Regional bank expands interest-free loans for apprentices
The scheme covers tools and course fees for first-year trade apprentices.
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Open-source mapping project reaches one million volunteer edits
Volunteers have mapped footpaths, ramps and water points across hundreds of towns.
Festival of Lanterns returns to the canal quarter
More than two hundred handmade lanterns will float along the canal this weekend.
Parliament committee opens inquiry into rural broadband
Members will hear from villages that still rely on slow copper connections.
Volunteers plant 40,000 trees along the Greenway corridor
The planting drive links three nature reserves with a continuous green corridor.
Study finds short daily walks improve sleep quality
Participants who walked twenty minutes a day reported deeper and longer sleep.
Telescope array captures sharpest image yet of a distant nebula
The image reveals filaments of gas where new stars are forming.
Retail footfall rises as high streets add evening markets
Towns that host weekly night markets saw visitor numbers climb by a fifth.
The quiet comeback of the neighbourhood library
Libraries have become co-working spaces, repair cafes and warm rooms. Funding should follow.
New app helps commuters find seats on crowded trains
Anonymous sensor data shows which carriages have space before the train arrives.