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A mother along with her 2 year old son were left with no hot water or heating for over a month. Emma Lewis’s boiler had failed on December 1st last year, and before it was fixed last Friday, she had 17 different engineers visit her home in Edinburgh House, in Broadfield, to try and resolve the issue, without seeing any result of success. Read more...

The State Government has secured $18,000 for the installation of CCTV security cameras in Swansea, however the Lake Macquarie City Council staff are opposed to it saying they do not want the technology installed. The conflict has arisen after years of Swansea Residents and business complaining about the teenage thugs and vandals running riot in the Read more...

In all homes there is someone that will forget to switch off the television or lights before bed. And rather than everyone fighting over it, there is a simple solution. The smart home system which is being invented and will allow users to control their appliances using their own voice. A simple ‘going out’ or ‘goodnight’ command will Read more...

A massive refurbishment of street lights across Edinburgh will save millions of pounds as well as help show the city in abetter light. Plans have drawn up which see the present dull sodium bulbs being replaced with new bright LEDs as part of a £30m project to bring the Capital’s street lights into the modern day. The energy efficient bulbs will Read more...

Liberal Democrats have branded the review of the controversial lighting scheme which sees street lighting only being lit for several hours of the night in Hertz as a ‘disgrace’ and a ‘charade’. At the start of October, an entire day was spent analyzing the scheme which has seen streetlights being switched off between 12 and 6am since the Read more...

The Headteacher at Hatch End High School has apologized to members of staff and parents after a major water leak had caused a breakdown of the school’s heating. The younger pupils at one of Harrows’ largest secondary schools were allowed to have another luxury day off school following the incident. The problem was discovered on Sunday Read more...

When temperatures fall below a certain temperature, it takes it toll on people as well as putting a strain on the components of an electric heat pump. With nearly 60% of Tennessee residents and 51% of Virginians requiring these units to help heat and cool their homes, these units could be in trouble from this week’s arctic blast. Service Read more...

The Bayshill Pub Cheltenham, recently renovated, has been forced to close for at least 6 weeks due to an electrical fire. The fire began in the basement of the pub, found in St. George’s Place after a consumer unit sparked a fire that ripped through the floorboards on Sunday at approximately 7 pm. The fire took nearly 3 hours to get under control Read more...

Liandudno Town Council has hit back at the critics who had recently described its Christmas Lighting Display as ‘gloomy and depressing’. The council had been targeted on social media sites for what some people felt was a lack of Christmas cheer and spirit in the town centre. The chairman of the town council’s decorative lighting Read more...

Acting Head of Public Relations of the Ghana National Fire Service, Mr Ellis Robinson Okoe, said “The recent investigations have revealed that market fires which occurred in 2013 were caused by illegal electrical connections and inferior cables.” During an interview, Mr Okoe said, “There have been a total of 65 deaths and 44 injuries Read more...