A POPULAR Swiss car brand has modernised its seven-seat family model with a stylish new look.
Official snaps of a second-generation mid-size luxury SUV have surfaced online before the big reveal next week.
The hugely popular car brand Volvo has given the XC90 a fresh facelift, offering a new wider grille with a modern look, plus an updated steering wheel and centre console design.
On the front of the car, the hammer-shaped lights, nicknamed ‘Thor’s Hammer’ are sharper and slimmer than before, and the front bumper has been revamped.
The Volvo XC90 has been manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars since 2002, however, this refreshed version has a new dashboard and a larger central touchscreen running an infotainment system.
Essentially, Volvo’s latest Google-powered infotainment software provides the capabilities of a mobile phone.
A few previous features will remain such as some physical buttons, a volume dial on the dash and the classic Volvo badge on the centre of the car.
The car will only be available with hybrid power and Auto Express reckons it will be the existing model’s T8 plug-in hybrid powertrain.
It comprises a 2.0 litre, four-cylinder petrol engine and one electric motor, powered by a 19kWh battery.
Even better, the car has all-wheel drive, meaning all of the car’s power is sent to each wheel, maximising road traction, such as on slippery roads.
The pure electric range of the car is up to 45 miles and it has a joint power output of 449bhp.
According to Jeremy Clarkson, ex-host of Top Gear, the XC90s were designed by “someone who must’ve had children due to its practicality.”
Although the Swiss brand may have prematurely shared the snaps of the Volvo XC90, all will be officially unveiled on 4 September.
BRITS are racing to Lidl after the supermarket dropped brand new kitchenware.
But this isn’t any kitchenware – its pastel green kettles, lilac stand mixers and even PINK air fryers.
Lidl’s social media team took to TikTok today to showcase the new range – and shoppers have fallen in love.
What’s more, a number of the pastel items are even cheaper for Lidl Plus members.
This is the budget store’s free loyalty app that offers discounts on select food, drinks and household items.
The all-new Salter 2L Compact Air Fryer comes in baby blue, light sage green or baby pink at just £29.99 – or £24.99 for Lidl Plus members.
“This stylish and compact air fryer from Salter is ideal for small and single person households,” Lidl bosses said.
It features a removable non-stick cooking rack and has adjustable temperature control up to 200 degrees.
The Silvercrest Kitchen Tools Blender – which is perfect for milkshakes, smoothies and crushed ice – comes in light green and lilac.
This nifty tool is also £29.99 full price or £24.99 for Lidl Plus members.
The Silvercrest Kitchen Tools 2-Slice Toaster is perhaps the star of the show at a bargain price of £17.99.
It has six adjustable browning levels and electronic browning control for perfect toasting in two hues of slate grey and light green.
Brits looking for a new kettle can pick up the Silvercrest Kitchen Tools Kettle for the same price AND in matching colours to the toaster.
For budding bakers, the Silvercrest Kitchen Tools Stand Mixer costs £44.99 and comes with a splatter guard with a chute, dough hook, whisk and flat beater.
“I don’t need any of it but I want it sooo badly,” Vickie Norton penned on TikTok.
“No because I want all of the pastel green ones now,” Jenna Bean added.
LIDL has published a new list of desired locations for potential new stores. The list includes, amongst many others, the following towns and cities:
To see the full list, click here.
“I’m dying for a pink air fryer,” Sarah Myrtle cried.
“I didn’t know something so beautiful existed!”
As these items are in the “middle of Lidl”, they are limited edition pieces likely to sell out quickly.
Lidl’s social media team quipped: “Give your kitchen the perfect pastel makeover.”
Homebase has revealed the official trending colours for this year.
To predict the top shades of 2024, sales data at Homebase analysed 5 colours that have surged in popularity with customers.
Copper, pink and black are predicted to be the hottest colours on Brit’s walls this year, while bathrooms are seeing a surprising rise in terracotta colour schemes.
The top five trending colours for 2024 are:
Copper has replaced rose gold, whilst blush is the new magnolia, and Brits are also going bold by slapping black paint all over their walls.
Green is always popular colour, but the shade ‘Fresh Herb’ – a versatile, pale grey-toned green – is hitting hundreds of customers baskets.
Meanwhile, terracotta is taking over with ‘Frosted Papaya’, a peachy orange shade dominating bathrooms.
MATILDA Draper appeared to make a cryptic dig at Sean Stone hours before the couple announced their split.
The Love Island stars confirmed their break up earlier this week but it seems Matilda hinted at the news before going public.
She took to Instagram to share snaps from her recent girls’ trip to Ibiza and added a telling caption.
Matilda wrote: “Sea u later x.”
Hours later she posted a statement telling fans she and Sean had called time on their romance.
She said: “Just wanted to come on here to tell you guys that Sean and I have decided to part ways.
“We are still good friends & I’m so grateful to have shared such an incredible experience with him.”
Matilda also appeared to take two huge swipes at Sean after the announcement.
Firstly she shared a stunning selfie from her holiday sound-tracked by Prospa’s Motions, which features the line: “Going through the motions, please don’t play me like a fool.”
Then Casa Amor girl Diamanté, who famously clashed with Sean and Matilda during the dramatic recoupling episode, shared a picture on Instagram with Matilda.
She captioned it: “we’re like… so in love!
Sean and Diamanté did hit it off in the sister villa, but Sean decided to stick with Matilda and then faced a verbal assault from his Casa squeeze.
Fans couldn’t help but laugh at the timing of the upload.
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A COUPLE told how they abandoned their nine-to-five jobs and built their own self-sufficient off-grid paradise.
Hoppie and Tao were fed up with the constant rat race of mundane, traditional life and took the bold jump into homestead living in Pembrokeshire.
The pair were caught up in a bitter planning war for four years but have now called their off-grid cabin home in the Lamass Ecovillage for over a decade.
Lamass is described as a “collective of smallholdings and eco-dwellings in Preseli hills, North Pembrokeshire”.
As well as a main house, the unique property consists of several tiny cabins, animal barns, vegetable gardens and a water supply.
Tao said on YouTube channel FLORB: “I grew up in the mainstream, in suburbia. My dad was an accountant. My mum was a housewife.
“I had a very ordinary upbringing but I never really felt rooted. It wasn’t until I started living on the land that I discovered roots.”
Praising life off-grid, he added: “You’re not constrained by heavy mortgages or nine-to-five jobs. You’ve just got a lot of space to explore.”
Before moving to the rural south Wales village, Hoppie ran a therapy business.
She said: “One day out of the blue, around my 40th birthday, I just suddenly felt [something] like a bell, going ‘ding’, saying it’s time to go to Pembrokeshire.”
Speaking about the couple’s lifestyle now, she continued: “I don’t think I’ve ever felt more empowered. My supermarket is a garden and my pharmacy is my herb garden. I love that.”
As they embarked on their journey, the dynamic DIY duo started off without WiFi, toilets, and water.
Their determination and hard-work saw a “bunch of small fields” and three small caravans transformed into their impressive functioning home within a year.
The main house is chalet-themed, with light-coloured wooden beams, and shelves filled with homemade jams, ointments and “potions”.
The pair furnished the house as cheaply as possible, finding crockery and furniture – including a Moroccan sink – from charity shops and eBay.
Its architecture is simple – a deck, raised off the ground on 15 pillars, with four flat walls, a rafter system on the roof and wide-set eves to ensure the water doesn’t get inside.
Hoppie said: “If this building were taken away, all that would be left would be 15 little circles. That really would be it.”
As well as growing fruit and vegetables, the couple use milk from their goats, which they keep in a barn on-site.
Water is sourced from a spring, shared with local farms, while waste is either turned into compost or fed to the pig.
They power their set-up with a passive solar heating system.
Meanwhile, other elements of off-grid living sound less appealing, like the toilet where waste is stored in a barrel for two years at a time.
Tao and Hoppie originally planned to live in another building, which is still under construction.
However, as they made progress with their other small cabins, they decided to turn the structure into The Lammas Earth Centre for Transformation and Healing.
There will be a wrap-around hall, sound healing temple and ceremonial space above.
It comes as many others are choosing to live a self-sustainable lifestyle.
A family who ditched their posh flat, fast supercars and successful property empire say they “love” living off-grid.
Rob, Amy and adorable little Casper made the life-altering move 50acres off-grid in the Scottish Highlands after tiring of relentless stress.
The dad-of-one had served in the air force before starting his property career in London – where he met wife Amy who was working as a musician.
They realised they both had talent in the real estate industry and teamed up together to buy a block of 18 flats in the capital.
After working tirelessly for 10 years, building and completing construction work themselves, the couple had grown a profitable empire.
Meanwhile another couple who were fed up decided to pack up and jump into vanlife.
Dave and Emily felt disillusioned with the monotonous routine of waking up early, stressing about work, and skyrocketing bills.
A man who made the bold move said he loves the freedom of going off-grid – and escaping the cost of living crisis.
Paul, aka, The Off Grid Nomad, was fed up being left with just £100 to play with at the end of every month amid soaring bills.
The proud “lorry life” community member now travels across the British countryside in his ex-military converted truck.
We break down exactly what you need to do to live off grid
Find a plot with woodland, so you can make fires in the winter, arable land, optimal for growing food and raising livestock, and a water supply, because there’s no life without water!
Get planning permission if you’re planning on making big changes to a building or changing its use
Acquire a power source, whether its solar panels, wind turbines or water power
Think about insulation, so your hard-earned heating doesn’t disappear in an instant
Start planting your own fruit, vegetables and grains so you have ingredients to cook with
Make sure you have an effective drainage and waste system, before things turn ugly!
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