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Wrenhaven opens the third stage of its light rail: capacity for 400,000 passengers a day
The new 14-station line cuts the trip between the centre and the coastal districts to 22 minutes. Rides are free for the first week.
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Rainy streets: umbrellas, wet pavements and reflections
When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.
Thirty countries deposit crop seeds at a mountain seed archive in a single week
The Hallvard Seed Archive received more than 48,000 samples, including old varieties of wheat, beans and barley from the Asher Valley, as gene banks back up their collections.
Aurora seen from the space station ripples above the atmosphere
Timelapse footage from orbit captures the southern lights in full motion over the Southern Hemisphere.
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Holloway Biscuit Company to expand its Eastmoor factory, creating 220 jobs
The family-owned baker will add two production lines and a new packing hall, in what it says is the largest single investment in its 94-year history.
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Clara Whitfield The quiet bill of a dozen subscriptions
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Daniel Okafor Give the pavement back to the people who walk on it
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Priya Nandakumar Our notifications are renting out our attention
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Tomás Herrera What we lose when the neighbourhood pitch disappears
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Margaret Ellison The library is the last free living room in town
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Jonas Lindqvist Movement starts in daily life, not in the gym
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Holloway Biscuit Company to expand its Eastmoor factory, creating 220 jobs
The family-owned baker will add two production lines and a new packing hall, in what it says is the largest single investment in its 94-year history.
Five Wrenhaven bakeries bringing back slow-fermented sourdough loaves
From a converted boathouse to a former post office, a new generation of bakers is reviving long-fermented bread, and customers are queuing for it.
Rainy streets: umbrellas, wet pavements and reflections
When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.
Allotment waiting list shrinks as the council opens 120 new plots in Eastmoor
Some residents had waited more than four years for a plot; new half-size plots and shared beds are helping beginners get started.
Night buses to run around the clock on three Wrenhaven routes from spring
Councillors have approved a 24-hour service on three of the city's busiest bus routes, aimed at hospital staff, hospitality workers and late-night travellers.
Painting missing for 60 years found in Millbrook attic and handed to Wrenhaven Art Gallery
A harbour scene that vanished from a council office in the 1960s has turned up wrapped in a blanket under the eaves of a terraced house in Millbrook. Its finder has given it to the city's art gallery.
Wrenhaven Credit Union opens counters inside branch libraries
Members in four neighbourhoods without a bank branch can now pay in savings, ask about loans and get help with budgeting on the same visit as borrowing a book.
Fishing boats in harbour: bright hulls and patient nets
From the Mediterranean to the Baltic, frames from the colourful world of boats moored in small harbours.
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