21 h. ago UK Electrician Shares Top Customer Queries: From Missing Fuse Boxes to Mysterious Power Cuts

A survey of 4,000 adults has found as many as one in 20 (6%) have no idea where their fuse box is - and a further 14% aren't confident they know how it works

Economics

5 d. ago How to prepare for a hurricane, as forecasters expect a busy 2025 storm season

Hurricane season can be stressful for millions of Americans living in coastal areas, as powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days or weeks and otherwise upend people’s lives

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5 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: power to Zaporizhzhia plant cut off as UN watchdog warns nuclear safety ‘extremely precarious’

IAEA chief says electricity restored after 3½ hours as Ukraine blames Russian shelling for outage; Kyiv accuses Putin of ‘humiliating’ Trump with attack on capital. What we know on day 1,228Read all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Prague hit with power outage leaving people 'trapped in elevators'

The power cut has hammered Prague and surrounding areas leaving residents in darkness.

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5 d. ago Prague at standstill after huge power outage hits the Czech Republic

It was not immediately clear what caused the issue but officials ruled out a cyber attack

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7 d. ago Fire which shut down Heathrow Airport for an entire day went 'unaddressed' for seven years

The National Energy System Operator (Neso) has said a fire at an electrical substation that led to a power cut at Heathrow airport was most likely caused by moisture

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8 d. ago Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’

Ofgem opens investigation into National Grid as report finds incident that cut airport power was preventableBusiness live – latest updatesThe root cause of the substation fire that shut Heathrow airport in March was a preventable technical fault that National Grid had been aware of seven years ago but failed to fix properly, investigators have concluded.The final report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) into the incident found said the fire that cut power to the airport, affecting more than 1,350 flights and almost 300,000 passengers, was “most likely” caused by moisture entering the insulation around wires sparking the electrical fault. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Planned Parenthood may not survive the Trump administration | Moira Donegan

The Trump administration has made repeated cuts targeting the organization’s clinics. Now the US supreme court has struck another blowPlanned Parenthood, the massive, 108-year-old network of women’s and reproductive health clinics that operates almost 600 health centers across the United States, may not survive the Trump administration. Long a hated symbol on the right, and unable to summon enthusiastic support from the left, the medical network has nevertheless remained a symbolic and material cornerstone of women’s equality, serving millions of patients – many of them indigent or low-income – each year, and housing one of the biggest feminist and pro-choice lobbying and litigation shops in America, in addition to being one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers.Since returning to power in January, the Trump administration has made repeated cuts targeting Planned Parenthood’s clinics, excluding the group from the vast Title X family planning program, on the pretext of scurril...

Politics

9 d. ago Brits urged to stockpile AA batteries in their homes right now

The government runs a website called Prepare.gov.uk which aims to ensure as many households as possible are ready for emergencies such as freak weather, power cuts, major accidents or 'infrastructure failure' as well as attacks

Politics

1 week ago Drink Pastis by the metre and party till dawn! The genderfluid French superclub in the heart of cowboy country

Stars, cowboys, village kids and drag queens – they all flock to La Churascaia, the bullring-like nightspot in the Camargue marshes. As it notches up 60 years of freewheeling hedonism, we celebrate an unstoppable rollercoasterHidden in a copse of pine trees, in the southern French region of Camargue near Arles, sits the legendary nightclub La Churascaia. For 60 years, nothing has stopped this nightlife institution partying till dawn – not even a power cut. When a storm knocked out the electricity one night in the mid-1970s, the French news presenter Yves Mourousi simply drove his car into the venue, and the dancing continued to the sound of its stereo.La Chu, as it’s known, opened in June 1965, making it one of the longest surviving discotheques in the world – behind Los Angeles’s Whisky-a-Go-Go, Paris’s Chez Castel and Rome’s Piper Club. It’ll be celebrating this feat of nightclub stamina on 29 June with a huge shindig at this most unlikely of venues smack-bang in the middle of the...

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1 week ago Deadly storms hit France as Paris streets flood and parliament springs a leak

Power was also cut to 110,000 homes

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2 w. ago 'Netflix Poop Cruise doesn't show how bad horror sailing really was'

The Carnival Triumph cruise from Texas to Mexico in 2013 turned into a nightmare when an engine room fire cut power to the ship, leaving over 4,000 passengers and crew adrift

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2 w. ago UK told to prepare for war – here’s what Martin Lewis says every home should have

As the government urges households to prepare for a potential national emergency, Martin Lewis says stocking up on basic items like torches and tinned food is just common sense.

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2 w. ago Nick Kyrgios: ‘If I’d acted a bit differently, I would have had a Wimbledon title’

Tennis’s great disruptor speaks on his highs and lows on Centre Court and the BBC’s ‘very strange’ decision to leave him out of the commentary boxWimbledon runs through Nick Kyrgios’s tumultuous career with a mysterious force full of pain, glory and controversy. It is a tournament defined by history and restraint but, for Kyrgios the disruptor, it is also a place pitted with dark despair and sunlit magic.The Australian has spent a night in a psychiatric ward while playing at Wimbledon and also been served with court orders and lawsuits during and after the 2022 championship that ended in him pushing Novak Djokovic so hard in a memorable final. But he has since struggled with injury and he will miss his third successive Wimbledon this year. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Moment Trump is savagely cut off by Canada's Mark Carney showcases tense power struggle amid 51st state drama

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney savagely ended President Donald Trump's back-and-forth with reporters Monday, as the two leaders kicked off the start of the G7 Summit with a bilateral meeting.

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3 w. ago Labour's £14bn 'fixation' with new nuclear power 'won't cut bills or help climate'

The UK Government last week announced a new 'golden age' of nuclear but academics and campaigners warn it will be a costly energy fail.

Economics

3 w. ago Callum McGregor took fears over yobs directly to Celtic board as SFA chief makes weighty plea to players

The SFA chief admits his voice or Neil Doncaster's won't cut through but Premiership stars sharing their fears holds more power

Sport

3 w. ago UK yellow and amber weather warning as Brits braced for 'flash flooding and power cuts'

While Brits have been basking in the summer sun in the past few days, many are set to see a major change in weather - with some homes being told to prepare for "power cuts"

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3 w. ago West Dunbartonshire bracing for heavy rain and thunderstorms as flood alert is issued

A yellow weather warning for rain is in place for western and northern parts of the UK on Saturday, with the Met Office warning of potential travel disruption and power cuts

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3 w. ago Met Office issues amber thunderstorm warning for parts of eastern England

Intense rainfall could lead to flooding and power cuts as widespread yellow warnings also issued.

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