Central Networks Press Releases - July 2010

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Central Networks is offering a £5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone responsible for a spate of chainsaw attacks on power poles in rural Nottinghamshire. In an effort to stem the dangerous attacks on the electricity network,

Four chainsaw attacks on the Midlands power network in recent days have left thousands of customers without power and thieves playing Russian roulette with their lives. With attacks in both the East and West Midlands, Central Networks is warning that

Central Networks, the electricity distribution company for central England, is conducting a fly-by of its 132kV electricity network to inspect thousands of its largest towers carrying overhead power lines. The work is just one of the ways Central Networks

Senseless vandals have put stupidity ahead of common sense in Bloxwich after cutting through a wooden power pole. A farmer alerted Central Networks to the incident on Fishley Lane on Wednesday (7 th July) afternoon. When engineers arrived at the site,

Central Networks, the electricity distribution company for central England, is warning anglers to stay clear of overhead power lines to avoid injury. Last summer an angler received serious electrical burns after their fishing rod came into to contact

A team of eager Central Networks volunteers together with Alliance partners from Morrison Utility Services recently spent a day transforming an outdoor area at Radcliffe on Trent Junior School. The 25-strong team worked through the day transforming an

Arsonists endangered their own lives and also the electricity supply to Central Networks customers by setting fire to a substation in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire. Engineers attended the scene on Hollygate Industrial Park following a call from the Nottinghamshire