#Translink has launched the ‘Better on Board’ public #transport charter in #Derry ~ #Londonderry, promoting sustainable travel to reduce emissions, ease congestion, and improve air quality. Since the introduction of the zero-emission #Foyle #Metro service in September 2023, over 3 million passenger journeys have been made, saving more than 2,000 tonnes of CO2. The charter, backed by over 20 initial partners, including businesses, organisations, and local stakeholders, encourages greater use of public transport for the region's social, economic, and environmental benefit. Translink aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve a zero-emission fleet across Northern #Ireland by 2040.
https://www.translink.co.uk/corporate/media/pressreleases/northwest-charter-launched
#Foyle
31 July 1689: Following the breaking of the boom across the #Foyle on the 28th, #Jacobite forces raise the siege of #Londonderry/#Derry and march away #otd (SeanMack)
SDLP Leader Column Eastwood re-elected.
11 June 1689: Percy Kirke, along with three regiments of infantry go to relieve besieged #Derry/#Londonderry #otd
They find the mouth of the #Foyle blocked by a boom. When the boom is destroyed on 28 July, they break through & lift the siege.
25 Apr 1600: Henry Docwra lands 4,000 foot & 200 horse at #Carrickfergus #otd preparatory to garrisoning the #Foyle estuary
(BL image - here is the town in 1560, with the#Franciscan friary still standing)
31 July 1689: Following the breaking of the boom across the #Foyle on the 28th, #Jacobite forces raise the siege of #Londonderry/#Derry and march away #otd (SeanMack)
11 June 1689: Percy Kirke, along with three regiments of infantry go to relieve besieged #Derry/#Londonderry #otd
They find the mouth of the #Foyle blocked by a boom. When the boom is destroyed on 28 July, they break through & lift the siege.
https://t.co/BesSMY4nwg “#BBC #Radio #Foyle, based in #Derry, will be reduced to a #skeleton #service without its own news updates or a breakfast show. The outlet was founded in 1979 at the height of the Troubles to provide more localised coverage of Derry, with its own reporters+presenters. It is the latest #Victim of the #government’s #licence #fee #freeze and UK-wide decisions by BBC managers to shift money away from traditional#radio+#television stations+”into #digital products” #bbc #cuts
Feeling like it’s the end of an era tonight.
Just finished the finale of #FoylesWar, a bittersweet moment I feel like I rarely have anymore. Every other night the past two months, it’s been: Eight series, 28 mini-movies, ingenious crime plotting, wartime era. Can’t believe it took us 20 years to discover, but I’ll cherish the delay.
#hoopla #notstartrek #butitis #wartimedrama #periodcops #michaelkitchen #perioddrama #drywit #foyle