leader to retreat. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, has been pictured apparently leaving the russian city of rostov on don along with his troops. only yesterday a heavily armed column of wagner troops was heading from rostov on don towards moscow, where defences were being prepared. those troops got to around 300 miles south of the russian capital. then, at around 6.30pm uk time, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, in a deal brokered by the belarusian leader. with all the details, here s our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. mutineers cheered as heroes. this crowd are shouting wagner, the name of the mercenary group that led me to putin had said treason a couple of hours earlier. in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, leasing attacks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior milita
it has partnered up with industry bodies to develop the vehicle recycler s association certification to help consumers buy in confidence. the big thing is it s completely independent of the industry, so it s an outside body looking at it. and what it is is a verification that you operate to a certain standard. last month, ebay relaunched their certified portal, featuring certified recyclers like charles trent to make it easy for people to find same quality parts as the ones their cars were sold with. there are 2,500 what we call auto treatment facilities in the uk, not all of those are specialising in actually removing the parts from the vehicle, manyjust scrap the cars and sell it for metal value. charles trent are really super focused on removing as many parts as they can from every single car. they see a big volume coming through the facilities, and then for customers who can t necessarily afford to buy brand new parts
In the face of inflationary pressures and rising motor repair costs, the use of reclaimed and recycled parts makes both economic and environmental sense. So,
As thefts of a costly car part double in just twelve months, our reporter Toby Walne stole a catalytic converter in 56 seconds - but you can keep yours safe
The catalytic converters are part of a vehicle s exhaust and are designed to filter out harmful emissions
Thieves target them because they contain precious metals
Thefts are running at more than 10,000 a year nationwide - with, on average, 30 converters hacked off exhaust systems every day