A few months before Doris Summerville was planning to open an at-home day care in her Maywood home, she discovered she had a lead service line. If not for plumbing problems, Summerville might not have found out about the threat. “We have got to do what we have got to do to be safe, and…
Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, after the discovery of damaged plumbing within the dam that holds it back. The damage is to Glen Canyon Dam’s “river outlet works,” a critical set of small tubes near the bottom of the dam that were originally…
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As I type, a small white robot has just rolled past me, heading from my bathroom, where it just finished mopping and vacuuming the floor, to my laundry room. Once there, it docked to its water station, gurgled a lot as it emptied its dirty water tank and filled itself up with fresh water, then…
7 days ago Emma Stanley & PA News,BBC News, Lancashire Reuters James Anderson says he has apologised for mistakes but some images were doctored by online trolls The founder of a plumbing firm accused of faking stories of good deeds has said he has complained to Ofcom about a BBC investigation, claiming there is a…
6 days ago By Rebecca Wearn & Ed Thomas,BBC News Reuters James Anderson, from Burnley, Lancashire, was given the British Citizenship Award in 2023 for his work The man once dubbed the country’s “kindest plumber” has had his British Citizen Award rescinded following a BBC investigation. James Anderson, from Burnley, was given the accolade in…
HE was hailed as “Britain’s kindest plumber” for his charitable deeds of fixing boilers for free and assisting the elderly during winter. But now James Anderson is in hot water over allegations he lied about many of those he supposedly helped — and even passed off someone as a happy customer who was DEAD. 7…
CHICAGO — Chicago police are searching for three men who are wanted for targeting businesses in more than 30 burglaries since January. CPD issued a community alert Tuesday to plumbing and electrical businesses in the 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 25th districts on the city’s north, northwest and west sides. Police have connected…
Elegant, ethereal murals have been a mainstay in stately homes and posh townhouses for centuries. With persistent back-to-nature themes running rampant since lockdown — I see you “cottage-core” and “dark-academia” — it’s only natural that the serene, muted, landscaped murals of yore have been ever so quietly slipping back into our homes. Calling to mind…
