patrice Martinez) sees the Three Amigos movies and assumes that the actors are real heroes. She summons them to take on the bandit El Guapo (Alfonso Arau) and his men. Unfortunately for the trio, they don't realize they're really in danger until after they're staring down the bandits' guns. Three Amigos is streaming on Prime Video. Writer and director Richard Linklater clearly has an eye for talent, as several of his Dazed and Confused actors went on to become big stars. This is one of the earliest movies to feature Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Renée Zellweger, Milla Jovovich, Parker Posey and more. The story takes place in 1976 on the last day of high school as the incoming male and female freshmen are brutally hazed by their senior counterparts. Star football player Randall "Pink" Floyd (Jason London) considers himself above it all, and he won't even sign the same loyalty promise as his teammates. Pink and several of his classmates experience different sides of student life, some of which are very funny to watch. But it's also a coming-of-age story for these kids, which is why it still resonates. Dazed and Confused is streaming on Prime Video.
Geek Girl Authority
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
DEATHLOOP and OGU AND THE SECRET FOREST Are Free in the Epic Games Store
Every week, the Epic Games Store gives away in-game loot and free game titles; all you have to do is remember to collect them. This week, play as an assassin stuck in a time loop in Deathloop and return the Great One's powers in Ogu and the Secret Forest. Deathloop Ogu and the Secret Forest. Act quickly because these goods are only free via the Epic Games Store for a limited time. Epic Games is known for giving away free games every week. It's simple — all you have to do is log into your Epic Games account, download the launcher, and claim your weekly freebies. Check out the loot available this week and grab it now because it is only free for a limited time. RELATED: Need more free games? Check out F2P Friday Deathloop Deathloop (2021) is a first-person shooter developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Play as Colt, an assassin trapped with his rival in a mysterious time loop on Blackreef Island. Break the loop by assassinating eight key targets before you die, and the day resets. Each day is a learning opportunity to change strategies using powerful weapons and otherworldly abilities. Your rival Julianna will also be hunting you as you desperately seek freedom. She can be controlled by AI for solo play or by a friend for a multiplayer experience. Explore the retro-futuristic, '60s-inspired environment of Blackreef Island, designed by the same studio behind Dishonored. RELATED: Summer Game Fest 2025: A New Era of Horror Begins With Resident Evil Requiem Deathloop (a $59.99 value) is free in the Epic Games Store until June 12 at 10 am ET. Ogu and the Secret Forest Ogu and the Secret Forest (2024) is a hand-drawn 2D puzzle adventure developed by Moonlab Studio and published by Sinkhole Studio. The Great One's power has been shattered into pieces and scattered across the land. It is up to you, baby Ogu, to collect the pieces before your aggressive adversaries. Befriend friendly characters to defeat strange creatures as you unravel the mysteries of the world. RELATED: June's Most Anticipated Video Games Explore various types of areas, each with a unique atmosphere and story. Customize baby Ogu using hats and masks found throughout your journey. Some of these items may even grant special abilities. Solving puzzles throughout your journey will reveal even more secrets. Ogu and the Secret Forest features classic puzzles as well as new riddles that are unique to the game. Ogu and the Secret Forest is free (a 24.99 value) in the Epic Games Store until June 12 at 10 am ET. Wholesome Games Direct 2025: 9 Games Release Today
GMA Network
08-06-2025
- GMA Network
Suspected communist terrorist group secretary nabbed in CDO
Authorities have arrested a suspected official of a communist terrorist group in Cagayan de Oro. In a statement on Sunday, the Philippine National Police - Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) said an individual with the alias 'Kumander' was nabbed during a manhunt operation in Barangay Indahag. Supposedly the secretary of the group, Kumander was arrested for violating the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and is facing two separate murder charges, multiple attempted homicide, and child abuse. The arrest warrants were issued by Regional Trial Courts in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte; Isulan, Sultan Kudarat; Tagum City, Davao del Norte; and Surallah, South Cotabato in 2022 and 2024. The 50-year-old suspect was identified as the number 5 regional most wanted person of Police Region Office 12 for violating the Anti-Terrorism Act. He is also the number 5 regional most wanted person of Police Region Office 11 for murder. During the operation, authorities confiscated one fragmentation grenade, one Colt caliber 45 pistol, one steel magazine, rounds of ammunition, two blasting caps, one detonating cord, and three identification cards. Government forces also arrested an alleged high-ranking leader of the New People's Army in Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City. According to reports, the suspect allegedly served as secretary general of the NPA's Far South Mindanao Region (FSMR), which operates under the jurisdiction of the 6th Infantry Division (6ID). — Mariel Celine Serquiña/BM, GMA Integrated News
