William to build homes on Duchy of Cornwall land to tackle homelessness The project will provide 24 homes in Nansledan, Newquay, with ‘wrap around support’ for local people experiencing homelessness. Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2024
We swallow Sunak’s pasty gaffe but still dine out on Miliband’s bacon butty The PM’s blunder with a Cornish snack was soon yesterday’s news, yet the ex-Labour leader’s alfresco fiasco lingers on The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024
Devon and Cornwall police allegedly protected officers accused of abusing seven women Exclusive: Force accused of systematic failings, with allegations including rape and beatings The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Tim Dowling: it’s our first winter visit to Cornwall. Even the dog is despairing The dog’s lust for life is extinguished by a cold cottage, frozen pipes, decayed wiring and dead moles The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024
Best Cornish handmade jewellery inspired by the sand and sea She sells sea shells by the sea shore Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2024
Country diary: Walking the familiar lanes of my childhood Lynher Valley, east Cornwall: They wind downhill, near to where we visited our paternal grandfather, hedge-banks dripping with moss, pennywort and ferns The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
‘It’s essential to walk in other people’s shoes’: how Cornwall Council is putting diversity at the forefront of its social work From creating an anti-racist service to training social workers to be more culturally aware, the council’s children’s department is continually working to become more inclusive The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
‘They’ve changed my life’: the social workers providing transformative support for families Cornwall Council’s children’s services focus on offering families targeted, innovative care when they need it the most The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
The focus is on the child: how Cornwall’s social workers help families stay together To prevent children going into care, Cornwall Council is using a special model that enables at-risk families to create their own network of support The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
‘We’re trailblazing’: how one council is bridging the gap between health and social care for children Cornwall Council’s crisis team has seen a reduction in presentations to A&E since the introduction of the multi-agency rapid response service 12 months ago The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
South West Water ‘not honest’ about drought preparations, watchdog claims Devon and Cornwall had months of hosepipe bans as parts of country almost ran out of water in 2022 The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024
Cornwall holidaymakers should pay daily tourism tax, council told Cornwall Council has been urged to consider a tourist tax as it looks to improve the impact of millions of visitors to the region every year The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024
Folk singer Daisy Rickman: ‘My Cornish village has become this strange, beige kind of Disneyland’ The talented, hypnotically deep-voiced West Country musician left for Venice and Berlin, but returned to find a thriving folk revival – and looming gentrification The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2024
‘They’ve knocked down hundreds of trees’: concerns over Cornwall’s new anti-gridlock road The infamous A30 summer holiday bottleneck will go when eight miles of dual carriageway opens in March. But for some, the cost is too high The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023 ‘It doesn’t get easier’: Thomas Orchard’s family on their search for truth After 11-year wait for inquest into his death in custody, relatives say Devon and Cornwall police still need to admit mistakes
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023 Country diary: A midwinter visit to a remote stone circle Penwith, Cornwall: These 19 standing stones were likely a place of ceremony, and one contains offerings – a posy of red campion, a lock of hair
International Business Times UK · Dec 20, 2023 Energy Bills Predicted To Fall To £1,660 From April, A New Forecast Suggests Consultancy firm Cornwall Insight says bills could drop by £268 a 16 per cent decrease – in line with the official price cap set by the UK's energy regulator Ofgem.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023 ‘We can’t afford to wait’: a Cornish town faces climate threat head on How an image of the projected high tide in 2050 swung the people of Bude into action
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023 Time to get rid of a British feudal system that allows royals to rob the dead Letters: Readers react to a Guardian investigation into bona vacantia, whereby the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall can collect the estates of the deceased in certain circumstances
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023 American painted lady butterflies set up home on Isles of Scilly Steady smattering of sightings of rare migrant on St Mary’s, after last year’s first sighting in Cornwall since 1876
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023 25th anniversary appeal over Linda Bryant murder generates new inquiries Ms Bryant, 40, known as Lyn, was stabbed in her back, neck and chest as she walked her dog near Truro in Cornwall in October 1998
The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023 Gang leaders jailed for smuggling almost £1.5m of drugs in Cornwall and Devon Members mostly from Merseyside often posed as holidaymakers to transport heroin and cocaine
The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023 How royal estates use bona vacantia to collect money from dead people Latin term meaning ‘vacant goods’ relates to people who die without a will or known heirs
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2023 Cornwall rocked by earthquake as locals describe ‘bang like juggernaut hitting house’ Tremors felt in Penzance after quake strikes near The Lizard at depth of 13km
The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2023 The tiny school in Cornwall that fundraised to hire a second teacher Like many UK village schools, Lerryn primary was struggling financially but parents now hope to make it sustainable