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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...

A pub which has gained its fame for sticking to its old traditional ways has now opted to move into the modern age with the start of 2014. The Norfolk Arms, which is generally a refuge from any new modern age gimmics and gizmos, is now going to go ahead with a LED Lighting makeover, thanks to the steyning 10:10 Climate Action Group and its Greening Read more...

Results of a review which lasted an entire day were completely ignored, leaving recommended changes and complaints to the controversial part-night lighting scheme to be confined to the rubbish bin. A meeting took place in October, stating the turning off of street lighting for 6 hour duration of the night was a waste of time and taxpayers’ Read more...

There have been a number of residents in Bradford who have been left without central heating since Christmas Day, however have been assured that the heating fault will be fixed today. Tenants of Newcastle House said that their heating stopped working on Christmas day and due to the festive break, there was little success in trying to find out Read more...