From the monthly archives: October 2011

A judge at Newcastle Crown Court jailed two brothers who were stealing radiators in the South Shields area last Friday. Kevin and Philip Steele broke into an empty flat and ripped its radiators off the walls, looking for copper piping which they could sell for scrap to feed their drug habits. The flat was owned [...]

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TV girl-turned-actress Donna Air donned a dress made from pure sheep’s wool this week to highlight the issue of insulation. A photoshoot starring Ms Air was held to raise awareness of how good insulation can keep down energy bills and stop heat from your radiators being lost. The stunt followed a survey by DIY giant [...]

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One of the most constant pieces of advice you will hear when it comes to keeping your central heating up to scratch is to have your boiler and other gas appliances regularly serviced. This is a legal requirement for landlords, and private householders should give it the same priority if they want their radiators and [...]

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Carers in Scotland will not be afraid to turn on their radiators this winter, if a new Scottish Government initiative has anything to do with it. The government announced that nearly 7,000 carers north of the Scots-English border will see their heating bills cut when the existing energy assistance scheme is expanded to include them. [...]

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