Daily Compass
Columnists
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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
Burst water main closes Holloway Road as Netherby homes lose supply
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.
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.
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.
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.
Latest news
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Technology
University of Wrenhaven's first satellite reaches orbit to watch coastal erosion
The shoebox-sized satellite, built by students and staff over four years, sent its first signal to the ground station on the university roof shortly after launch.
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News
Burst water main closes Holloway Road as Netherby homes lose supply
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.
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Business
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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Sports
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.
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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.
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Lifestyle
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.
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News
Rainy streets: umbrellas, wet pavements and reflections
When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.
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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.
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Lifestyle
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.
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News
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.
