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Mining firm Cornish Metals makes discovery while drilling at South Crofty mine in Cornwall

The mine dates back hundreds of years and was acquired by the AIM-listed company in 2016

Birmingham Post

Wednesday briefing: Does failure to launch spell the end of the UK’s space ambitions?

In today’s newsletter: The first rocket mission from the UK didn’t reach orbit, but industry leaders explain why the burgeoning field is ready for liftoff – and what comes next

The Guardian - UK

Beachgoer slapped with fine for taking too long to buy a ticket in gridlocked car park

Lindsay Bull and her family, from Sheffield, were on holiday in Cornwall when they took a trip to Fistral beach in Newquay, having to drive for some time before finding a space and parking

Daily Mirror

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'Space is hard': What comes next for Cornwall's space race and the operators involved

The fact that the first UK space launch ended in failure is not the end of the story - it is just the beginning.

Birmingham Post

First UK rocket launch fails after 'anomaly' prevents it from reaching orbit

A Virgin Orbit plane, carrying the rocket, took off on Monday night from Cornwall Airport with hundreds of people watching and over 75,000 viewing a live stream

Chronicle Live

Boris Johnson photoshopped out of Grant Shapps tweet with failed UK rocket

The image tweeted by the Business Secretary appears to show him enjoying a solitary visit to Spaceport in Cornwall. In fact, he was accompanying Boris Johnson on the trip - and the former Prime Minister was originally front and centre in the photograph

Daily Mirror

Historic UK Rocket Mission Ends in Failure

An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an "anomaly" as it neared its goal. A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 carrying the 70-foot (21-meter) rocket took off from a spaceport in Cornwall, southwest England, at 2202 GMT, AFP…

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Rocket blasts off from Cornwall in first-ever orbital space mission launched from UK soil

Named in tribute to The Rolling Stones’ hit, the mission involves a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft and Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket. Several satellites were blasted into space tonight

Daily Mirror

UK's first rocket launch causes 'gridlocked' traffic as spectators rush to Cornwall

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl rocket is due to launch from Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport near Newquay tonight with hundreds of people flocking to the site for the historic event

Daily Mirror

Virgin Orbit: UK space launch crew ‘gutted’ after historic rocket launch suffers ‘anomaly’

Organisers of the Start Me Up mission said the rocket - with a variety of civil and defence applications - failed to orbit

Evening Standard

Festival atmosphere as Cornwall prepares for historic space launch

Virgin Orbit’s Start Me Up mission to conduct first rocket launch of satellites from British soil

The Guardian - UK

'I'm a divorce expert - research shows where you live might play into your breakup'

James Brien claims his research on divorces shows the best place for a long-lasting marriage is Cornwall while it's a different picture for those in the South East

Daily Mirror

Will UK's first orbital rocket launch be visible from Northern Ireland?

'Start Me Up' in Cornwall involves a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft - 'Cosmic Girl which will take off horizontally carrying LauncherOne.

Belfast Live

UK’s first space launch from Cornwall 'strategically significant' for Britain

Final preparations are now underway for blast off from Cornwall Airport near Newquay

Birmingham Post

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Liverpool Echo

Notebooks and burner phones exposed extent of national crime ring trading kilos of cocaine

Jamie Walsh kept ledgers showing thousands owed to him by his customers and thousands that he owed out to his suppliers

Bristol Post

Cornish horror film Enys Men gets preview screening in Bristol

The film is a follow up to Mark Jenkin's BAFTA-winning movie Bait

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry claims he was taunted about Diana's death by comrades in Army training

The Duke of Sussex says captors told him Princess Diana was pregnant with a 'Muslim baby' when she died during an Army training exercise on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall

Birmingham Post

List of first UK space satellites, the firms behind them and what they're for

Cornwall is in the spotlight as the site of the UK's first ever space launch - we take a look at the UK tech firms behind the satellites making history

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The Guardian - UK

‘Interest is off the scale’: Cornish cinema fans snub Avatar for local folk horror

Mark Jenkin’s unsettling Enys Men, follow-up to his cult movie Bait, plays to packed-out houses before nationwide launch

Birmingham Post

New date confirmed for Cornwall's first space launch which is days away

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl is ready for launch as a new date for the UK's first ever satellite launch is confirmed

The Guardian - UK

Bude in Cornwall awarded £2m to fight climate threat

Exclusive: National Lottery funds will help vulnerable coastal town combat effects of rise in sea-level

Manchester Evening News

Drugs kingpin organised cocaine and cannabis network under guise of dog-breeder

Jamie Walsh, who fled to Spain after his arrest, has been jailed

The Independent UK

What to do in Cornwall in the rain

It’s best to prepare for the worst when you’re holidaying at home

Liverpool Echo

Kingpin smuggled kilos of cocaine and cannabis around the UK under cover of dog-breeding ring

NCA investigators attributed 14 pay as you go mobile phones as well as an EncroChat device to Jamie Walsh

Birmingham Post

HGV hydrogen refuelling stations to be built in South West following major deal

The stations will be established along key haulage routes in Devon and Cornwall

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