News

26 OctoberMonday

• 09:58 News·1 min read Lava fountain filmed from a helicopter above a volcanic crater A column of lava rose from the crater floor, feeding glowing flows beneath a grey plume of gas.
• 08:21 News·1 min read Timelapse shows a river of cloud rolling over the canyon Low cloud brought by colder weather poured over the red rock walls in slow waves.
• 06:44 News·1 min read Steam column surges skyward from a geyser basin Water and steam kept bursting from a rocky basin on a volcanic plateau for minutes on end.
• 05:33 News·2 min read Harbourside Promenade to get a protected two-way cycle lane after consultation The 2.4-kilometre lane will be separated from traffic by a raised kerb and planters, with work beginning in February and the seafront road reduced to one lane each way.
• 04:11 News·1 min read The city under snow: a white silence ▣ 10 photos When the snow falls the streets slow down; ploughs get to work, bicycles disappear and lights look warmer.

25 OctoberSunday

• 18:19 News·2 min read Volunteers plant 1,800 street trees across Wrenhaven in a single weekend More than 700 residents turned out with spades as part of a scheme to bring shade and greenery to the city's most built-up streets, with each tree adopted by a nearby household.
• 17:23 News·2 min read 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.

24 OctoberSaturday

• 07:43 News·2 min read Millbrook footbridge over the River Asher reopens after flood repairs The 80-year-old crossing, closed since floodwater damaged its foundations last winter, is back in use with stronger piers and a wider deck.

22 OctoberThursday

• 15:58 BreakingNews·3 min read 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.
• 07:46 News·2 min read 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.
• 05:01 News·3 min read Council backs €48m plan to raise and strengthen the Old Quay sea wall Councillors have approved a three-year programme to lift the Old Quay sea wall by up to 90 centimetres after waves repeatedly spilled over it last winter, flooding cellars and closing the harbour road.
• 01:38 News·2 min read Greyling Bay lifeboat crew rescue four kayakers swept out by offshore wind Volunteers launched within minutes of the alarm and found the group clinging to two overturned boats about two kilometres from shore.

21 OctoberWednesday

• 21:41 News·2 min read Tarnmere village post office saved as residents open a community shop When the village's only shop and post office closed in the spring, neighbours raised €140,000 in shares to reopen it themselves, with volunteers working alongside two paid staff.
• 06:15 News·2 min read Kestrel Park fully reopens after two-year restoration of its lake and woodland The fences are down at Kestrel Park, where a two-year restoration has cleared decades of silt from the boating lake, added 600 trees and given the city's largest green space a new play area and café.

20 OctoberTuesday

• 23:41 News·2 min read All nine Wrenhaven beaches pass bathing-water tests for a third year running Every beach in the city has met national bathing-water standards again, with six rated excellent, after sewer overflow upgrades cut the number of spills into Greyling Bay by more than half.
• 16:32 News·2 min read Asher Valley wheat harvest beats five-year average despite a wet spring Farmers in the Asher Valley have brought in a wheat crop well above recent averages, figures from the Growers' Cooperative show, after a dry, warm finish to the summer rescued fields that were waterlogged at sowing.