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Fire chiefs in Suffolk are leading a new campaign to check the safety of electric blankets before the winter frost truly starts to bite, and the scheme should serve as a reminder to householders across the UK to ensure their appliances, switches and sockets are all safe ahead of the mercury starting to dip. As the Haverhill Echo reports, a Read more...

As the colder weather and shorter days start to take hold across the UK, many of us are considering the prospect of turning the heating on in order to keep our homes warm. But with the latest announcement that power bills will be going up again for millions of Britons, the radiator is going to have to stay turned off until it is absolutely Read more...

New LED lighting is to be installed in Milton Keynes' underpasses as part of a project to make them brighter, more visible and safer for those who live in the city. The council will be using the latest lighting technology to undertake an energy saving conversion of all underpass lighting across the city, due to be completed by the end of the Read more...

Residents in Dorset claim that a new scheme that hopes to save £150,000 from council budgets has led to a rise in crime. Dorset County Council this year decided to implement a programme that turned all 20,000 street lights in the area out at 1.30am, turning them back on again at 6.30am in the morning. But following a string of late-night Read more...

A rise in fires caused by electrical appliances in the home has led to the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) issuing a warning to home owners to take more care when it comes to their own safety. According to the ESC, fires from appliance misuse and safety blunders - such as leaving appliances on unsupervised or overloading electrical switches and Read more...

Autumn is a great time for homeowners to get out and about in the garden and tidy up their outdoor space in preparation for the onslaught of the British winter - and there's plenty of tidying up to do. With damp bits of woods and dead leaves falling from the trees, autumn can certainly be beautiful, but it gets messy. And while there aren't Read more...

Major retailers are set to embrace LED lighting, with both Tesco and IKEA announcing plans to convert stores and stocks to LED-only within the coming months. Earlier this month supermarket giant Tesco announced its first LED-only lit store, part of the retail group's drive to cut carbon emissions across its network. It's expected that the Read more...

With the economy being what it is (bad) (not very good), businesses are cutting costs wherever they can, and they are doing that in a number of ways: fitting devices to fleet vehicles to monitor fuel use, downgrading or moving out of their commercial property into more affordable, manageable premises, and even restructuring their staff. One Read more...

Ever since we all started sitting up and taking notice of the impact of short-life, high energy spending incandescent lightbulbs and switching them out for longer-lasting greener alternatives, there has been a little push and pull as to which technology is better: LED lighting or compact fluorescent lamps (CFL). While CFLs offer typically a lower Read more...

As industry expert Peter O'Connell of the Federation of Master Builders noted this week, health and safety guidelines remain the "number one priority" for those in the construction industry, whether they are carrying out building work or overseeing a project. However, while fittings such as switches and sockets are subject to strict Read more...