53 h. ago Power cut leaves hundreds of Scottish homes without electricity on Good Friday

Engineers are working to restore power.

Politics

4 d. ago Ryobi's cordless power washer 'works wonders' in the garden has price drop in deal

DIY brand Ryobi has cut the price of its cordless power washer and is throwing in a free accessory bundle worth more than £110

Economics

4 d. ago Bosch power washer with 'impressive performance' gets 26% price cut at Amazon

This Bosch power washer is ideal for putting the garden straight this spring.

Politics

7 d. ago Police launch probe after transport minister seen using mobile phone while driving vintage bus

Peer was reported to police last month by one of the passengers on his vehicle

Politics

9 d. ago Heathrow sees big fall in passenger numbers in month of power cut shut

Almost 300,000 passengers were caught up in the chaos caused by the shutdown of the airport for most of 21 March.

Politics

1 week ago Apple MacBook Air M4 review: the laptop to beat, now cheaper

Chip, memory and webcam upgrades are joined by welcome price cut for the top premium notebookApple’s much-loved MacBook Air gets even more power, a much better webcam and an unexpected price cut for 2025, making one of the very best consumer laptops even more tempting.The company’s thinnest and lightest laptop currently starts at £999 (€1,199/$999/A$1,699) – £100 less than last year’s model – and has Apple’s top M4 chip with a minimum of 16GB of memory, making the cheapest model much more capable. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago The Scottish airport that will be busiest this Easter as passengers warned to allow 'extra time'

New data has established the airports that will see the most passengers this month

Events

2 w. ago National Grid offered me a staggering amount of money after my salon was hit by a power cut

James Parker couldn't believe his luck when the energy firm wrote to him a fortnight ago to say he was entitled to the whopping amount.

Events

2 w. ago Disastrous Heathrow power cut will cost airlines up to £100m, MPs told

Heathrow boss says it would cost £1 billion to protect airport from closure during a similar power cut in future

Economics

3 w. ago Heathrow airport braced for more travel disruption next month as passenger assistance workers strike

Around 500 workers providing assistance to passengers with restricted mobility will strike for four days

Society

3 w. ago Is Heathrow back to normal now after flight cancellation chaos?

More than 1,000 flights were cancelled on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut

Events

3 w. ago Service at Heathrow airport returns to normal two days after forced closure

More than a thousand flights were cancelled on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cutHeathrow airport has returned to normal business two days after it was forced to close when a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut.Europe’s busiest airport had more than 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday after the fire at the substation in Hayes, west London. Continue reading...

Society

4 w. ago Heathrow boss says he is 'proud' of how airport responded to power outage

Flights began taking off on Friday evening following hours of closure after a blaze at an electricity substation in Hayes cut power to the west London airport.

Society

4 w. ago London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power

London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power  The Washington Post

Society

4 w. ago Is one blundering engineer responsible for crippling Heathrow? Airport bosses face questions over farcical shutdown that left 300,000 travellers stranded

Tens of thousands of travellers are still stranded across the globe today after a blaze at an electricity substation cut power to the airport.

Society

4 w. ago Heathrow partially reopens after fire that caused power cut and travel chaos

Airport expects to be fully operational on Saturday, but airlines say closure will have ‘huge impact’ in coming daysDowning Street has said there are “questions to answer” after a fire at an electrical substation closed down London Heathrow airport, stopping more than 1,350 flights and disrupting the journeys of hundreds of thousands of passengers.Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” incident that left Britain’s biggest airport unable to function as engineers tried to restore power, but said there was “no indication of foul play”. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport

London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport  The Associated Press

Transport

4 w. ago Heathrow airport resumes some flights after fire closure leaves thousands stranded worldwide

Counterterror police investigate blaze that caused power cut, upsetting travel plans of up to 300,000 passengers

Society

4 w. ago London’s Heathrow resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport

London’s Heathrow resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport  The Dallas Morning News

Transport

4 w. ago Heathrow closure: airport resumes some flights today and hopes for full Saturday service

First plane has landed since fire caused closure but people still told not to travel to the airport unless advised to do so by airlineCounter-terror police leading fire inquiryTell us: have you been affected by London’s Heathrow airport closure?Airlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.” Continue reading...

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