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Prevent circuit overloads by distributing the electrical load evenly across multiple outlets or using power strips with built-in overload protection (Image: Canva) As rain pours outside, your home may … Read more here: Click Here

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Michelle Davis (Image credit: Golesworthy Flooring) A long-established Bristol-based flooring contractor has appointed a new sales director to drive the next phase of growth. Michelle Davis, who has more than 20 years of experience in strategic sales, account management, and customer development within the construction and housebuilding sectors, takes on the role at Golesworthy Flooring.  Davis said: “Golesworthy Flooring stands out for its genuine commitment to its clients; it’s not just about supplying a service, but about being a dependable and trusted partner throughout the entire process. That approach resonates deeply with me.  “Having worked within the housebuilding sector, I…

Hundreds marched in protest over plans to house 600 asylum seekers in an East Sussex military site Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex, one of two barracks which will be used to house asylum seekers temporarily. Picture: Alamy Hundreds took to the streets in East Sussex to protest against plans to house asylum seekers at a military site on the outskirts of Crowborough. The protests come after the government’s announcement that 600 people would be temporarily housed at a nearly military training camp.Local resident Keith Brown said: “If you dump any 600 young men of undocumented, unknown origin in a…

What should I do? Best to keep your doors, windows and mouth shut during the peak.What should I do? Best to keep your doors, windows and mouth shut during the peak. Millions of UK households are being warned to close their windows as swarms of a bug sweep the UK. Flying Ant Day, it is an annual event when millions of winged male and female ants fly out of their colonies to mate in the air.Experts told the Guardian: “What should I do? Best to keep your doors, windows and mouth shut during the peak. You mean just put up…

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A skip hire company based in Sittingbourne has been taken over in a multi-million-pound deal.Domestic and commercial waste removal firm Quick Waste Ltd, based on the Eurolink Industrial Estate, has been acquired by Stuart Mann – director of Thanet-based Reclamet in Birchington.Quick Waste has become part of the Reclamet group of businessesHe completed the deal through what is known as a ‘special purpose vehicle’ (SPV) – a device designed by a parent company to limit financial risk.The Quick Waste site and 70% of the business will be transferred to the SPV with the business continuing under its original name.Jack Crush,…

It always feels like the second you get your floors all clean and shiny, someone tracks in mud or drops a PB&J on it. (Or is that just me?) Fortunately, there are some smart, pro-recommended strategies you can use to minimize the mess and prevent set-in stains.Related: The Best Way to Clean Any Type of Floor01 of 06Take Off Your Shoes—and Wipe Muddy PawsPuppy paws and outdoor shoes can track in a lot of mud and ick—so instituting a strict no-shoes policy will go a long way toward keeping your floors cleaner. And unless you’re better at getting your dogs…

People are being asked to share their views on how councils should be reorganised across Sussex.The government wants every part of the country to be served by unitary councils which will mean abolishing district councils in places such as East and West Sussex.Currently, Brighton and Hove City Council is the only unitary council in Sussex.The wider area has two county councils as part of a two-tier system, with 12 districts although some of the district councils are known as boroughs, such as Worthing Borough Council.The Government is expected to decide the outcome of the shake up next year, with elections…

The Met Office has updated its weather warning as Storm Amy makes her arrivalSome UK households have been urged to shut windows and doors from 3pm onwards today (Image: Ottochk/Getty Images/iStockphoto)UK households have been urged to lock all windows and doors as Storm Amy reaches Britain.This comes as the Met Office issued an urgent update, upgrading its yellow weather warning to a more severe amber warning in certain parts of the UK.The existing yellow warning is still in place, however, and has been expanded to an even more areas of Britain.Met Office experts have predicted winds could reach highs of…