The 8th Annual NW SolarFest, a renewable energy & sustainable living fair, July 16 at Shoreline Community College, will feature solar cooking demonstrations with Graham Kerr, long known as the Galloping Gourmet.

By Esther Shaw Powered by the profusion of price-comparison web-sites, switching has become big business. Simply go online and you'll find a cheaper supplier for your gas and electricity, landline phone, broadband, credit cards and mortgage. And then you can move your custom.

By ALAN SIMPSON SCOTLAND'S largest power company is to raise its domestic gas bills by 12 per cent despite profits of more than Pounds 1billion a year.

By CAMERON SIMPSON SCOTTISHPOWER put its gas prices up by 12per cent yesterday, and provoked fierce consumer and political criticism. The company also announced it was increasing electricity charges by between 5per cent and 8per cent.