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Night train linking six northern European coastal cities confirmed for next spring

Nordlys Rail says sleeper carriages will run three nights a week between six port cities, with a stop in Wrenhaven's twin town Velde. Ticket sales are expected to open in the new year.

Liam Brennan · 6 days ago

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Thirty countries deposit crop seeds at a mountain seed archive in a single week

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Aurora seen from the space station ripples above the atmosphere

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Night view from orbit: Mediterranean coasts aglow

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Fishing nations agree a three-year pause on cod catches at Skerra Bank

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Earth’s night side spins into view as city lights outline the continents

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Moonlight on the ocean, city lights on land

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International team measures how fast the Cerro Blanco glacier is shrinking

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25 October 2026, Sunday

01:14 12 photosWorld Guardians of the coast: lighthouses around the world From Crete to Iceland, Kerala to the Great Lakes: towers standing firm against wind and waves. Rafael Ortega

24 October 2026, Saturday

07:14 12 photosWorld Ancient theatres: centuries on the stone steps The seating, stages and surroundings of theatres from the Greek and Roman world. Yasmin Haddad

02:26 World Coral gardeners regrow 12 hectares of reef off a Pacific atoll Divers from the Tavua Reef Institute have planted more than 90,000 coral fragments over six years, and fish numbers on the restored sections are approaching those of healthy reefs nearby. Chloé Martin

23 October 2026, Friday

10:14 12 photosWorld City lights at night: the world's cities after dark From Hong Kong to Toronto, Frankfurt to Bangkok, a light map of cities that come alive at night. Mateo Silva

06:23 World Mediterranean old towns of Calvara and San Telmo close their historic centres to cars The two hill towns are restricting access to residents, deliveries and emergency vehicles, and visitors will park outside the walls and walk or take an electric shuttle. Chloé Martin

22 October 2026, Thursday

19:17 World North Sea grid link to share offshore wind power between five coastlines A new consortium of grid operators plans a meshed network of subsea cables linking offshore wind farms across the North Sea, so surplus power from one coast can flow to another when the wind drops. Amara Nwosu

11:14 12 photosWorld Bird migration and wetlands: the season of wings From flocks of geese filling the sky to flamingos feeding in shallow lakes, scenes from along the flyways. Leo Novak

21 October 2026, Wednesday

22:53 World Shipping lines agree voluntary slow zones on North Atlantic whale routes Member states of an international maritime body have backed seasonal slow-speed areas along whale migration corridors in the North Atlantic, asking ships to cut speed to 10 knots where humpbacks gather. Lucas Moreau

16:25 World Wrenhaven bird-ringing station joins flyway census from West Africa to the Arctic Volunteers at Fenwick Point are among more than 200 sites counting and ringing migrating birds this autumn, building a picture of the journeys made by waders and songbirds. Marcus Feld

04:08 World Wrenhaven scientists join survey tracking giant iceberg off West Antarctica Researchers from the Wrenhaven Marine Institute are part of an international team following a newly calved iceberg roughly twice the size of the city as it drifts away from a West Antarctic glacier. Ingrid Halvorsen

20 October 2026, Tuesday

21:01 World Wrenhaven twin town Velde now runs entirely on community-owned solar power Velde, the small inland town twinned with Wrenhaven, now produces as much electricity as it uses over a year from a solar park owned by its own residents through an energy cooperative. Rafael Ortega

18:58 World European bison return to the Kallmar forest reserve after 200 years Eight bison have been released into a fenced area of the reserve, where scientists will study how their grazing and wallowing reshape the woodland. Yasmin Haddad