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News · 2 min 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 Karim · 26 October 2026, 19:42

News · 2 min Weekly food-waste collections to reach 40,000 homes in Eastmoor and Northfield Households will receive a small kitchen caddy and an outdoor bin, with the waste sent to a digester that turns it into biogas and fertiliser for Asher Valley farms. Sofia Marchetti · 25 October 2026, 17:26

News · 3 min 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 Okoye · 22 October 2026, 15:59

News · 2 min New fire station opens at Bramley Cross, cutting response times in the north of the city The station, the first new one in Wrenhaven for 25 years, houses two fire engines and a rescue unit and is expected to shave several minutes off emergency calls in the northern suburbs. Callum Reid · 22 October 2026, 07:49

Culture · 2 min Twelve new murals brighten Northfield underpasses once avoided after dark Local artists and schoolchildren have painted 12 pedestrian tunnels, and residents say the routes now feel safer and are used more. Daniel Osei · 20 October 2026, 04:57

Technology · 2 min Free Wi-Fi and phone charging arrive on every Wrenhaven tram All 46 trams now have onboard internet and charging points at every seat bay, and the operator says the same network will feed live crowding information to passengers. Isabel Duarte · 20 October 2026, 04:15

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