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There are plans for the Grafton Street Area to be redesigned to contain a shopping quarter which will contain a pedestrian link, LED lighting and street furniture with the removal on-street parking. Dublin city council wants to encourage shoppers to shop around the Grafton Street Quarter by using a €14m investment to improve the area and Read more...

Minister Foster has recently pressed the ‘on’ button for the ‘City of Culture’ in an attempt to try and boost evening tourism and further strengthen the city’s reputation as a top destination in Northern Ireland. The city will be strengthened through the introduction of the ‘Walled City Lighting Strategy’ which will illuminate the Read more...

New York City has proposed that in the next 5 year they will change al 250,000 street lights with energy saving  LEDs. This massive change is the biggest LED retrofit in the country and it will save approximately $6m in energy and $8m in maintenance. The switch was brought about by Mayor Bloomberg’s sustainability program, whereby he wants to Read more...

Already there is roughly around 80% of lights in Warwickshire switched off  between 12am and 5.30am weekdays and between 1am and 6.30am  at the weekends. There is fear that these times could be extended in an attempt to help lower the costs, which could save the council up to £300,000 following a budget simulator. Between December 2012 Read more...

In the state of Michoacan, one of the largest states in Mexico, just west from the capital, there was an attack by assailants which blew up 9 electrical plants. Luckily there was no deaths or injuries caused, however authorities have said it just shows as a reminder of the strength that the drug lords and other criminals have. After Midnight Read more...

Elderly people have been strongly recommended to heat only their living room during the day and turn off all other radiators in the house to help save on energy bills. The government states that temperature in the living room should be at 21°C in living room and kept at 17/18°C in the rest of house and just heat their bedroom before they go to Read more...

Police have seized a large amount of tools in the early hours of Thursday at 3.14am, when they pulled over and searched a suspicious vehicle in Pangbourne. Three Oxford men were arrested aged 29, 24 and 21 on suspicion of stealing a vehicle and theft. They appear at Newbury Station on the 28th November after being released on bail. If anyone Read more...

Warm Home Discount If you are on a low income you will be offered help from Energy Suppliers, you could receive a rebate of £135 for your winter 2013-14 electricity bill. Cold Weather Payment If the area in which you live, drops to a temperature of an average of 0°C or less for a total of 7 days between 1st Nov and 31st Mar 2014, Read more...

In the early hours of Tuesday between 2am and 7am, police arrested two men on Redescale Place, Moreton-in-Marsh. Police arrested the 2 men, a 16 year-old youth and a 33 year-old man at 12pm Tuesday at a nearby address in Moreton-in-Marsh however have been given bail until 4th of December while further enquires are being sought. The offenders Read more...

Murphy Ltd, specialists in Electrical Cabling has been forced to leave 293 of his 327 staff redundant as they enter administration. 34 members of staff have been allowed prolonged stay while administrations explore which way best to expose of Murphy’s business and assets. Murphy had offices throughout the United Kingdom which included Read more...