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AS Storm Darcy batters Britain with blizzards and plummeting temperatures, you might be wondering what’s the cheapest way to warm your home. The storm, dubbed the 'Beast from the East II' , is so bad that the Met Office has told Brits not to travel, with 12ft snowdrifts blocking major roads. So is it cheaper to keep your heating on low all day, or turn it on when you need it? We explain all you need to know. Is it cheaper to put your heating on low all day? According to experts at the Energy Savings Trust and Uswitch , the idea that putting your heating on low all day will save you cash is a myth. That’s because no matter how good your insulation is, a certain amount of energy is constantly leaking from your home. How to get help paying your energy bills IF you’re worried about reaching for the thermostat as Britain braces itself against a deluge of snow, there’s help available to help with costs. Here are four schemes that can help you cover your energy … [Read more...] about Is it cheaper to leave your heating on all day on low? Energy myths busted

Debris from a United Airlines passenger plane fell onto a suburb of US city Denver, during an emergency landing Saturday. The Boeing 777-200 was carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew when its right engine experienced failure shortly after takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. The plane made it back to Denver International Airport while scattering debris across Broomfield, a residential neighborhood about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the city. Where the debris fell The Broomfield Police Department posted photos on Twitter showing large, circular pieces of debris leaning against a house in the suburb. The images also showed debris scattered across sports field Commons Park. "If you find debris PLEASE don't touch it or move it. The @NTSB wants all debris to remain in place for investigation," the Broomfield police department said on Twitter. "We are beyond grateful that no one was injured," added the police force. The FAA and the … [Read more...] about Boeing: United Airlines jet debris rains on US suburb

A CHILD and an elderly woman have been injured after the engine of a plane burst into flames shortly after taking off in the Netherlands. The southern Dutch town of Meerssen was showered in debris on Saturday afternoon after the incident involving a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane. An elderly woman was left with a head injury after she was struck by a piece of the engine and a young child was left with a burned hand after picking up a piece of smouldering metal, Mail Online reports. It comes after an "engine failure" explosion on United Airlines Boeing 777 scattered debris over Denver in the United States on the same day. The jet involved in the incident in the Netherlands, which was was due to fly to New York, used a Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine - a smaller version of one on the United Airlines Boeing 777. Maastricht Airport said the plane was carrying "general cargo and pharmaceuticals on board". 'SHOCKED' "A few seconds after the plane took off, air traffic … [Read more...] about Boeing plane engine burst into flames dropping debris on Dutch town on same day 777 jet engine exploded over Denver

ANOTHER Boeing plane has been forced to make an emergency landing after an "engine failure". The flight, carrying 128 passengers, was forced to land in Utah after leaving Atlanta around 1pm today. According to reports the aircraft landed safely and fire crews advised officials that the engine looks intact. It comes after United Airlines said they would ground their 777 planes after an engine caught on fire over Denver on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration released a statement on Sunday regarding Saturday's plane engine failure aboard a United Airlines flight, adding the FAA would be stepping up measures to prevent such an incident from occurring again. "After consulting with my team of aviation safety experts about yesterday's engine failure aboard a Boeing 777 airplane in Denver, I have directed them to issue an Emergency Airworthiness Directive that would require immediate or stepped-up inspections of Boeing 777 airplanes equipped with certain Pratt … [Read more...] about ANOTHER Boeing plane hit with engine crisis as Delta flight carrying 128 makes emergency landing after ‘failure’

C hristopher Wallace was a studious mama’s boy who recast himself as a gangster-rap superstar. In the guise of Biggie Smalls (later the Notorious B.I.G.), he play-acted the corpulent crime boss, spun incantatory rhymes of death and glory and boasted that he was “Ready to Die” when he was actually anything but. On the night of 9 March 1997 he was shot dead by an unnamed assassin on the streets of Los Angeles. You might say that Wallace created the myth that would eventually come to claim him. Now in blows the myth of the myth: a brashly entertaining biopic produced by Biggie’s mum and his managers and overseen by his former mentor, Sean “P Diddy” Combs. Notorious rearranges the furniture of Wallace’s life and shoves some unquiet ghosts to the corner. It shows our hero as a young kid on the mean streets of Brooklyn (played, rather creepily, by his own son, Chris Wallace Jr), and then as a freestyle wizard and rapacious womaniser (an effective bit of mimicry from Brooklyn rapper … [Read more...] about Notorious review – Biggie Smalls’ life as a gaudy and compelling spectacle