内容摘要：Higher sea temperatures can push up land temperatures too, as sea breezes carry the heat off the ocean.

Higher sea temperatures can push up land temperatures too, as sea breezes carry the heat off the ocean.

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 imports

The UK government's change in policy over encouraging more manufacturing of EVs had also made planning more difficult for carmakers, he added.In April, the UK announced plans to

and reduce fines for cars that do not meet certain emissions standards.

In recent years, the UK has seen producers such asHaving swept to power at Westminster last summer, Sir Keir Starmer's party quickly lost popularity with decisions like cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners.

Even though changes to that policy have been promised, they will come too late for this by-election. The damage to Scottish Labour seems to have been done.The SNP tends to have a double digit lead over Labour in national opinion polls, with support for pro-UK parties heavily fragmented since the rise of Reform.

That means that with around a third of the vote, the SNP can still be winners because Reform UK is principally drawing support away from the Conservatives and Labour.The arithmetic already takes into account a series of SNP controversies over independence strategy, gender self-identification, a police investigation into party finances, leadership changes and the collapse of a power-sharing deal with the Greens.