School transport chaos and criticism of water network

Region Uppsala has taken over school transport and community transport services from Uppsala Municipality – the first morning was chaotic for several families. Heby Municipality has been criticized for maintenance of the water and sewerage networks taking too long, and the E18 was closed after an accident on Monday evening.

A chaotic first morning with school taxis

On Monday, Region Uppsala (the regional level, which is responsible for healthcare and public transport, among other things) took over all transport services and school transport by taxi from Uppsala kommun (the local level, which is responsible for schools and social care, for example). Several parents of children with disabilities are now worried about how the children will get to school.

One of the parents sat with his son for 1 and a half hours during the morning, waiting for the school taxi, before the father finally had to take time off work and drive him to school. After repeated phone calls, the switchboard sent a taxi, but by then it was already too late. UNT

Heby kommun criticised over its water and sewerage network

The audit firm PwC has examined the maintenance of the water and sewerage network (the pipes for water and wastewater) in Heby kommun, and the report was presented at the municipal council (the municipality's highest decision-making body) recently. Of 5 points, the municipality only partially meets 3 and receives a failing grade on 2: among other things, clear goals and guidelines for maintenance are missing, and the pace of replacing the pipes is considered insufficient.

The criticism could mean higher fees again. The chair of the municipal executive board, Per Sverkersson (S), says that the municipality has probably believed that the network was in good condition. UNT

New IT company started in Uppsala

Kleri Digital AB was started on 30 October 2026. The company’s business description is “renting and selling of computing capacity, IT equipment and IT consulting services”, among other things. The chair of the board is Michael Grant Jacobs, 59, and the company’s management also includes David André Lindberg, Michael Davies Mwakio Mwamidi and Daniel Thunberg. UNT

Sirius: The season is over for the team’s midfielders

Sirius midfielder Otso Liimatta had only just returned from an injury when he was forced to leave the pitch after just a few minutes of the match against AIK. It is now clear that he will not play any more this season. “It has been really tough,” he says.

At the same time, forward Jesper Uneken appears likely to return for the match against Halmstad, after missing the 4 most recent games. “It clearly helps us,” says coach Andreas Engelmark. UNT UNT

E18 reopened after accident

The alarm was raised at 17.47 on Monday. A car is believed to have crashed into a trailer, and the E18 was closed between Ekolskrog interchange and Åsen interchange in the direction of Stockholm. Trafikverket (the government agency responsible for roads and traffic information) assessed that the incident would have a major impact on traffic.

All lanes reopened at 20.00. An ambulance was on site, but there were no more serious injuries to report, and no one needed to be taken to hospital. UNT SVT Nyheter Uppsala

UNT photos at the Allt ljus festival in Uppsala

UNT's photojournalists Amanda Lindgren and Adam Wrafter present photos on the theme of fashion and patience in a large tent at Vaksala torg during the Allt ljus festival in Uppsala. The tent is called Värmetorget and is open every evening during the 6–22 November festival, and the exhibition opens on Friday.

The photographers have each selected 10 images, drawn from noteworthy UNT reports from recent years. UNT

In brief

• The emergency department room at Akademiska sjukhuset that was affected by bedbugs on Thursday has reopened to patients after treatment by Anticimex, according to chief physician Johan Lugnegård. UNT
• A restaurant in Uppsala had ”sea-eel” and ”ox-tongue” on its menu, but what was served was sea bass and another type of tongue – the municipality now proposes that the menu should say ”sea bass” and ”tongue”. UNT
• A person from Uppsala won the Swedish Championship in newly written drinking songs at Spritmuseum in Stockholm, where around 300 entries were submitted and 10 songs made it to the final. SVT Nyheter Uppsala