British businessman, chairman of JCB
Tim Speers and Sean Middlebrough are accused of planning a Palestine Action protest at Lord Bamford’s Daylesford Estate in 2022. Police found paint, glue and a red boiler suit; Speers denies intent to damage property and says he abandoned the plan after seeing heavy security. The case is ongoing.
British engineering firm JCB has set a new FIA-recognised land-speed record for a hydrogen internal-combustion vehicle. On 11 August at Bonneville Salt Flats, driver Andy Green has averaged 406.320 mph in the 32ft Hydromax powered by two hydrogen engines adapted from JCB machinery, more than doubling the prior hydrogen-combustion mark and showcasing JCB’s hydrogen programme.