By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall Council has given more details of the new “modular” homes to be installed at Carn Brea in a quest for a quick-fix to the housing crisis.  The ...

By Graham Smith Truro city councillors are this evening (Thursday) due to consider plans for a potential rival scheme to Cornwall Council’s Langarth Garden Village. Willow Green Developments is seeking permission for ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane One of Cornwall’s more traditional village festivals has fallen victim to Covid.  No sooner came news that the huge Padstow Christmas Festival was cancelled for 2021, the St ...

By Anne North The Padstow Christmas Festival for 2021 has been cancelled, despite the government’s “final and irreversible” lifting of all Covid restrictions. The event is one of the largest of its ...

By Graham Smith The 67 acres of farmland to the west of Truro, bought by Cornwall Council for the construction of a new town, have cost taxpayers more than £50 million, ...

Cornwall’s latest official Covid cluster map continues to brighten, with many areas reporting falls in the numbers of daily new cases of more than 50% in a week.  The average ...

By Graham Smith The former Cornwall councillor who led a campaign to uncover the truth about a serious industrial accident involving a Cormac worker has again challenged Corserv to sue him ...

By Peter Tremayne A decision is expected soon on which airline – if any – will operate winter flights from Newquay to London – and to which airport. Last year no Public ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall Council has sold the former art gallery at Golant, near Fowey.  The waterfront building had a guide price of £85,000 although details of the eventual sale remain ...

By Peter Tremayne Trains in and out of Cornwall could be disrupted later this month when GWR runs 20 bespoke services for the Boardmasters festival at Newquay.  A total of 50,000 ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane More than half of Cornwall’s small abattoirs could close within the next five years, according to a survey by the National Craft Butchers organisation. Cornwall still has about a ...

By Peter Tremayne Supporters of the United Downs banger racing track have found an ally in their campaign against plans to turn the site into a rum distillery. The government has ruled ...

By Peter Tremayne Work has begun on a £5.8m project in Penzance to build a workspace hub for creative businesses. Five years after the Brexit referendum, it is one of the last ...

By Graham Smith Housing campaigners in Cornwall are watching to see what happens in Wales when the Labour government there announces details of a pilot scheme to crackdown on second homes. The ...

By Richard Whitehouse Plans to demolish a Falmouth restaurant and build a new venue with an apartment above have been rejected by councillors. Hooked on the Rocks had applied to Cornwall Council ...

By Graham Smith Cornwall Council has now been “named and shamed” by the government’s housing watchdog. The Regulator of Social Housing has formally published its verdict on the council, following multiple failures ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall’s planners have voted 5-4 to approve a 89-bed housing scheme for student nurses in Truro, despite concerns over car parking. The planning application was deferred last month for ...

By Graham Smith The long-awaited report of the “Cormac-gate” scandal has finally been published.  As forecast, it criticises Cormac for failing to properly investigate a serious industrial accident in 2016 but ...

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall’s waste contractor, Biffa, has been fined £1.5 million for illegally exporting rubbish to India and Indonesia.  A judge called the company’s flouting of the rules “reckless, bordering ...

By Richard Whitehouse Businesses in Cornwall are facing more problems filling job vacancies with everything from Brexit to anxiety about returning to work being highlighted as a possible cause. The Cornwall and ...

By Julia Penhaligon People in Falmouth are being urged to vote in a referendum about the future of their town. Polling will be on Thursday 19th August to decide whether to accept ...

By Anne North Cornwall’s festival season has got underway this weekend, despite continuing fears that the various celebrations of music and food could herald a series of Covid-19 super-spreader events. Official government ...

By Graham Smith The company which enjoys Cornwall’s £20 million waste collection and disposal contract, Biffa, is expected to be sentenced today (Friday) following a second conviction in two years for ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Coastal areas have been warned of a dramatic increase in the rate of sea-level rise, caused by global warming.  But average temperatures in Cornwall are not increasing quite ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Social housing tenants in Cornwall are waiting months for repairs they feel are damaging their health and causing stress and anxiety, according to a report by Citizens Advice. The ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane People in Looe are hoping to learn today (Thursday) more details of government plans to invest in significant new flood defence schemes for Cornwall. A government announcement last night ...

By Julia Penhaligon The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership might not survive until the end of the year, its members heard this morning (Wednesday.) Chairman Mark Duddridge said government ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The ambition of Cornwall Council to realise policies on transport, climate change, and suitable homes for key workers and students is set to collide once more with councillors’ ...

By Peter Tremayne The empty shelves confronting Cornwall’s supermarket shoppers have their origin in a complex interaction of several factors, including the Covid “ping-demic.” But the shortage of lorry drivers due to ...

By Richard Whitehouse A Cornish coffee company has rejected claims of planning breaches from people living near the firm’s new roastery. Neighbours of Origin Coffee’s new base in Tolponds, Porthleven say that ...

By Graham Smith Cornwall Council has been shortlisted in three categories at this year’s annual Local Government Chronicle awards. County Hall has a chance of a “gong” for its response to climate ...

By Richard Whitehouse The Mullion Gymnastics centre is to be demolished and replaced with two houses after the local school said it would be unable to take over the facility. Plans to ...

By Peter Tremayne The number of fishermen in Cornwall has more than halved in the past 20 years, according to a report to be considered by the Cornwall and Isles of ...

By Richard Whitehouse Visitors to Newquay will be able to jump on board electric tuk tuks after a company was granted a licence to operate them by Cornwall Council. Nubeez had previously ...

By Julia Penhaligon A new report from the TUC says Cornwall will be one of the worst-hit parts of the country when the government cuts £20-a-week from Universal Credit. On average most ...

By Graham Smith Cornwall Council has bought a further area of land on the site of the proposed Langarth Garden Village. The transfer of the 67 acres of land is a vital part of the council’s ...

Cornwall now has 413.8 cases per 100,000 population, compared with an average for England of 545.1.  Devon is 423 and Plymouth 926.4.  The Newquay West area now has 1,242.7 cases ...

By Anne North One of the country’s top Covid scientists has claimed that government policy towards events such as the imminent Newquay Boardmasters’ festival are part of a deliberate plan to ...

By Richard Whitehouse and Julia Penhaligon Cornwall Council’s new rubbish and recycling collection service has been delayed again and will now not start until 2023 – three years later than envisaged ...

By Richard Whitehouse A couple have told of the nightmare they have experienced due to their home being in the middle of a major Cornwall Council project to create new cycle ...

By Graham Smith The Wadebridge headquarters of Cornwall Council’s Corserv group of companies could be among those considered for disposal, following a County Hall cabinet meeting this week. The Higher Trenant building ...

By Anne North Cornwall’s health chiefs are bracing themselves for what they fear could be another Covid “super-spreader” event when thousands of people descend on Newquay for the five-day Boardmasters festival. Newquay ...

By Peter Tremayne Government support for the development of offshore wind farms appears to have ignored Cornwall – at least for now. The Crown Estate is currently considering how to lease areas ...

By Richard Whitehouse and Julia Penhaligon Plans to build 40 “affordable” homes have come up against objections from a number of local residents. The issue highlights many aspects of Cornwall’s housing crisis ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Boris Johnson is to meet Truro and Falmouth MP Cherilyn Mackrory to discuss the crisis facing Cornwall’s daffodil growers, whose crops were left to rot in fields earlier ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Environment Agency and South West Water officials are preparing to investigate the “Bodmin Pong” – a foul smell which seems to originate over the north eastern side of ...

By Peter Tremayne Plans for a floating offshore windfarm, led by the Cornwall Council-owned Celtic Sea Power, have suffered a setback. Celtic Sea Power is the new name for the former Wave ...

By Richard Whitehouse Another of Cornwall’s MPs has said that the Duchy should have a directly elected mayor, claiming it would help to attract more investment into Cornwall. North Cornwall MP Scott ...

The Covid-19 incidence rate in part of Newquay has now passed the point where more than one person in every 100 has the disease.  The Newquay West area is recording ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Newquay Tretherras school has closed early for the summer holidays because so many pupils and staff have tested positive for Covid.  Most schools in Cornwall are not due ...