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With energy costs at the top of most people’s worry list, you’re not alone if you’re trying to find ways to cut electricity use at home. But if you’re trying to do that by using shorter dishwasher and washing machine programmes, you’re almost certainly adding to your electricity bill instead of making savings. If you’re looking for money-saving ways to run your home appliances, there’s an ally that you might not have considered: the engineers who designed and built them. For appliance manufacturers across the…

It’s the hottest day of the summer and Taylor Skye has found one of the few public spaces in Penzance that is safe from the midday glare: a graveyard. The electronic producer, one half of Jockstrap, leads us past a man sleeping off last night between the gravestones of St Mary’s church, towards a bench under a giant oak. Georgia Ellery, the group’s songwriter and vocalist, grew up a few streets away and approves of the location: “Good choice! This is where I had my first snog!”Jockstrap play fast and loose with pop. Their…

In what can be termed as the future of washing clothes, a revolutionary way of cleaning clothes has been developed which is termed as Laundry Jet. Carrying laundry through your home has been an age old, never ending, repetitive manual chore, however the Laundry Jet is vacuum powered laundry chute that transports laundry from any room with ports installed, to the laundry room. Unlike a traditional laundry chute, the Laundry Jet can be used regardless of if a home is…

By DENISE LAVOIE FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberations after a sensational six-week trial to resolve defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage. The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving for the long Memorial Day weekend. Jurors resumed deliberations in Fairfax County Circuit Court just after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, accusing her of libeling him with a…