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Nearly 340 Falmouth Households Evacuated After Suspected Second World War Bomb Found Offshore

Cornwall evacuates 339 homes after a suspected 250kg Second World War bomb is found near Falmouth Docks, as specialists work to make the device safe.

International Business Times UK · 1h ago

Hundreds forced to leave homes after suspected World War Two bomb discovered in Falmouth

The item, believed to be a 250kg American munition, was located in waters near Falmouth Docks

The Independent UK · 5h ago

'Pyjamas and Toothbrush Ready': Falmouth Residents Prepare To Evacuate as Bomb Squad Assesses Suspected WWII Missile

Emergency services and Royal Navy bomb disposal experts responded after a suspected unexploded Second World War munition was found at Falmouth Docks, prompting evacuations and wider land and sea restrictions.

International Business Times UK · Sep 21

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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25

Concerns over £150 million cruise ship development proposed for Falmouth Docks

The overhaul could attract up to 200,000 cruise visitors annually

The Independent UK · Aug 19

‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself

Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks

Unwanted vessels left to decay release fibreglass shards into the water, harming marine life. Steve Green – with his trusty van Cecil – is determined to clean things up

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

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Why drawing eyes on food packaging could stop seagulls stealing your chips

The increasingly urban lifestyles of seagulls in the UK and around Europe has made them experts at grabbing food from unsuspecting outdoor diners. Herring gulls in particular are gaining a reputation for food theft in seaside towns like Falmouth in Cornwall, where I live.

The Conversation · Mar 19

Seafood thieves snatch $400,000 of lobster, plus oysters and crabs, in round of New England robberies

“This is a devastating situation for a small businessman,” said Marine Patrol Sgt. Matthew Sinclair.

Fortune · Dec 31, 2025

Cornish activist injured as police remove her from tree-felling protest

Charity worker had joined 40 demonstrators ‘bearing witness’ to the loss of three lime trees in Falmouth

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025

Scientists dig up two-tonne whale head found on Cornwall beach in 10-hour mission

Marine mammal’s head was buried in Falmouth by scientists for five years after it ended up stranded on a beach

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

Really Rad Festival of Cyclocross: Maghalie Rochette and Andrew Strohmeyer earn elite titles at C1 races in Falmouth

Canadian junior national champion battles Rochette to the line in elite women's contest

Cycling News · Oct 25, 2025

What a 19th-century atlas teaches me about marine ecosystems

What stands out most about the book I’m carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth, is its awkwardly large size. The Piscatorial Atlas, authored by Ole Theodor Olsen and published in 1883, contains 50 beautifully illustrated charts of the…

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2025

‘I’ve had seals nibble my toes!’ How sunkissed Cornwall became a 422-mile surf paradise

Surfing? It’s as Cornish as piracy and pasties. As a thrilling exhibition opens in ‘Britain’s California’, we enter a heady world of coffinboards, hotdogging Aussies – and bans dished out to gangs fighting on the beach

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

Pirates invade Falmouth, camels trek London and Aus goes gaga for Kusama – the week in art

Yayoi lands in Melbourne, the Silk Road runs through the British Museum and corsairs real and fictional dock in Cornwall – all in your weekly dispatch

Cycling News · Oct 28, 2024

Really Rad Festival of Cyclocross: Rochette and Strohmeyer win C1 races in Falmouth

Clouse moves onto women's podium and Brunner takes second for men on day one of weekend event

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2024

Jack Whitehall reacts after Netflix viewer spots unfortunate blunder in new show Fatherhood With My Father

Comedian stars with his dad Michael in new Netflix show about first-time fatherhood

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2024

Takeaways from AP report on perils of heatstroke for runners in a warming world

Heatstroke is a dangerous illness caused by heat and runners are at increasing risk as climate change creates more hot days

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The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2024

Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Heatstroke is a dangerous illness caused by heat and runners are at increasing risk as climate change creates more hot days

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024

Porta Fortuna on track for Breeders’ Cup after flowing Falmouth success

Porta Fortuna supplemented her determined victory at Royal Ascot with a dominant display in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024

‘Water just makes you feel better’: the Cornish angling club that’s not about catching fish

On Falmouth pier, volunteer angling coaches and men and women of all ages gather regularly for fresh air, companionship and the mindfulness that comes from casting a rod into the sea

The Independent UK · May 18, 2024

Thousands gather across UK to demand clean rivers, beaches and lakes

Protesters call for an end to sewage discharges into all bathing and high-priority nature sites by 2030

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2024

‘Clean water is a basic right’: protesters against sewage in seas and rivers gather across the UK

Surfers and families vent their frustration with water companies after more news of poisoned drinking water and polluted lakes

WEKU · Jan 3, 2024

Northern Kentucky mayor removed from office blames 'buddy system' for his ouster by the city council

At a noon meeting Tuesday, the Falmouth City Council voted unanimously to remove Mayor Sebastian Ernst on three charges. Ernst didn’t attend the meeting. He says the charges are frivolous and unsubstantiated.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

Rare hybrid dolphins spotted off Cornish coast

Falmouth sighting of cross between common and striped dolphins thought to be UK first

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