Aisha Rahman

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Latest piece26 October 2026, 06:28

Asher Valley dairy cooperative builds its own cheese plant

Forty-one family farms have pooled €9.5m to turn part of their milk into hard cheese and butter, aiming to earn more per litre than selling it to large processors.

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25OCT 2026 Wrenhaven General installs a second MRI scanner to cut waiting listsThe new scanner, housed in a purpose-built extension, will allow the hospital to carry out around 7,000 extra scans a year.
24OCT 2026 University switches on new supercomputer for local weather forecastsThe machine can model the weather over the Wrenhaven coast in squares just 500 metres across, which forecasters say should improve warnings of flash floods and coastal gales.
22OCT 2026 Eastmoor data centre waste heat to warm 2,000 homes in district heating pilotHeat pumped from the cooling systems of the data centre on the Eastmoor industrial estate will be piped to nearby homes and a school, in a pilot the council hopes could later cover much of the east of the city.
20OCT 2026 Robots for rent: small bakeries and food makers lease automation by the monthA Wrenhaven firm is renting out robot arms to small food producers on monthly contracts, letting bakeries and kitchens automate heavy, repetitive jobs without paying tens of thousands of euros upfront.
15OCT 2026 Up close with offshore wind turbinesTurbines rising from the open sea show the sheer scale of renewable energy projects.