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November 2008
Local heroics
Quick-thinking Paul Talbot almost certainly saved a baby's life when he chanced upon the choking tot. Paul, who works for... ...more »
When it Cumbria, do as the Romans do, er...
How about this tale about a water company, a wastewater pipeline and a Roman settlement? Archaeologists working for United Utilities... ...more »
Up a spillway without a paddle...
Here's another tale of reckless endeavour. A current favourite clip on YouTube shows extreme kayakers who have made waves at... ...more »
Kids get their wires crossed
More news reaches the great man of the sort of daftness that causes blackouts. And he is not talking about... ...more »
Who you calling dummy?
"The words "exciting" and "metering" rarely make it into the same sentence..." How true but "all that is about to... ...more »
Kielder gets all lit up
Northeast England's largest night ride took place recently around Kielder Reservoir as part of the Northumberland Lights 2008 festival. It... ...more »
Howzat!
Top cricketer catches a duck. Our picture shows Durham County Cricket Club wicket keeper Phil Mustard catching (literally) a yellow... ...more »
Action speaks louder than words
Speculation continues to swirl around the departure of Allan Jones, the man brought in by former London mayor Ken Livingstone... ...more »
It's easy to let the bills just mount up...
One citizen who may need help paying his utility bills is a sometime resident of County Durham who received a... ...more »
Consumer body is out of Focus
Last week, amiable Peter Luff MP, the chair of the Commons Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, was in a... ...more »
Eon chased off campus
News reaches the great man that Eon UK has had a series of little local difficulties during the current series... ...more »
Watery ears?
A colleague attended the launch of the tenth annual Water Yearbook by eminent m'learned friends Pinsent Masons the other day... ...more »
A heroic effort by Essex & Suffolk Water
Essex and Suffolk Water's crack team of superheroes is due to be out in force this week as the company's... ...more »
Methinks the protesters protest too much
Here's an intriguing development. The group that organised the big protest in August culminating in a bid to close down... ...more »
Any, any, any old iron?
Sellafield has found a new income stream that could prove a nice little earner. It has sent six unwanted shock... ...more »
It's art, Jim, but not as we know it...
Now here's more weirdness. According to The Guardian's weekly The Guide, there is an exhibition/art installation opening in Shoreditch High... ...more »
Martians kept me in the dark!
The great man couldn't resist this headline from a recent Lancashire Evening Post: "Aliens blamed for power cut." The paper... ...more »
Southern Water gets a-head of the problem
Southern Water has been using the example of the Halloween vegetable of choice (aka the pumpkin) to highlight the fact... ...more »
Small wind turbines that hope to light the way
Wind turbine provider Windsave has adapted its domestic turbine for commercial use, creating a wind turbine that can be mounted... ...more »
Coal Poles go off piste
Disconnector was intrigued to learn that Polish skiers anxious for the joys of the piste have taken to using a... ...more »
Say what you mean, mean what you say...
Things we wish we hadn't said but you know what we meant (number 374 in an occasional series). Sandra White... ...more »
Cute smiles and Kalashnikovs
And so to this week's schadenfreude item. Clarion Events, a big cheese in the exhibition organising world, is having a... ...more »
Northumbrian Water shows plenty of bottle!
At some companies, going green is pursued with almost religious fervour. That certainly seems to be the case with Northumbrian... ...more »