News of 24 October 2026

Lifestyle A water bird hunts for food beneath a waterfall

Lifestyle Busy bees among purple blooms

Culture Old Quay Jazz Weekend returns with 40 free gigs in pubs, cafés and on harbour boats

Technology University switches on new supercomputer for local weather forecasts

Business Tea gardens: green terraces on the hillsides

Lifestyle Pick-your-own pumpkin farm draws families to the Asher Valley in its busiest October yet

Business Pop-up shops push Wrenhaven high-street vacancy rate to a six-year low

News Millbrook footbridge over the River Asher reopens after flood repairs

World Ancient theatres: centuries on the stone steps

Health Walk-in mental health centre opens in Harbourside with evening sessions

World Coral gardeners regrow 12 hectares of reef off a Pacific atoll