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- Cornwall’s bid to become 2025 “City of Culture” is starting two years behind some other entries 20th July 2021
- Hall For Cornwall prepares to install the seats which will make it South West’s largest theatre 20th July 2021
- Cornwall and the 2025 City of Culture: the bidders are coming under starter’s order 15th July 2021
- Who remembers last week’s Clean Air Day? 23rd June 2021
- Cornwall’s bid to become the City of Culture 2025: a quick introduction to the rules, and the other runners and riders 16th June 2021
- Accidental death verdict recorded after coroner hears how spy writer John Le Carre injured himself in a fall 16th June 2021
- Cornish “National Minority” project to get new “strategic leadership” as County Hall shakes up its working group 15th June 2021
- Cornwall to bid for “City of Culture” status – but as the politicians roll up their sleeves for another scrap, how much will it cost? 14th June 2021
- Too many Tweets make a Twat: Culture Secretary blunders over Minack Theatre cash boast 13th June 2021
- G7 Summit: the gang’s all here 11th June 2021
- US President Joe Biden in Cornwall for G7 Summit, as Newquay Airport lays on a welcome 10th June 2021
- Is that a Sky Sabre in the back of your lorry, or are you just pleased to be here? 9th June 2021
- Cornish singer Graham Hart admits inciting racial hatred 7th June 2021
- Cornwall’s Kneehigh Theatre is to close, after pounding the boards for 40 years 3rd June 2021
- Historic Cornish manuscripts return for the first time in 400 years 2nd June 2021
- Tour of Britain: £156 to watch people riding their bikes 26th May 2021
- Cornwall’s footballers thrash Cascadia (which is 4,600 miles from Land’s End) 23rd May 2021
- Krowji arts centre, Redruth, “well alight” as 11 fire engines called to tackle major blaze 16th May 2021
- Another local newspaper for Cornwall as Penzance finds its Voice 12th May 2021
- Cornwall to get a taste of “international” football for the first time since 2019 6th May 2021
- Flying the Flora Day flags in Helston – even though there will be no dancing in the street on Saturday 5th May 2021
- Another weekly newspaper for Cornwall 12th April 2021
- Cornwall Live owners set up another seven digital brands 9th April 2021
- Notice of Poll: Cornwall Council elections get underway, officially, today – with a row over whether politicians are allowed to talk about politics 22nd March 2021
- Visit Cornwall website linked to pornography 12th March 2021
- Mebyon Kernow protests denial of broadcasting opportunities during local elections 15th February 2021
- TV shows contributing to Cornwall’s soaring property prices, say estate agents 4th February 2021
- Ten years after: the next Census will be taken on 21st March 4th February 2021
- Journalist Mike Trevail, who for decades covered sport, Newquay and Truro Crown Court, dies aged 86 2nd February 2021
- Cornwall’s women footballers invited to play in “alternative” World Cup 31st January 2021
- Government awards Covid-19 “culture cash” to help Cornwall’s cinemas 21st December 2020
- Spy novellist John Le Carre, 89, dies at Royal Cornwall hospital after short illness 14th December 2020
- “Lights of Mousehole” song to brighten Christmas for Cornwall’s homeless 4th December 2020
- Under new management: Falmouth takes back control of its Princess Pavilion 25th October 2020
- Cornwall Today to close with immediate effect, blaming Covid-19 21st October 2020
- Laurence Reed among those preparing to leave the BBC, as local radio and regional television bid farewell to a generation of on-air presenters 17th October 2020
- Justin Leigh to leave BBC Spotlight 12th October 2020
- Cornwall’s arts organisations share Covid-19 recovery grants 12th October 2020
- Covid-19 heritage grants: Lost Gardens of Heligan scoop more than £600,000 as steam railways and churches also benefit 12th October 2020
- Nothing to see here, says Cornwall Council, as councillors chuckle at the “meaningless dummy” content of their new Creative Manifesto 7th October 2020
- Cornwall’s new Creative Manifesto and its “meaningless dummy” introduction – probably not written by the council leader 7th October 2020
- Falmouth falls 33 places in The Guardian’s “good university” guide 25th September 2020
- New editor for Western Morning News 20th September 2020
- Cornwall Council shortlisted in three categories for Municipal Journal awards 16th September 2020
- Liskeard cattle market wins unanimous approval to become a “creative business hub” 14th September 2020
- Cornwall’s leadership board takes steps to combat racism 14th September 2020
- Government criticised for failure to promote Cornish language 10th September 2020
- Cornwall to consider a “Creative Manifesto” 20th August 2020
- Google to lay 3,300 miles of submarine fibre cables from New York to Bude 28th July 2020
- Behind The Headlines 24th July 2020
- Call for £10 million year to fund Cornish media service 20th July 2020
- More jobs face the axe at Cornwall’s local newspapers 7th July 2020
- Behind The Headlines – Cornwall’s new current affairs programme – looks at Covid-19 lockdowns, climate change and the Green Party 3rd July 2020
- Pete Masters adds the Truro Voice weekly newspaper to his media stable 3rd July 2020
- BBC axes local Inside Out programme and switches current affairs production to Bristol 2nd July 2020
- Here it is: the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Covid-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan 1st July 2020
- Behind The Headlines: a new current affairs video for Cornwall 26th June 2020
- Internet giant Google gives Cornwall Reports $5,000 to expand Covid-19 coverage 22nd June 2020
- Cornwall Pride is “Unleashed” on Sunday 18th June 2020
- Covid-19 “opportunity” to re-boot Truro Stadium plan 18th June 2020
- It’s a drive-in Friday as Cornwall’s cinema-goers get the chance of their first movie in three months 16th June 2020
- Cornwall’s local media try to block racist comments following Black Lives Matter coverage 10th June 2020
- NUJ threatens legal action against publishers of Cornwall’s local newspapers after company imposes 10% pay cut 4th June 2020
- Lanivet’s Pandafest hopes to be back next year 4th June 2020
- Cornwall’s footballers now have their sights set on Europe – and launch their own video channel 1st June 2020
- New threat to local BBC politics and current affairs programmes 30th May 2020
- Pirate FM escapes the axe as Bauer gives up on “local” radio elsewhere 28th May 2020
- Bishop of Truro has “real and serious concern” about Boris Johnson’s defence of Dominic Cummings 25th May 2020
- Hall for Cornwall will not re-open until “spring 2021 at the earliest” 16th May 2020
- Cornwall Council, arriving very late, finally switches on to new technology – but decides not to use it for a few more months 15th May 2020
- BBC Radio Cornwall sheds 19,000 listeners in 12 months 14th May 2020
- Cornwall Reports seeks business manager 13th May 2020
- Another “new normal” – Truro to get a new mayor, thanks to an internet video link 11th May 2020
- Cornwall Council finally sets a date for restoring democracy 6th May 2020
- Could Cormac-gate be heading for the libel courts? See Arkell vs Pressdram 1971 2nd May 2020
- Stuck at home because of Covid-19 lockdown? We’ll come to you, Falmouth Packet tells readers 21st April 2020
- Pick For Britain initiative stuggles to find Cornish farm workers, as Daily Mail cheers “Romanians to the rescue” 19th April 2020
- When the revolution comes, it will not be televised in Cornwall – council leaders in no rush to embrace “virtual democracy” as the rest of the country logs on 9th April 2020
- Cornwall’s newspapers shed journalists after Covid-19 triggers sharp downturn in advertising revenue 6th April 2020
- County Hall advances £687,000 support for the arts to help survive the Covid-19 crisis 3rd April 2020
- BBC Radio Cornwall spreads its reach, thanks to Covid-19 30th March 2020
- Covid-19 halts work on the Hall for Cornwall 28th March 2020
- On yer bike: Tour of Britain cycle race is still on 23rd March 2020
- There’s no football in the park, no football on the telly and now Cornwall’s chance of World Cup glory has also fallen victim to the Covid-19 Coronavirus crisis 23rd March 2020
- No school on Monday? Keep Calm, Carry On – Malory Towers is coming to the rescue 21st March 2020
- Covid-19: Government U-turn means Cornwall’s festivals and agricultural shows face the axe next week 14th March 2020
- Covid-19 forces cancellation of its first Cornish festival 13th March 2020
- IN PICTURES: St Piran’s Day 5th March 2020
- Another local news website for Cornwall 2nd March 2020
- St Just is now looking to host a two-week production of Cornish culture, including The Ordinalia, in September 2021 25th February 2020
- Comedian Jethro calls it a day, announcing his retirement 24th February 2020
- Look closely at the humble Cornish hedgerow and you will find a publicly-funded piece of installation art 23rd February 2020
- Tory MPs rally to defend BBC local radio as Downing Street hawks consider replacing the licence fee with a subscription service 17th February 2020
- BBC Radio Cornwall, struggling for relevance as its audience fades away 10th February 2020
- Journalism has value: Cornwall Live publisher abandons its bid to make readers pay 5th February 2020
- Here it is – the new flag which Cornwall Council will fly at County Hall, in the brave new shrunken world 3rd February 2020
- Bait, the grainy black and white film about Cornwall’s fishing industry, wins Bafta for “outstanding debut” by a British writer/director 3rd February 2020
- Local news organisations to remain in crisis as government rejects the advice of its own review 28th January 2020
- EXCLUSIVE – Former Truro City boss buys Newquay Voice and St Austell Voice newspapers 13th January 2020
- County Hall losing enthusiasm for publishing its own newspaper 7th January 2020
- “Bait” – the Cornish fishing drama – nominated for two Bafta film awards 7th January 2020
- Cornwall’s footballers await the draw for the “alternative” World Cup 6th January 2020
- Cornwall’s Music Education Hub gets a slice of government funding 2nd January 2020
- New car parking plans for Minack Theatre 1st January 2020
- St Austell D-Day hero among Cornwall’s New Year Honours awards 28th December 2019
- Publisher of Cornish newspapers closes its last newsroom in Cornwall, and heads for Plymouth 27th November 2019
- The Truth is coming! Cornwall Council draws up plans to boost its reputation, by publishing its own newspaper 13th November 2019
- Update on plans for the 700-year-old Cornish play which will cost taxpayers more than £125,000 4th November 2019
- BBC Radio Cornwall records worst-ever third-quarter audience figures 31st October 2019
- Rock festival gets licence, despite protests from locals, after 7-hour meeting 11th October 2019
- Rock music festival gives councillors a headache as they sift through more than 130 written representations, ahead of Thursday’s decision 8th October 2019
- Plans for a rock festival at Rock again divide opinion 2nd October 2019
- Cornwall bids to host 2021 UK Pride 18th September 2019
- Penzance tribute to Peter Le Mare, tireless campaigner for peace 12th September 2019
- Cornwall Live publisher experiments with asking readers to pay-as-they-go for news articles 12th September 2019
- Countdown to opening time in the Old Brewery, and a chance to search for magic spells on 14 miles of shelves 4th September 2019
- County Hall spent £1.3 million on Cornish language in eight years 16th August 2019
- After Boardmasters: tomorrow’s weather forecast leads to cancellation of other events 8th August 2019
- Boardmasters cancellation – it has happened before 7th August 2019
- BBC Radio Cornwall’s disappearing audience hits a new low 5th August 2019
- BBC Radio Cornwall finally draws a line under manager’s suspension, as station’s loss turns out to be Pudsey Bear’s gain 30th July 2019
- Jews who disagree with me are anti-Semitic cranks, says Cornwall councillor 15th July 2019
- After 16 years of festival fun, Port Eliot calls it a day 11th July 2019
- Government to spend £200,000 promoting Cornish language and culture 6th July 2019
- Advocates for Roma gypsies and speakers of ancient Norman among those attending the UK’s first “National Minorities Summit” at Falmouth tomorrow 4th July 2019
- Wanted: someone to build an independent Cornish ladies football team, must be willing to travel the world 3rd July 2019
- Don’t believe everything you read in the papers, warns Spaceport Cornwall, trying to dampen speculation about flights from Newquay to Australia in only 90 minutes 1st July 2019
- As Falmouth prepares to host first-ever UK “National Minority” summit, what next for the Cornish Project? 1st July 2019
- Work is now underway on the bridge to Tintagel Castle 19th June 2019
- Councillors vote to spend £125,000 on 700-year-old Cornish play, but don’t yet know the language in which it will be staged 19th June 2019
- Cornwall’s £16.2 million document library will open in September 19th June 2019
- Announcing Screen Cornwall – lots of fun, even if it’s not yet clear what we get for our money 15th June 2019
- Once more, with feeling – 17 years after the St Agnes film studio debacle, Cornwall tries again to win European funding for the arts 13th June 2019
- UK’s National Minorities invited to Falmouth to celebrate five years of Cornwall’s “protected” status 11th June 2019
- Cornwall’s “politically homeless” are homeless once more – but who cares? 5th June 2019
- Police arrest Camborne man in connection with “Holocaust denial” broadcasts 4th June 2019
- Twenty rural schools in Cornwall to get fibre broadband 20th May 2019
- BBC Radio Cornwall sheds another 5,000 listeners in a year 16th May 2019
- Promotion of Cornish language has been “inconsistent” says official report 25th April 2019
- Would a giant video screen help to fill Truro’s cultural vacuum? 16th April 2019
- “We Want Brian!” Monty Python’s classic returns to Cornwall’s cinemas, 40 years after “blasphemy” ban 16th April 2019
- Cornwall Reports now also available on a pay-as-you-go basis 21st February 2019
- Cornwall Reports business model is worthy of taxpayer support, says review of local journalism 12th February 2019
- Falmouth Packet owners reject Wall Street takeover bid – for now 7th February 2019
- Cruel December: Radio Cornwall back in the doldrums as audience figures surrender to gravity 7th February 2019
- Shake-down on Wall Street could close Cornwall’s Falmouth Packet newspaper 20th January 2019
- Cornish language TV service raises its ambition 27th August 2018
- BBC Radio Cornwall audience figures continue recovery 7th August 2018
- Ofcom finally scraps plan for local TV in East Cornwall and Plymouth 31st July 2018
- Crowdfunding appeal for Cornish language internet video channel 30th July 2018
- Traditional values in a modern setting – Cornwall Reports joins IGTV 21st June 2018
- Cornwall Today magazine rescued by Sunday Independent 14th June 2018
- BBC Radio Cornwall stops the slide, as audience holds steady 17th May 2018
- Cornwall Today magazine to close 29th April 2018
- End of an era as Cornwall Council pursues a new plan to defend its reputation 29th March 2018
- BBC bosses hit the re-set button as Radio Cornwall’s audience collapses 24th February 2018
- Kernow Kast meets Cornwall Reports 12th February 2018
- Fears for jobs as the Hall for Cornwall prepares to close 2nd February 2018
- 20 months later, BBC Radio Cornwall finally says sorry for “unfair” Cormac phone-in 17th January 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: It’s already hiring time at Cornwall’s ACO – and it has nothing to do with health 1st January 2018
- BBC to pay Western Morning News in bid to rescue coverage of Cornwall Council 8th December 2017
- Life imitates art as BBC South West aims to produce “engaging content” for Facebook 7th December 2017
- Bjork to perform at Eden sessions in June 25th November 2017
- Falmouth University made misleading “league table” claims, rules Advertising Standards Authority 15th November 2017
- BBC Radio Cornwall breakfast show presenter changes 9th November 2017
- Cornwall’s newspapers cut further, as Wales comes up with a new idea 5th November 2017
- And nation shall speak peace unto nation 29th October 2017
- Loveday Jenkin scores a first for Mebyon Kernow 25th October 2017
New question mark over the future of news, as owners of Cornwall newspapers close more local titles
6th December 2016
By Anne North
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The company which owns The Cornish Guardian, West Briton and Cornishman newspapers – as well as the Western Morning News and Plymouth Herald – is to close three more local newspapers.
The move will do nothing to ease the anxiety of Cornwall’s journalists, and local newspaper readers, that titles with centuries of history behind them are also at risk. Trinity Mirror has already closed the separate Cornish Guardian, West Briton and Cornishman websites, consolidating them into a controversial county-wide site called CornwallLive.
Many journalists have recently left the company and the CornwallLive site now publishes significantly more trivial “content” - and less news - than previously.
Trinity Mirror is now closing titles in Milton Keynes, Luton and Northampton as part of its continuing purge of newspapers which it bought in a £220million deal last year. The company is pursuing an aggressive strategy of migrating its business online, raising fears about its long-term intentions towards local news. Earlier this year Trinity Mirror closed another newspaper in Nuneaton, having already closed 19 other local titles.
The latest newspapers to face the axe are OneMK (formerly MK News), Luton on Sunday and the Northampton Herald and Post. Six journalists will lose their jobs, to be replaced by a “content” manager. These newspapers, like those in Cornwall, had been part of the Local World group.
Luton on Sunday had a free distribution of 68,000 the last time it was audited by ABC in 2013. The Herald and Post had a circulation of 48,000 in 2013 according to ABC. No circulation figures are available for OneMK. Trinity Mirror is keeping Bedford on Sunday.
According to the National Union of Journalists the titles were closed without consultation. NUJ national organiser Laura Davison said: “This announcement has come as a bombshell to staff on these titles. Once again Trinity Mirror has announced a shutdown of papers with no consultation with journalists or readers. Local people, democratic bodies and businesses are going to be stripped of a voice and plurality will be massively undermined.
“The company’s actions smack of arrogance. These operations are already run on a shoe string and now more jobs are set to go. It is another big red warning flag hoisted over the crisis in quality local journalism. We urge local people to join our campaign for properly resourced local journalism.
“Other Local World centres have been reorganised, merged and staff cut since the Trinity Mirror take over. They have been treated as the poor relation with poverty pay and only statutory minimum redundancy pay outs.”
Trinity Mirror has made widespread cutbacks across the Local World group, closing websites and consolidating editorial teams at several sites. It closed the Nuneaton news in May this year. Last year Trinity Mirror closed 19 local newspapers.
A Trinity Mirror spokesperson told trade journal the UK Press Gazette: “We are closing three free weekly titles in Luton, Milton Keynes and Northampton as part of a review of our portfolio to look at how we best serve our readers and advertisers in these markets.
“We are not exiting these markets but will retain a presence in a different way. We believe there is a better way for us to provide content and commercial solutions for the local communities, for example through a schedule of niche products and awards and events.
“We will also be increasing the focus on Bedfordshire on Sunday which remains as both a print title and website. We will be increasing distribution of this title into Luton and broadening our online coverage.
“The number of roles we require to deliver the new portfolio of products is less than the current structure and as a result the business proposes to reduce the headcount, so unfortunately a number of roles in editorial and commercial are at risk of redundancy as part of these changes.”
- More than 300 local newspaper titles across the UK have closed in the past 10 years.