by stiveslocal | Sep 16, 2024 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
The modern St Ives September Festival dates back to 1978, making it one of the oldest community arts festivals in the country. Poetry in Norway Square I did, in fact, wonder if it dated back to 1953 when a festival was staged in the town to tie in with the Coronation...
by stiveslocal | Sep 14, 2024 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
The St Ives September Festival gets under way today in the sunshine, with a host of familiar faces flocking back to the town, and lots that is new for 2024. Festival veteran Bob Devereux (right, pictured with David Fenton) will be leading the open air performanes in...
by stiveslocal | Sep 14, 2024 | community news, News, Property
Plans to create a green retrofit revolution in St Ives by improving energy efficiency in 200 social housing properties have taken a big step forward this week. The multi-million-pound LiveWest Low-Carbon Retrofit project is the last of nine St Ives Town Deal projects...
by stiveslocal | Sep 12, 2024 | community news, News
St Ives MP Andrew George has led a delegation of Cornish MPs to meet health minister Karin Smyth, the first in a series of regular meetings. Left to right at the meeting are: Perran Moon MP (Camborne and Redruth), Ben Maguire MP (North Cornwall), Anna Gelderd MP...
by stiveslocal | Sep 11, 2024 | community news, News
Planting flowers in urban green spaces across Cornwall significantly boosted numbers of pollinating insects, new research shows. Photograph: Oliver Poole The Making Space for Nature project, a collaboration between Cornwall Council, Cormac, and the University of...
by stiveslocal | Sep 9, 2024 | community news, News
Devon & Cornwall Police have given funding to a charity which helps to protect people and their pets across the two counties. Refuge4Pets applied for a donation from the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) fund, which seizes cash and assets from criminals and hands them...
