Self-employed electrician Chris Ellis pulled John Rayner from his home in Scalby Road, Scarborough, after his washing machine exploded and set his house alight. Mr Rayner was taken to Scarborough Hospital with burns to his face and suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation.
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Vacuum cleaner claim is settled
A man who launched a civil action against Dyson after claiming his new vacuum cleaner sent him flying down stairs has settled out of court. Norman Grant, 59, of Cranford Road, Aberdeen, claims he suffered painful head and wrist injuries in the accident at his home in March 2002.
Cheaper And Cheaper
It has been said that consumers want cheaper and cheaper appliances, manufacturers are even gearing up to produce appliances cheaper than ever before in relation to current economics. However the results of the current poll such as they are seem to indicate that consumers do not want that.
Russia’s First LG Factory To Open In 2006?
The Korean company LG Electronics has got a 40-hectare site near Moscow for building a factory. According to a high-ranking official in the administration of the Moscow region, the factory’s first stage – manufacturing refrigerators and washing machines – will be started up in the middle of 2006….
Poor Water Quality? Refrigerator Water Filter May Be to Blame
Water quality is a growing concern for many people, with good reason. Increases in the water table, septic waste seepage, and environmental pollutants can wreak havoc on drinking water, particularly well water. But for those whose refrigerators make ice or dispense drinking water, there’s one mor…
PowerHouse refund hope
Some 750,000 consumers who purchased extended warranties from PowerHouse, the former electrical goods giant which bought all of ScottishPower’s retail shops, could receive more than half their money back, it has been revealed.
Viking Introduces Food Processor for Home Chefs
Viking Range Corporation has introduced a new Viking Professional Food Processor to its line of professional-quality culinary products. This multi-functional kitchen tool offers professional performance to home chefs who have a passion for cooking.
Work begins to clear fridge mountain
The massive task of clearing Greater Manchester’s fridge mountains is under way – but will not be completed until the spring. Teams of workers have moved on to three of the five sites in the region, where an estimated 120,000 scrap fridges have been dumped.
Merloni On a Recruitment Drive
Manafucturing giant Merloni Elettrodomestici UK has taken to the streets, quite literally, in a recruitment drive to fill vacancies at its new call centre in Peterborough. The team set up a stall in the city centre and spent an entire day speaking to potential new employees, handing out more than…
UK Whitegoods Passes 2 Million Page Views
What can we say really? We’ve accomplished what we thought was impossible in such a short space of time accomplishing the number of hits that took just over a year from the site going live in a mere five months this time. It really is pretty astounding.