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A trust that provides housing care for the elderly along with two firms that they hired has been fined after staff and residents were put at risk of exposure to asbestos. Express Elevators was hired by Anchor trust to replace a lift at a shelter after PC lifts were hired to the remove the existing lift before the new one could be installed. Read more...

Sources working at JFK airport say the massive electrical system is so corroded by years of storms and poor maintenance that they fear a major meltdown. From above the airport lights look like they are in top condition with thousands of lights guiding in the planes every day. But below ground it is a different story with years of neglect having an Read more...

A Wirral hospital trust is introducing a £6.3 million “green” scheme it reduce its carbon footprint in local hospitals. The scheme made by Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospital is expected to reduce their carbon footprint by 6,200 tonnes a year which is better described as removing 3,900 cars from the road. The trust has decided not to use Read more...

Up to fifty people were evacuated from a busy shopping street during rush hour when flames erupted through the pavement unexpectedly. The blaze was caused by an electrical fault under an electrical manhole cover outside an Iceland branch in Islington which caused great panic among shocked shoppers. Bob Webb, 64, who owns Caledonian Glass and Read more...

With the freezing temperatures across the US over the last few months it was the job of the ground keepers to keep the football fields in top condition for games both high profile games such as the super bowl and for weekly league games. The only way they could keep the grass in top condition was to keep huge grow lights on for the cold Read more...

A hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight was forced to overshoot its destination and circle Geneva, Switzerland, where it was eventually able to land. It was reported that the hijacker was in fact the co-pilot who took control of the plane when the other pilot was at the toilet. The motivation for the hijacking was that he wanted an asylum in Read more...

Hurricane type winds from the Atlantic left tens of thousands of people throughout the UK and Ireland without power and one man died. Around 80,000 households remain without electricity, with Wales the worst affected by the storms, although the figure was reduced from some 150,000 overnight as electricity workers battled to reconnect people Read more...

With the amount of electrical accidents rising over the years we are becoming more familiar with tragic stories on the news about electrical related accidents.   People that work near overhead electricity lines and cables are more likely to suffer from injury or death if the lines aren’t monitored correctly.  The most common way Read more...

Fire chiefs have praised a family who escaped their burning York home and said the life-saving precautions they took should act as an example to others. Michael Ward was woken in the early hours of Monday by the smoke alarm going off at his family’s house in Askham Lane and managed to get himself, his wife, Lynsey, and their sons, Kieran, Read more...

Flooding has been causing havoc across the UK and Ireland over the past few weeks so in order to make sure you are prepared for the possibility of flooding in your area follow the steps below. Flood water can cause serious damage to your home both inside and outside as the water can contain anything from pesticides to raw sewage. The Read more...