Is Cornish hedging an endangered craft?

Is Cornish hedging an endangered craft?

Cornish hedgers are being asked to complete a short online survey which will help determine whether the ancient skill should be classified as an endangered craft. The Guild of Cornish Hedgers, working with the Heritage Crafts Association (HCA, the advocacy body for...

Consultation opens over new car park charges

A public consultation is under way over proposals for new parking tariffs in Cornwall Council car parks. The proposals seek to reduce the number of different tariffs across Cornwall’s 135 pay and display and pay-on-foot car parks.  Instead, car parks will be...

St Ives Bay is location for climate change experiment

Meetings are taking place this week to address concerns over a plan to dump magnesium hydroxide in St Ives Bay in a bid to slow climate change. Planetary Technologies’ plan seeks to increase the alkalinity of the seawater to remove carbon dioxide from the...
Witnesses sought after motorcyclist is injured

Witnesses sought after motorcyclist is injured

Police investigating a road traffic collision at Upton Towans, Hayle, on Wednesday, 22nd February are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers were called to reports of a collision involving a car and a motorcycle on Upton Towans, at the junction with...
Hotel and villas plan appeal to be heard in April

Hotel and villas plan appeal to be heard in April

An appeal against the refusal of planning permission for an 80-bedroom hotel and 63 holiday villas between St Ives and Halsetown is to be heard in April. An artist’s impression of how the site would look from the planning application The site in question...