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.
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.
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.
Councillors have approved a three-year programme to lift the Old Quay sea wall by up to 90 centimetres after waves repeatedly spilled over it last winter, flooding cellars and closing the harbour road.
A new consortium of grid operators plans a meshed network of subsea cables linking offshore wind farms across the North Sea, so surplus power from one coast can flow to another when the wind drops.
Around 3,200 homes in Netherby are without running water after a large main burst beneath Holloway Road this morning. Bottled water stations are being set up while engineers work to isolate the pipe.
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.
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.
Timelapse footage from orbit captures the southern lights in full motion over the Southern Hemisphere.
Footage from the space station shows city lights tracing the dark expanse of the sea.
When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.
View the photo essay All · Photo galleriesThe 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.
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.
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.
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.
From market vegetables to fruit platters, the colours of eating with the seasons.
Extra sessions at Kestrel Park, the university and Old Quay are being added as the regional blood service tries to build up stocks ahead of the colder months.
A converted coach fitted with a full dental surgery will visit eleven villages on a rota, aiming to reach families who have struggled to find a local dentist.
The new scanner, housed in a purpose-built extension, will allow the hospital to carry out around 7,000 extra scans a year.
When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.
By Liam BrennanWrenhaven'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.
By Niamh GallagherSome residents had waited more than four years for a plot; new half-size plots and shared beds are helping beginners get started.
By Amara NwosuCouncillors 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.
By Nadia KarimA 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.
By Mateo SilvaMembers 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.
By Yasmin HaddadFrom the Mediterranean to the Baltic, frames from the colourful world of boats moored in small harbours.
By Samuel AdeyemiThe new 14-station line cuts the trip between the centre and the coastal districts to 22 minutes. Rides are free for the first week.
By Marcus Feld