Northfield

26 October 2026, Monday

19:43 News Night buses to run around the clock on three Wrenhaven routes from spring Councillors have approved a 24-hour service on three of the city's busiest bus routes, aimed at hospital staff, hospitality workers and late-night travellers. Nadia Karim

25 October 2026, Sunday

17:27 News 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. Sofia Marchetti

22 October 2026, Thursday

15:59 News 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. Hannah Okoye

07:50 News 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. Callum Reid

20 October 2026, Tuesday

04:58 Culture Twelve new murals brighten Northfield underpasses once avoided after dark Local artists and schoolchildren have painted 12 pedestrian tunnels, and residents say the routes now feel safer and are used more. Daniel Osei

04:16 Technology Free Wi-Fi and phone charging arrive on every Wrenhaven tram All 46 trams now have onboard internet and charging points at every seat bay, and the operator says the same network will feed live crowding information to passengers. Isabel Duarte