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The business support offer in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly goes from strength to strength with the launch of two more projects focusing on business development and decarbonisation.

Greater autonomy over areas including green energy and adult education will be handed to Cornwall from Westminster after the council’s Cabinet committee approved a new level two devolution deal today.

Offering the only full Via Ferrata adventure experience in South England, plus Cornwall's only multi linked zip wire tour, Via Ferrata Cornwall won Gold in the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year category at the prestigious Cornwall Tourism Awards presentation, which celebrated excellence across the industry.

Staff across the NHS, community, council, and care teams are working together to help keep residents of Cornwall happy, healthy and closer to home this winter.

Crowded House are the latest legendary act to be announced for next year’s Eden Sessions. The Australasian rock icons will be performing their decades-spanning hits on Wednesday June 12, 2024.

It was ‘standing room only’ for the crowds watching the Cattle Championship at the Cornish Winter Fair, with areas of the showing ring several people deep, eager to see who clinched the big prizes of the day.  

As we enter the Christmas period shoppers will be on the lookout for the lowest prices and the best deals – but Cornwall’s Trading Standards team is warning that if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Thanks to the help of Trust volunteers, St Austell Community Hospital’s coffee shop is open once again.

A group of volunteer cyclists have raised a record amount for Cornish healthcare charity Cornwall Hospice Care. The £110,355 will fund 4,598 hours of nursing care at Mount Edgcumbe Hospice in St Austell and St Julia’s hospice in Hayle.

On Wednesday 22 November the Penlee RNLI all-weather Severn class lifeboat the Ivan Ellen and St Ives RNLI all-weather Shannon class lifeboat Nora Stachura assisted a 50ft dive vessel.

An innovative new initiative from Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is bringing care closer to patients’ homes.

Today marks Nursing Support Workers Day, and we are delighted to announce that 2 of the Trust’s healthcare support workers (HCSW) have been given national awards.

A proposed new devolution deal for Cornwall focused on skills, green energy, and Cornish culture has been announced by the Chancellor during his Autumn Statement this afternoon.

People across Cornwall who are caring for a family member or friend are urged to get in touch if they look after someone who relies on their support.

Reduce your speed to save lives, that’s the message from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) as we head into some of the darkest months of the year.

A grey seal pup named Judi Dench has returned to the wild after she was found injured and dehydrated this autumn

Richard Williams-Pears, the council’s portfolio holder for transport, has welcomed a government funding announcement to tackle potholes and carry out road resurfacing.  

The Council is calling on residents, businesses, town and parish councils and anyone who has an interest in the charging infrastructure to support electric vehicles, to give their views on a new draft strategy.

Cornwall Air Ambulance is delighted to announce the launch of the Heli 2 Appeal, aiming to purchase a second AW169 helicopter.

Passenger bookings for 2024 on Skybus and Scillonian III have increased by 53.9% compared to this time last year.

More than 140 youth workers gathered at Heartlands in Redruth last week for Cornwall’s second annual Youth Work Conference. 

Creative Cornish Clothing brand Seasalt, today announces the appointment of Jason McNary as Consulting Director, North America.

A new initiative is tackling health and social inequalities across Cornwall, using the transformative role that arts, culture and creativity can play in wellbeing.

An enormous piece of sand art has been created on a South West beach to commemorate those who lost their lives in road traffic collisions in Devon & Cornwall.

Cornish Charity Cornwall Hospice Care are challenging you to take the part in the flight before Christmas! Be a Soaring Santa on the 2nd December and tackle a Zip Wire Safari in the famous red suit.

Speeding motorists will be the focus of police and volunteers across Devon & Cornwall next week as part of national Road Safety Week.

Kim Parish a Newquay based garden designer was frustrated last year when she couldn’t buy a Christmas tree that had been grown in its pot.

A troupe of tap dancers took over Truro station today to help promote a new time-saving smartcard for customers travelling across West Cornwall.

An electronic interactive wall is helping to improve both mental and physical health at Longreach House, based at Camborne Redruth Community Hospital.

In a significant milestone for the Women and Children’s Hospital Programme, and the longer term reconfiguration of the Royal Cornwall Hospital site in Truro, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) has been granted full planning permission for its new state-of-the-art Pathology Building.

More than 60 pupils from 21 schools visited the council’s headquarters in Truro on Thursday to learn about how democracy and the council works in Cornwall. 

In a heartwarming and community-driven initiative, Rewind Radio recently took a momentous step in giving back to the community by presenting substantial cheques of £4413.17 each to HD Livin' and Children's Hospice South West.

The people of Penzance came together last week to remember those from the parish who made the ultimate sacrifice. 

A number of local people and organisations who have made a difference to their communities and neighbourhoods in Cornwall have been thanked by social landlord Coastline Housing.

It will be free to park in all Cornwall Council pay and display and pay on exit car parks, and to use the Truro Park and Ride, on Small Business Saturday, which this year falls on Saturday, December 2.

In a move to reduce carbon emissions as well as save money on energy costs, some of Cornwall Council streetlights are set to be turned off or dimmed further when most residents are asleep between the hours of midnight and 5am.

Penzance Orchestral Society’s Autumn Concert will mark a series of exciting firsts for the Society.

Around 125 people each month have been making use of later opening hours at West Cornwall Hospital’s Urgent Treatment Centre.

Melissa Quinn, the Head of Spaceport Cornwall, will be leaving her position at the end of this month.

First bus drivers, engineers and back office staff, who are part of the RMT Union are taking part in a 24 hour walk out today.