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Three police officers were taken to hospital after rescuing a man from a burning flat as it was suspected the fire was caused by an electricity meter which was being bypassed according to the fire service. The police officers suffered from smoke inhalation during the blaze but it is thought they are responding well to treatment.  The fire Read more...

The latest attempt to disguise weapons is by using common devices such as mobile phones, laptops and other popular items. The latest discovery was in Manchester when a fourteen year old boy disguised a stun gun inside a mobile phone. Police stated that the weapon was concealed in what appeared to be a black iPhone and the device emitted Read more...

Over two and a half thousand residents in North Fermanagh have been without electricity due to slurry hitting overhead lines. Northern Ireland Electricity have issued safety warnings to farmers and farming contractors after two incidents were reported which resulted in a cut of electricity supplies to homes. . Local UUP councillor Harold Read more...

Google has launched a new project that will map underwater, starting with Sydney Harbour. The Google divers have started filming footage under the harbour as well as the waters around Bondi and Manly beaches. Google believe that the footage will reach a staggering one billion people as the footage will show case the nature of the sea such as Read more...

After 17 years, the legendary Garth Brooks returns to Ireland! The lucky fans that got their hands on Garth Brooks tickets braved the poor weather conditions and choose to sleep outside many of the Ticketmaster stockiest for nearly three nights in a row. The massive event which is set to last five nights will celebrate Garths success over the Read more...

The huge supermarket chain Asda has announced that they are going to introduce defibrillators into every store along with training staff in CPR. An agreement between the store and the British heart foundation means that there will be 609 defibrillators in all Asda stores and offices by the end of this year.Asda hope that this life saving equipment Read more...

A heating engineer died when he suffered a major electric shock while he was replacing an old boiler at his parents’ house. The 46 year old dad of two was found slumped over the boiler and it was declared that he died when a powerful current passed through him while he attempted to move the old boiler. It was believed the man’s father Read more...

A Chinese car company known as Qoros has created an electric bike that has top of the range electronics installed. The bike was shown at the Geneva motor show and has been named as eBiqe. The bike has been created to show off the company’s Qoros cloud platform which is in nearly all their cars. The cloud platform delivers features and Read more...

Apple Inc. is hiring thousands of new engineers for their factories in China and Taiwan in an attempt to speed up product development so that they can release more products into the global market at a faster rate. The vast hiring push shows Apples need for more engineers to specifically develop components for both the iPhone and iPad. In Read more...

A ninety two year old woman was rescued from a fire in her flat when a neighbour was alerted when he heard the smoke alarm. Two fire crews from Witney attended the scene and were able to open the front door without having to force it, a fire and rescue spokesman said. They found the elderly woman still inside the flat, which was heavily Read more...