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Organised criminals have now started using cherry pickers and hoist to access copper, which can fetch them up to €5,000 per tone on the scrap market. Over the past 3 weeks, there have been a total of 12 power cables stolen which Gardai are currently investigating. ESB experts have said that the criminals behind these thefts were putting other Read more...

New figures have shown that the biggest outgoing problem facing families for the first time are their Energy and Housing bills. It was recorded that in 2012, the average household was spending a total of £489 a week, which is down from £526 almost a decade ago before the recession hit the UK. Families have now started to cut back on Read more...

A survey which was constructed last week for areas flooded by the latest tidal surge has now been completed, with approximately 45 commercial premises affected and 220 residential properties. Recovery operations today are entering a sixth day, with officers working hard to provide advice, guidance and support to residents, with street cleansing Read more...

According to the latest Optoelectronic Components report from IHS Inc, there has started to be an increase in the number of small high growth opportunities that could prove a lucrative option for a number of suppliers; however it is still LEDswho continue to dominate the optoelectronic components market. At the moment, LEDs currently Read more...

Investors in a £1.1 million community solar plant in Somerset celebrated it official opening earlier this month. The majority of the shareholders are from the local area and were attracted by a small investment threshold of £250 and a desire to help reduce their community’s carbon footprint. Every year, the solar plant off Quab Lane will Read more...

A Dorset school has been enhanced for security purposes with a new state of the art CCTV system. Purbeck School in Wareham now has digital CCTV after Wessex Fire & Safety updated its old analogue system. The new system allows the school to have more control as well as helping to increase the safety off all its pupils and staff. The upgrade came Read more...

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...