By Peter Tremayne Rail passengers hoping to use high-speed trains from Penzance are being advised to find alternative ways to travel today (Sunday) after cracks were found in some carriages. Great Western ...

By Peter Tremayne Police are coming under pressure to reverse their decision to appoint Truro’s Lemon Quay as a “designated, authorised” protest site during the G7 Summit next month. Cornwall Reports understands ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The Helston Flora Day Association has been decorating the town with bunting – even though there will be no dancing in the streets on Saturday. The historic Flora Day ...

By Richard Whitehouse Councillors had to watch CCTV footage of a violent assault after being asked by police to consider revoking a late night licence for a takeaway. Devon and Cornwall Police ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Surfers Against Sewage is organising a G7 protest about what it says is an “ocean emergency.” The organisation is urging supporters to “paddle out” on surfboards from Gyllyngvase beach, ...

By Peter Tremayne A vital part of the Newquay spaceport is to be built by a Spanish-based company. Virgin Orbit has awarded the contract for developing its Transportable Ground Operating System (TGOS) ...

By Julia Penhaligon Farmers’ leaders have reacted angrily to reports that the Prime Minister’s girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, tried to get Camborne MP George Eustice sacked from his job as Environment Secretary. Ms ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane After one of the driest Aprils on record, reservoir levels in Cornwall are significantly lower than usual – raising the prospect of water shortages later in the year. Stithians ...

By Peter Tremayne Firefighters have spent the night at Tredinnick Farm, Gummow’s Shop, Summercourt, damping down a fertiliser blaze which forced residents to keep their windows and doors closed to avoid ...

By Peter Tremayne Security fencing and a radio mast are about to appear at St Ives, as police prepare for the G7 Summit of world leaders, starting on 13th June. Residents living ...

By Richard Whitehouse A major project to create a series of new multi-user trails in Cornwall is now making “significant progress” councillors have been told. The Saints Trails are set to provide ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane St Austell and Newquay MP Steve Double has called on South West Water to take “urgent action” over a burst sewer pipe at The Gannel estuary, Crantock.  The ...

By Richard Whitehouse Europe’s oldest dry dock is set to close at the end of May, marking the end of an era in Penzance. Penzance Dry Dock was the first of its ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Sheep farmers have reporting a record-breaking increase in cases of livestock worrying by dogs. A major survey by the National Sheep Association has seen a 460% increase in responses ...

By Peter Tremayne A man has been banned from keeping dogs and ordered to pay thousands of pounds in costs following a prosecution by Cornwall Council. Barry Rowe, 70, of St Day, ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane A government inspector has dismissed an appeal against the refusal of planning permission for a retail park at Camborne. Quora had wanted to build out-of-town shops on about five ...

By Peter Tremayne A government watchdog has launched an investigation into Cornwall Housing. Cornwall Housing has more than 10,300 tenants.  It is part of Cornwall Council’s arms-length Corserv group of companies.  The ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The National Trust is retreating from a field at Cotehele Quay, on the banks of the River Tamar, because of flooding made more frequent by climate change. Work has ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall Council has today (Tuesday) confirmed – and given more details of – the embargo on new development in the River Camel area of North Cornwall. Cornwall Reports broke ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Truro City Council has abandoned plans to hold an informal meeting to consider the £170 million redevelopment of the Pydar area. Councillors last night (Monday) voted 13-6 to reject ...

By Richard Whitehouse and Julia Penhaligon The anti-lockdown Reform UK candidate who is trying to get elected to both Cornwall and Buckinghamshire councils on 6th May has hinted at the reasons ...

By Julia Penhaligon Cornwall’s leisure centres could be taken back “in-house” if County Hall follows the advice of a new guide prepared by the Local Government Association. The future of Cornwall’s publicly-owned ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Parts of the Saints Trail cycle path between Newquay and Perranporth will need compulsory purchase orders to secure the necessary land, Cornwall councillors have been told. The project, which ...

By Peter Tremayne The White House has confirmed that US President Joe Biden will be attending the G7 Summit, in St Ives, from 11th-13th June. Millions of pounds are currently being spent ...

By Peter Tremayne Members of Truro City Council, who are facing a contested election on 6th May, have been called to an “informal” meeting on 29th April to consider the latest ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Land owners and property developers in North Cornwall are bracing themselves for a possible embargo on new building, pending investigation of serious pollution in the River Camel and ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall Council has hired lobbyists to lobby itself over determining its own planning application for the £170 million redevelopment of Truro’s Pydar area. The lobbyists have given residents until ...

By Peter Tremayne EasyJet has confirmed that it is launching a new summer route between Newquay and London Gatwick this summer. Flights from Cornwall Airport Newquay will operate three times a week ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Farmers are to be encouraged to hire people claiming benefits to help meet labour shortages caused by the post-Brexit absence of migrant workers. The Department of Work and Pensions ...

By Peter Tremayne The number of people out of work and claiming benefit in Cornwall has held steady over the past month, after a huge leap between February and March. Figures published ...

By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit project appears to be experiencing more delays. The tycoon’s LauncherOne satellite delivery system had been due to take off from Guam, in the Pacific, last ...

By Julia Penhaligon The government’s £60 billion Covid “job retention scheme” – which enables firms to furlough workers – has been spent in some eye-catching ways in Cornwall. Data released by Her ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The government has scrapped its “Pick for Britain” scheme as many of Cornwall’s farmers struggle to recruit seasonal workers for harvesting crops. The scheme was launched last year when ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane A YouTube video about the Carbis Bay Hotel’s unauthorised development has been seen by several thousand people in only a few days, suggesting the issue still has the ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Celebrity chef Rick Stein has been forced to change the way he sells salmon from his Padstow-based online shop, after being contacted by Cornwall Council’s trading standards team. A ...

By Graham Smith There will be big changes at Cornwall Council, if Conservative Linda Taylor becomes leader of the £1.3 billion per year local authority next month. In a wide-ranging interview with ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane A Cornish pub which jumped the gun and opened three days before Monday’s official lifting of Covid lockdown restrictions has been fined £1.000. Cornwall Council says it caught six ...

By Peter Tremayne A new air service between Exeter and Norwich is due to start on 12th July, offering four flights per week with LoganAir. Fares for the 70-minute flight will start ...

By Richard Whitehouse Looking out across the saltings at Lelant on an unseasonably chilly April afternoon Linda Taylor looks like a captain assessing the waters before setting sail. As leader of the ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Independent Media Ltd is to launch another local newspaper, bringing to five the number of “Voice” titles it publishes in Cornwall. The Saltash Voice is due to launch on ...

Part of the Tamar Bridge will be closed to pedestrians, cyclists and mobility scooters from the evening of Thursday 15th April, as resurfacing work gets underway.  Tamar Crossings is providing ...

By Anne North Cornwall sees a significant lifting of the Covid restrictions today when pubs, hairdressers, leisure centres and many other shops and facilities reopen.  Infection rates in the south west ...

By Anne North The Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been asked to explain what it knows about a private company which aims to “improve the access of entrepreneurs to suitable ...

By Peter Tremayne The police station at St Ives is for sale.  For £850,000 it is, according to estate agents, “one of the most exciting commercial and residential investment and development ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The company which runs the Cornwall Live website, and publishes the Cornish Guardian, West Briton, and Cornishman local newspapers, has announced an expansion of its digital brand to ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (Wednesday) announced a £23.6 million investment in Truro. It is part of an extremely ambitious plan to develop the city centre, particularly the ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Plans are being prepared for two massive solar farms covering more than 300 acres in mid Cornwall. The Norwegian company Statkraft is preparing a 180-acre solar project for land ...

By Peter Tremayne St Austell’s town centre is again for sale, barely a month after estate agents tried to sell it for £4.65 million.  The White River Shopping Centre is now ...

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council has been granted sweeping new powers to manage the coastal area around St Ives during the period of the G7 Summit, seizing the authority to ban ...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The latest twist in the 700-year-old history of a small Cornish church appears to be unfolding, with another attempt to sell the Grade 1 listed building at St ...