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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...

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...