A new workshop dedicated to refurbishing large domestic appliances for resale has opened. Devon County Council said skilled technicians would thoroughly clean and refurbish a range of white goods, which would then be distributed across Devon for resale. This would include refrigerators, freezers and washing machines and would be tested to ensure they meet safety...
A Devon council is planning to install solar panels on three of its leisure centres to help make them more financially sustainable. South Hams District Council said it would install the panels at facilities in Ivybridge, Dartmouth and Totnes. The authority said work to install panels on a fourth leisure centre, Quayside Leisure Centre in...
Aid distribution centres in Gaza will be closed for a day on Wednesday, as the Israeli military warned roads leading to the sites will be considered “combat zones”. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US and Israel-backed aid network which began operating last week, said it was closing its sites for “update, organization and...
Tom Edgington & Anthony Reuben BBC Verify Getty Images BBC Verify has found that three quarters of the 319 driving test centres across Great Britain have hit the maximum average waiting time – of 24 weeks – to book a practical test. This is the backdrop to the government’s announcement of measures to deal with...
Emma Woollacott Technology reporter Intuitive Machines Data centre firm Lonestar recently sent its test equipment to the Moon on this lunar lander It sounds like something from a science fiction movie, but Stephen Eisele is confident that one day his company will open a data centre on the Moon. “The way we see it is...
More than half of job centres are reducing support for people claiming Universal Credit due to a shortage of work coaches, according to a report from the public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office said reasons for cutbacks included a lack of funding and challenges in recruiting and retaining staff. It comes as the number...
Sky has said 2,000 call centre jobs are at risk under plans to move more of its customer service online. The media and telecoms company plans to close three of its 10 UK customer service centres, it said on Thursday, citing changing consumer preferences and declining call volumes. The planned cuts – which would see...