26 October 2026

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.

Chloé Martin26 Oct

Basketball & Rugby

Wrenhaven Gulls win in double overtime to reach the basketball cup semi-finals

The Gulls edged Ostbridge Mariners 104-101 after two extra periods at the Harbourside Arena, with the final basket coming with four seconds left on the clock.

Ruth Abernathy26 Oct

World

Night train linking six northern European coastal cities confirmed for next spring

Nordlys Rail says sleeper carriages will run three nights a week between six port cities, with a stop in Wrenhaven's twin town Velde. Ticket sales are expected to open in the new year.

Liam Brennan26 Oct

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.

Daniel Osei26 Oct

Environment

Rainy streets: umbrellas, wet pavements and reflections

When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.

Rafael Ortega26 Oct

Port of Wrenhaven handles record container volumes as Asher Point deep-water berth opens

The port moved more boxes in the past quarter than in any three months on record, helped by a new 400-metre berth that can take the largest ships now calling in the region.

Marcus Feld26 Oct

Health

Flu jab clinics extend evening hours after record first-week demand

Wrenhaven's health service is adding late sessions at three community clinics after appointments for the first week of the autumn vaccination programme were fully booked within days.

Niamh Gallagher26 Oct

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.

Amara Nwosu26 Oct

Environment

Timelapse captures a night-long lightning storm

A towering storm cloud behind the mountains lit up the sky with dozens of strikes a minute.

Nadia Karim26 Oct

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.

Nadia Karim26 Oct

Culture

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.

Mateo Silva26 Oct

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.

Yasmin Haddad26 Oct

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.

Hannah Okoye26 Oct

The quiet bill of a dozen subscriptions

Small automatic payments rarely feel like spending, yet together they have become one of the least examined lines in the household budget.

Clara Whitfield26 Oct

Northfield tram extension begins night-time test runs ahead of spring opening

Empty trams are now running through the small hours on the 4.2 km Line 2 extension to Northfield, as engineers check brakes, signals and platform edges before passengers board next spring.

Hannah Okoye26 Oct

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.

Nadia Karim26 Oct

Tech showcase: devices from the desk to the stage

From laptops to smartwatches, mixing desks to drones, the technology of everyday life.

Grace Mwangi26 Oct

Morning high tide pounds the shore as gulls stand their ground

Waves rolled up the pebble beach at sunrise while two gulls barely moved.

Marcus Feld26 Oct

Culture

Harbour Lights Festival opens on the quay with three days of free music

Forty-two acts, two stages and no ticket barrier: the city's biggest free music weekend began last night on Old Quay, with organisers expecting more than 40,000 visitors before the final encore.

Chloé Martin26 Oct

Artemis I launch in slow motion turns night into day

Slow-motion footage shows NASA's SLS rocket lifting off in 2022 as its exhaust lights up the sky.

Elena Sokolova26 Oct

Autumn arrives in the city: streets in gold, orange and red

From parks to boulevards, the city has taken on the warm colours of the season.

Samuel Adeyemi26 Oct

Give the pavement back to the people who walk on it

Squeezed by parked cars, signposts and clutter, the humble pavement is the most honest measure of how much a city values its people.

Daniel Okafor26 Oct

Solar farms: rows of panels across the fields

From hillsides to plains, from sheep grazing beneath the panels to the view from the air.

Jamal Carter26 Oct

Football

Wrenhaven Athletic fight back to win at Larchfield and cut the gap at the top to two points

Two goals in the final 20 minutes turned a flat afternoon into one of the Wrens' best away results of the season, and left the National First Division title race wide open.

Callum Reid26 Oct

World

Hurricane Erin seen from the International Space Station

Footage from the ISS shows the vast cloud shield of Hurricane Erin over the Atlantic.

Samuel Adeyemi26 Oct

Eastmoor data centre waste heat to warm 2,000 homes in district heating pilot

Heat pumped from the cooling systems of the data centre on the Eastmoor industrial estate will be piped to nearby homes and a school, in a pilot the council hopes could later cover much of the east of the city.

Aisha Rahman26 Oct