Croydon residents fear there is a heightened risk of fire at their housing block after squatters broke into a communal area, leaving debris near fuse boxes and plugging in their own heaters.

The holes in electrical plug prongs were originally designed to help keep the plug secured in the outlet. Today, they mainly ...

This all happens through wires and requires that the lights you want to connect to the switch are bound by long strands of ...

Most homeowners assume that if a house was legal when it was built, it will stay that way. The surprise comes when you open ...

Nowadays, EV owners have quieter, cleaner use cases for tapping into their car's power source – and more of them. Somewhat forgettably dubbed "vehicle-to-load (V2L)," where "load" basically refers to ...

These niche tools rarely get attention, yet they quietly handle tasks that would otherwise be frustrating, risky, or ...

It’s the holiday season, and that means Christmas trees are lit all across the country. That also means the electrical wires lighting up these festive, outdoor trees are being frozen all across the ...

I recently had, what I thought, was a unique brainwave. (Spoiler alert: it wasn’t, but please read on!) As a marketing leader at ESET UK, part of my role is to communicate how our powerful and ...

Tesco has been forced to lock up bars of chocolate after seeing a rise in thefts. Stores say they have seen a steep increase in the levels of shoplifting around the country and now it seems some are ...

Cadbury Dairy Milk caramel bars have become the latest product to be locked up in security boxes at Tesco (Picture: JamPress) The cost-of-living crisis has seen a steep increase in shoplifting and ...

As cold temperatures hit and snow falls across much of the country, winter might not seem like pressure-washing season, but now’s actually the best time to gear up for spring cleaning and outdoor ...

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