Some residents had waited more than four years for a plot; new half-size plots and shared beds are helping beginners get started.
Read more ›: Allotment waiting list shrinks as the council opens 120 new plots in Eastmoor4K footage from the space station follows a night-time pass from moon glint over the Pacific to the lights inland.
Houses clinging to hillsides, paths leading up to high pastures and valleys waiting for the first snow.
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.
Oak planks and frames found during drainage works appear to belong to a trading vessel from the 14th century, the most complete ship find ever made in Wrenhaven.
Audiologists will run drop-in sessions in eight community centres this winter, with the aim of spotting hearing loss earlier.
Hundreds of volunteers have spent the season rebuilding storm-damaged footpaths across the Alps, clearing rockfall and replacing waymarks before winter closes the high routes.
