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25 October 2026, Sunday

15:01 Lifestyle Millbrook repair café fixes 400 items in its first year, from toasters to teddy bears Volunteers with screwdrivers, sewing machines and soldering irons meet once a month to keep broken things out of the bin, and to teach owners how to mend them. Diego Fernández

21 October 2026, Wednesday

02:13 Sports Council to restore 48 neighbourhood football pitches across Wrenhaven over two years Patched goalmouths, rusted frames and waterlogged corners will be tackled in a phased programme, with the first 20 sites chosen after residents and local clubs flagged the worst problems. Diego Fernández

01:58 Lifestyle A book club on the morning ferry: commuters read together on the Saltings route Every weekday at twenty past seven, a dozen or more passengers gather on the upper deck of the Saltings ferry to talk about a novel. The crossing takes 35 minutes; the club has lasted three years. Leo Novak

15 October 2026, Thursday

21:29 Sports What we lose when the neighbourhood pitch disappears The scraps of land where children once played were never just football pitches. They were classrooms where a generation learned to live together. Tomás Herrera