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A Few Blackout Articles .....

A Few Blackout Articles .....

Winds of up to 80mph (129kmh) on Monday brought down trees and power lines, causing what UK Power Networks said was "extensive" damage. At the height of the storm, 300,000 households in the region had no power.

Full story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24740389

Full Story  http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/439035/MEGASTORM-Power-cuts-and-travel-chaos-will-leave-Britain-with-1billion-bill

Travel chaos as power cut hits London October 2013

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-194118/Travel-chaos-power-cut-hits-London.html#ixzz2i5GsWucV 

 

By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent1:15PM BST 28 Jun 2013
Ministers insist no risk of power cuts, as officials look at 'controlled' black-outs for factories

Full story  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10148375/Ministers-insist-no-risk-of-power-cuts-as-officials-look-at-controlled-black-outs-for-factories.html

 

Lights Out As Risk Of Blackouts Doubles

Energy watchdog Ofgem says we don't have enough capacity to produce energy - and has suggested rationing might be the only solution.

Full story  http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1188180/

 

Blackout Britain: Energy experts warn households face risk of power cuts for the next FIVE years, by MATT WEST, PUBLISHED: 11:23, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 12:42, 18 October 2013

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2464233/Blackout-Britain-Government-warned-households-face-5-years-power-cuts.html#ixzz2i5IpyvSc

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paul-routledge-power-cuts-today-2351626

Memories of the big blackouts of 1972 mean we should all be afraid of the dark. We may have got by without electricity 40 years ago but the greed of today's privatised profiteers poses a real threat to the nation.

 

Blackout Britain: EU environmental directive puts millions at risk of power cuts, by: Tracey BolesPublished: Sun, February 24, 2013

Full story http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/379845/Blackout-Britain-EU-environmental-directive-puts-millions-at-risk-of-power-cuts


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