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Technology University of Wrenhaven's first satellite reaches orbit to watch coastal erosionThe 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. News Burst water main closes Holloway Road as Netherby homes lose supplyAround 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. Business Holloway Biscuit Company to expand its Eastmoor factory, creating 220 jobsThe 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. Sports Wrenhaven Gulls win in double overtime to reach the basketball cup semi-finalsThe 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. World Night train linking six northern European coastal cities confirmed for next springNordlys 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. Lifestyle Five Wrenhaven bakeries bringing back slow-fermented sourdough loavesFrom a converted boathouse to a former post office, a new generation of bakers is reviving long-fermented bread, and customers are queuing for it. News · 10 photos Rainy streets: umbrellas, wet pavements and reflectionsWhen the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken. Health Flu jab clinics extend evening hours after record first-week demandWrenhaven'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. Lifestyle Allotment waiting list shrinks as the council opens 120 new plots in EastmoorSome residents had waited more than four years for a plot; new half-size plots and shared beds are helping beginners get started. News Night buses to run around the clock on three Wrenhaven routes from springCouncillors 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. Culture Painting missing for 60 years found in Millbrook attic and handed to Wrenhaven Art GalleryA 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. Business Wrenhaven Credit Union opens counters inside branch librariesMembers 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. Search the archive