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
Rowland S. Howard ready to go because they have been sick for a long time, but Rowland really wanted to live. Things were going well for him outside his health and he wanted to take advantage of that, and he was very disappointed that he wasn't well enough to do so". In October 2011, filmmaker Richard Lowenstein ("Dogs in Space") and Lynn-Maree Milburn ("We're Living on Dogfood" – documentary maker), released a 110-minute documentary film on the life of Rowland S. Howard titled "Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard" which had a limited release for cinema. On 24 April 2013, Port Phillip Council approved a