Halifax (bank) November 2009, HBOS was hit by a power failure which affected all branches, cash machines and online banking. The bank said that the power failure occurred at an IT centre in Copley, West Yorkshire which caused several problems for Halifax's banking system. Halifax's online banking system did not recover from the power failure for several hours. On Boxing Day 2000, Halifax started a successful marketing campaign, which was continued after the creations of HBOS. Halifax have also created adverts that have featured popular cartoon characters like The Flintstones, Top Cat, Scooby-Doo, The Wizard of Oz and Thunderbirds (TV series). Halifax
Rufous-fronted babbler but is now considered as conspecific with to rufous-fronted babbler. Rufous-fronted babbler The rufous-fronted babbler ("Stachyridopsis rufifrons") is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam in moist lowland forests, grass or bamboo up to 2,100 m altitude. This 12 cm long babbler has a rufous crown, grey supercilium, brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. the juvenile has a paler crown and underparts. The song is a piping "tuh tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh", and the alarm call is a rolled "wirrri". An extirpated endemic Thailand form