One third of UK businesses would consider installing electric vehicle charging points at employees’ homes One third of firms would think about putting charging points in employees’ homes to support the use of electric vehicles, according to new research One in five claim the increase of home working has influenced their plans Upfront costs and … Read more
Astronauts will step outside the International Space Station to install a new British-built terminal that will allow them to connect to the internet at broadband speeds. NASA‘s Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will venture outside at 12:05 GMT to undertake a six hour mission to mount the suitcase-sized device to the European Space Agency (ESA) … Read more
Local councils are planning to install just 9,317 public charge points for electric cars between now and 2025, which threatens to cause a huge ‘bottleneck in adoption’ to plug-in vehicles in the coming years. An average of 35 chargers per local authority are due to be provided in the next four years with 126 councils … Read more
The AA has announced this morning that it will provide around 5,000 free directional road signs to temporary vaccination centres in Britain to help guide local communities through the Covid-19 vaccination period. It said the signs, which are made from 100 per cent recycled plastic, will help people navigate to vaccination locations that are not local … Read more
A father-of-two graphics designer launched a one-man war to stop speeders by setting up a fake speed camera outside his house. Alexander Booth, 48, was sick of the frequent accidents on the busy stretch of B2149 outside his home in Bedhampton, Havant. He decided to pull a ‘prank with a serious message’ by putting up a fake … Read more
Dump and dumper! Locals who were infuriated by fly-tippers install crowdfunded HD cameras in the trees – and catch TWO offenders red-handed within days Locals bought two £85 cameras to hide around Park Bridge, Greater Manchester Within just a few days they capture fly-tippers dumping rubbish on country lanes It comes after residents became fed … Read more
Tesco becomes latest supermarket to install TRAFFIC LIGHTS system on its store doors so shoppers know its safe to enter – after Aldi and Home Bargains did the same thing A new traffic light system at Tesco will tell customers whether it is safe to enter Supermarkets have had to control number of customers since … Read more
A retired lawyer was quoted £502,586 by BT to install a reliable broadband connection at his rural Cumbria home. David Roberts, 65, had requested a broadband service fast enough for making uninterrupted video calls to his family and to watch All Creatures Great and Small. He currently pays £70 every month for a 0.9Mbps download … Read more
Whose crazy idea was my faulty 9ft-high smart meter? I’d need a pogo stick to read it, says furious pensioner 73-year-old Joy Thomas found her smart meter wasn’t working properly She was told she needed to supply the readings herself But because of the poor reception where she lives in Cornwall, the 5 ft tall … Read more
Pub bosses install ELECTRIC FENCE at the bar to keep punters socially distanced from staff while ordering their drinks Staff at The Star Inn in Cornwall installed an electric fence to protect staff Landlord Johnny McFadden says the fence is used to shock locals into behaving The fence is usually switched off but ‘can be … Read more