Isabel Duarte

Tea gardens: green terraces on the hillsides

From Sri Lanka to Vietnam, Rwanda to Japan, the rhythmic green patterns of tea plantations.

Teenagers who keep phones out of the bedroom sleep longer, local study finds

Pupils in a University of Wrenhaven study slept around 40 minutes more on school nights when their phones charged elsewhere, though the researchers stress the findings are preliminary.

Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room

After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight.

Saltings Pottery Guild pairs young makers with master potters

Twelve young makers will spend nine months at the wheel beside experienced potters in the marsh villages, in a scheme the guild hopes will keep its craft alive for another generation.

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.