Rain leaves low-lying streets under water for a second night
Pumping stations ran through the night. Residents of three neighbourhoods say the same streets flood every year.
18 Oct 2026 · Sample outlet
Short, clear news for the twin cities.
Life & cultureTop story
A winter food street opens for three months
Fifty stalls, a seating area and a no-plastic rule. Here is what to try first.
Latest
Textile workshop orders pick up ahead of winter
Small units that make shawls and blankets are hiring for extra shifts after a slow summer.
SportExplainer
Why the city's only public swimming pool keeps closing
Filters, chlorine and a staffing gap. We looked at what it costs to keep the doors open.
Life & cultureOpinion
Opinion: Let children walk to school again
A school run that takes 25 minutes by car would take 12 on foot, if the footpaths were safe.
A public library stays open late for exam season
Reading rooms will stay open until 10 pm for six weeks. Students queued before the doors opened on day one.
BusinessOpinion
Opinion: Our markets need public toilets more than new signboards
Every renovation plan starts with signboards and lights. The one thing shoppers ask for never makes the list.
Padel courts arrive, and the old tennis club takes notice
Three new courts have waiting lists. Tennis coaches say they are not worried, yet.
A neighbourhood mushaira fills a community hall
Poets from three generations read to a full hall. The youngest was 19.
Night bus route adds four stops near the hospitals
The late route now runs past two hospitals and the railway station, every 30 minutes until 1 am.
Trending
- 1Night bus route adds four stops near the hospitalsCity · 2 min
- 2Opinion: Let children walk to school againLife & culture · 4 min
- 3A winter food street opens for three monthsLife & culture · 3 min
- 4Textile workshop orders pick up ahead of winterBusiness · 3 min
- 5Why the city's only public swimming pool keeps closingSport · 5 min