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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.

21 October 2026, 21:45 · 2 min read

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21 October 2026, Wednesday

08:30 Business Old Quay fish auction goes online as inland restaurants join the bidding Buyers can now bid for the morning catch from a phone or laptop, and fishers say prices at Wrenhaven's oldest market have become noticeably less volatile since the switch. Tom Ashworth

01:36 Lifestyle An autumn foraging walk in the Greyling Hills, and the rules every forager should follow Blackberries, rosehips and sweet chestnuts are plentiful this year, but experts warn that mushrooms should never be eaten unless identified with complete certainty. Tom Ashworth

15 October 2026, Thursday

23:33 Technology Artemis I launch in slow motion turns night into day Slow-motion footage shows NASA's SLS rocket lifting off in 2022 as its exhaust lights up the sky. Tom Ashworth