内容摘要："I know that prior to the first line of treatment going down it was expected I'd live five or six years, maybe more.

"I know that prior to the first line of treatment going down it was expected I'd live five or six years, maybe more.

Nathan Coe, chief executive of online car seller Autotrader, said those exporting to the US have taken a bigger hit than the UK's domestic market, which he says remains buoyant."If you look at the UK market itself, actually, there's been more new cars sold, more used cars sold. But if you look at manufacturing itself, because of those export impacts, those numbers are down," he said.

He added the UK could be seen as an attractive market for foreign automakers, as it has now become expensive to sell cars in the US.The SMMT's figures show car production for the UK market was down by 3.3% in April compared to a year ago.Autotrader's share price sank 12% early on Thursday as it reported a 5% bump in sales but warned of economics "uncertainties".

The downward trend in production is similar in other countries, said Prof Peter Wells, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University."There are concerns in Germany, Italy, France and Japan," he told the BBC.

"So I would emphasise that there is this bigger picture going on, and it's not purely a UK phenomenon."

However, some of the global pressures may be stronger in the UK, Prof Wells said, such as fewer trade barriers against Chinese importsThere are not many times when a single social media post can trigger a snowball effect which leads to a significant change in the law.

But social media influencer Laura Young's actions did exactly that when she started noticing a litter problem while walking her dog in Dundee.'Less waste Laura' - as she calls herself online - said she was "sick of litter picking" disposable vapes and wanted to campaign against them.

Three years on and her campaign has led to a UK-wide ban now coming into force.Laura realised her message had struck a chord when a TikTok video she created was viewed 10.5 million times.