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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...