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COMMENT: The South West is a place of beauty, but also poverty, says Thomas Horn. While ‘The Salt Path’ will no doubt inspire visitors, it won’t even begin to scrape the surface of the county’s real issues

Warmer waters near Devon and Cornwall are creating a cephalopod-based ‘financial bonus’ for the fishing industry

Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime

After a long drive to Godrevy lighthouse near St Ives in Cornwall, the wind is blowing and the waves are crashing. I’m here with BBC radio producer Jo Loosemore, on a roadtrip to meet some of the marine scientists researching how ocean health is vital to our future.

The Aberdeen to Penzance CrossCountry route was established in 1921

Ofgem price cap on gas and electricity likely to drop by £129 to £1,720 a year, says consultancy Cornwall Insight

One councillor said ‘local democracy has been thrown out of the window’ after the decision

Cornwall Council had originally refused planning permission for the 90-room Premier Inn at St Ives last year.

A number of popular English holiday hotspots were found to have traces of faecal matter in their waters

Jim Colwell was the acting chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police until his suspension.

Tin was the critical mineral of the ancient world. It was essential to alloy with copper to make bronze, which for many centuries was the preferred metal for tools and weapons. Yet sources of tin are very scarce – and were especially so for the rapidly growing bronze age towns,…