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.
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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.
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.
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.