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A total of around 2.5 million people will borrow money this Christmas just to have heating in their homes. These shock statistics were published with energy users being hit with the huge winter fuel hikes of around £120. Findings carried out by Circle Housing, a property group, suggest that there will be approximately 7 million people forced to Read more...

Cabin crew on a British Airways transatlantic passenger jet had to use up to 5 fire extinguishers as well as several fire blankets to put out a ‘serious’ electrical fire which was sparked by the plane’s in-flight entertainment system. There were 275 passengers on board the North Atlantic when the drama happened, with the Boeing 747 Jumbo Read more...

A 72 year old, dying pensioner Ellen Eden was left without heating for more than a week in her Harold Hill council flat following a gas meter mix up. Ellen, who has cancer, was discharged from hospital last week where she was treated for pneumonia to return back to her flat on one of the coldest weeks of the year. Social services in charge Read more...

In a response to safety fears, there will be temporary lighting fitted at the notorious ‘Catholic Church crossroads’. The Cambridge junction underwent a £900,000 revamp in an attempt to reduce collisions at the start of this year; however, the improved lighting is yet to arrive. The county council maintains that the lighting currently Read more...

Exposure to LED Warm White light allows us to feel good, makes us more alert, boosts our resistance to disease and now can help us to sleep better at night – Light plays a crucial role in helping our body to function properly as well as help produce the correct amount of essential hormone melatonin. By making a few simple changes to our Read more...

Patients at one of Britain’s 1st Private Finance Initiative hospital have been subjected to ‘likely catastrophic risk’, due to dangerous infections from operating theatres being spread into the rest of the building because the PFI contractor installed a faulty ventilation system. In internal papers which were passed to Jesse Norman, Read more...

90% of disabled people along with 75% of carers are affected by the bedroom tax meaning that in order to pay their rent they have to cut back on food and heating. The DBC (Disability Benefits Consortium), a national coalition of over 50 charities has revealing findings in a letter to Ian Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary which called on Read more...

As temperatures plummet and fuel prices rise, finding easier ways to save energy is top of everyone’s list. Yet research show that nearly 33% of us are missing out on one of the simplest money and energy saving opportunities – simply turning our heating thermostat down. Between 18- 21°C is enough to keep our homes at a comfortable Read more...

The Manager of the Cardigan Feed Service said, “It was down to the expertise of volunteer fire-fighters, that the largest feed service operation is still standing today in eastern P.E.I (Prince Edward Island).” During an interview last Thurday, Mary VandenBroek mentioned, “We were two minutes away from losing it, and today we would have Read more...

It is believed that Town Hall bosses are considering swapping 56,000 lamps in Manchester with energy efficient LED Lanterns. The LED upgrade will cost roughly £32 million, and be rolled out over the period of 3 years and will cut the city’s energy bill drastically as well as mimic daylight at night. The council officers have already begun to Read more...