Two groups of thieves who used crowbars and a hacksaw to cut through live power lines in separate incidents across the West Midlands would have been lucky to escape alive, warned electricity distribution company Central Networks today. In the latest cases

A thief who used a hacksaw to try to cut through high voltage power lines on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border would have been lucky to escape with severe burns to his hands, electricity distribution company Central Networks warned today. Engineers