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Mum died of electric shock after 'negligence' by two workers
A young mother died after she was received a huge electric shock after negligence by two construction workers turned her flat into a walking death trap. Emma Shaw was hit with 240 volts as she tried to stop her flat being flooded in December. It is believed that she was advised by her mother to turn off her stopcock inside her kitchen Read more...
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Car Ban in Paris
Hundreds of police officers monitored the traffic passing through Paris on Monday after high levels of pollution caused concern and so major restrictions were introduced by the French government. The restrictions on Monday meant that only motorists with odd numbered number plates where allowed to drive. Due to this success those with even Read more...
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Sea-Tac Airport goes green with electric vehicles
Sea-Tac airport in Seattle have introduced a new program in an attempt to cut fuel consumption and pollution within the airport and its surroundings by introducing a new fleet of electric powered vehicles. The airport has got rid of 200 diesel powered vehicles including baggage tugs, , planeside luggage conveyors and pushback aircraft tugs. Read more...
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Concern for metal thief after live electricity cable is cut
A thief who has been causing havoc across Fife by stealing metal from businesses, homes and public areas has cut through a live electric wire causing an explosion. It is believed the incident occurred during the night or in the early hours of Monday morning. PC Ross Philp said “During the break-in, an amount of copper piping and copper Read more...
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Fire warning about electrical chargers
Fire departments across the country have issued fire warnings about chargers that are being used for portable electric devices after one device caused a fire in a bedroom. Two fire engines were called to a house in Sussex after it was reported that there was smoke coming from a window. Two fire fighters entered the property with a CO2 Read more...
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Car charging points to become paid for
Electric car owners across the UK will find it harder to find free charging stations for their vehicles as the majority of the free charging stations are set to become paid stations within the next year. Charging point providers have cited the end of a Government electric vehicle initiative as the reason for the switch, with one operating company Read more...
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Shelter powered by electrical circuit is only activated with human connection
A bus stop in Montreal provides much needed heat for the public during the cold weather but only if they hold hands. The bus stop was designed and built by Duracell and they designed it specially so that the heat is emitted from the ceiling vents when people hold hands within the shelter. The heat is released when two or more people place Read more...
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Lagos aims to use rubbish to make electric power
Lagos in Nigeria is covered with tonnes and tonnes of waste with waste piled up on streets, outside homes, in the waterways and grasslands. At Lagos largest dump dozens of men gather to sort through the rubbish separating iron, plastic and nylon to be turned into electricity. As the city is suffering from major electricity shortages some of Read more...
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A woman stole £479 worth of electrical items from Asda
A 32 year old woman has pleaded guilty to theft of two televisions, a kettle, a toaster, a Panini machine, a vacuum cleaner, a DVD player, a portable DVD player, a George Foreman grill, an iron and two coats from the supermarket. On the 12th of January the manager of the store noticed that two televisions were unaccounted for and decided to Read more...
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New York Manholes for Electric Car Charging
Rather than having to plug your car in to charge it this could be a thing of the past in New York City as manhole covers could be used across the city as chargers. These manhole covers will charge your car as you wait in traffic. This may become a rule rather than an exception as HEVO power got the clear to create the idea and implement it in Read more...