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Cigarette smugglers targeting the north east of England were foiled by police this month, after they tried to conceal almost 60,000 smokes inside a shipment of radiators. The Chronicle newspaper reported that a shipping trailer carrying a legal radiator consignment at the Port of Tyne was found to be concealing illegal cigarettes underneath a false [...]
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A housing association in East Anglia was left red-faced this week after a 92-year-old tenant complained to the local paper that tenants’ radiators had been left inoperable for the past six months, leaving pensioners freezing over the winter. The East Anglia Daily Times reported that Florence Wood complained that home life at Fison House in [...]
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Fife News reported this week that refurbishment work at the Kirkcaldy Galleries library and museum will involve new cast-iron radiators and light fittings as part of a major revamp. The Fife Cultural Trust has been given control over the Council-funded £2.5 million project, of which most of the major building work is complete. Refitting will [...]
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St Michael’s Church in Aldbourne, Wiltshire is seeking funding or sponsorship to enable it to install some much needed radiators in the old building. The church community believes that people are being put off the winter services by the chill, and a warm radiator system would turn this around. They are currently seeking some [...]
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Staff at an air base in Sweden were left with a nasty taste in their mouth this week when it was revealed that they have been drinking coffee made from the water in the facility’s radiators for the past two years! The workers were horrified to discover that due to a pipe being fitted incorrectly, [...]
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An 80-year-old French pensioner remained brave and steadfast this week in the wake of an accident which saw her enduring three days with her head wedged under a radiator. Reports referred to the woman only as Renée from the town of Annecy in the French Alps, but detailed how she fell head first in her [...]
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A somewhat bizarre “charity single” hit the headlines this week when a Norwegian band going by the name of Radi-Aid launched an appeal for Africans to send radiators to freezing Norway this winter. A much-viewed YouTube video accompanies the single, which urges Africans to spare a thought for those poor chilly Norwegian children, forced to [...]
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A recent crime report from Dallas revealed just how they deal with radiator thieves in Texas – when a business-owner shot a suspected robber in the act of stealing radiators from his auto shop. Police revealed that the owner of Gabby Hall Auto Parts had been keeping an eye on his store at night following [...]
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The Manufacturers’ Association of Radiators and Convectors complained this week that the government’s so-called Green Deal ignores the option to retro-fit radiators and central heating systems. The initiative is meant to improve the eco-friendliness of Britain’s homes by providing subsidies to construction companies and heating engineers who wish to use the most energy-efficient heat sources, [...]
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We all know that a decent set of radiators can be a highly desirable set of items, but police are currently trying to trace the whereabouts of one man who has apparently taken his desire to own the perfect radiator too far – stealing them from a house in Royston, North Hertfordshire. Investigating officers said [...]
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