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The Truth is coming! Cornwall Council draws up plans to boost its reputation, by publishing its own newspaper
By Richard Whitehouse and Julia Penhaligon Plans are underway at County Hall for Cornwall Council to produce its own newspaper, which would be distributed free to every household. The...
Update on plans for the 700-year-old Cornish play which will cost taxpayers more than £125,000
By Rashleigh MacFarlane Dramatists who bid to stage a 700-year-old Cornish play should find out today (Monday) if they have been shortlisted for the further development of their ideas....
BBC Radio Cornwall records worst-ever third-quarter audience figures
By Julia Penhaligon BBC Radio Cornwall has lost 54,000 listeners over the past five years, according to the latest batch of industry data. RAJAR reports that for the most...
Rock festival gets licence, despite protests from locals, after 7-hour meeting
By Richard Whitehouse A new music, food and wellbeing festival will be held - officially - for the first time next year after being granted a licence. Porthilly Spirit...
Rock music festival gives councillors a headache as they sift through more than 130 written representations, ahead of Thursday’s decision
By Rashleigh MacFarlane The stage is set for a major licensing battle on Thursday when councillors decide whether or not to permit a rock festival at Rock, near Wadebridge....
Plans for a rock festival at Rock again divide opinion
By Richard Whitehouse Organisers of a controversial festival near Rock, which was forced to pull the plug just two weeks before it was due to open its doors, could...
Cornwall bids to host 2021 UK Pride
By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall is bidding to host the national UK Pride event in 2021. Lancaster, Oxford and Weston-super-Mare are the other bidders. Voting will take place at the...
Penzance tribute to Peter Le Mare, tireless campaigner for peace
By Peter Tremayne A special festival is planned for Penzance later this month in tribute to one of Cornwall’s most influential peace campaigners, who died in July. Peter Le...
Cornwall Live publisher experiments with asking readers to pay-as-they-go for news articles
By Rashleigh MacFarlane The company which owns and publishes Cornwall Live has become the latest local news organisation to embrace a new “pay-as-you-go” system for online readers. Reach PLC,...
Countdown to opening time in the Old Brewery, and a chance to search for magic spells on 14 miles of shelves
By Rashleigh MacFarlane Is Cornwall Council capable of organising anything in a brewery? We won’t have long to find out. Excitement is mounting at County Hall over the impending...
County Hall spent £1.3 million on Cornish language in eight years
By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council has spent more than £1.3 million on promoting the Cornish language since 2011, according to a Freedom of Information answer. Most of the cash...
After Boardmasters: tomorrow’s weather forecast leads to cancellation of other events
By Julia Penhaligon Forecast high winds and heavy rain have led to the cancellation of more events in Cornwall and across the South West. A free concert by the...
Boardmasters cancellation – it has happened before
mell3tt Last night’s decision to cancel the Boardmasters music festival at Newquay, leaving around 50,000 would-be revellers with nothing to do for the next three days, was not the...
BBC Radio Cornwall’s disappearing audience hits a new low
By Anne North BBC Radio Cornwall’s audience continues to shrink, year-on-year, to a new low, according to the industry’s latest quarterly listening figures - the station has 64,000 fewer...
BBC Radio Cornwall finally draws a line under manager’s suspension, as station’s loss turns out to be Pudsey Bear’s gain
By Graham Smith One of the BBC’s longest-ever internal staff disputes has been resolved, with the official departure from Radio Cornwall of the station’s former manager Pauline Causey. She...
Jews who disagree with me are anti-Semitic cranks, says Cornwall councillor
By Anne North A Cornwall councillor who runs an“anti-Semitism” Facebook campaign has described Jewish people who disagree with him as “cranks.” Penzance councillor Tim Dwelly, who resigned from the...
After 16 years of festival fun, Port Eliot calls it a day
By Rashleigh MacFarlane This year’s Port Eliot festival will be the last. Organisers have announced the event is no longer financially viable. The festival has been a part of...
Government to spend £200,000 promoting Cornish language and culture
By Richard Whitehouse The government is to give £200,000 to support the Cornish language and culture. Communities Minister Lord Bourne made the announcement at the first UK summit of...
Advocates for Roma gypsies and speakers of ancient Norman among those attending the UK’s first “National Minorities Summit” at Falmouth tomorrow
By Anne North About 90 people are expected to attend the first-ever UK National Minorities Summit, at Falmouth, tomorrow (Friday.) Hosted by Cornwall Council, the event is to mark...
Wanted: someone to build an independent Cornish ladies football team, must be willing to travel the world
By Julia Penhaligon The Kernow Football Alliance – which is trying to build support for Cornish soccer as representative of an independent minority group – is advertising for a...