by stiveslocal | Sep 30, 2024 | community news, News
The St Ives harbour master’s team will be carrying out ‘beach recycling’ works in the harbour today and tomorrow (30th September and 1st October). The work is taking place on the main slipway opposite the Sloop Inn. It’s the result of...
by stiveslocal | Sep 27, 2024 | News
Residents are being asked for their views on a draft policy aiming to improve housing quality across Cornwall, to support people to live in their homes for longer. Photograph: Richard Bell/Unsplash The draft Housing Assistance Policy sets out the council’s role in...
by stiveslocal | Sep 24, 2024 | community news, News
News that a long-awaited Women and Children’s Hospital promised for Cornwall may never be built has been described as “shocking and disappointing” by St Ives MP Andrew George. Cornish MPs meet health minister Karin Smyth earlier this month The £291m project — part of...
by stiveslocal | Sep 16, 2024 | community news, News
Residents of St Ives and its environs are being urged to take part in a survey going to 1,500 households, should one drop through their letterbox this month. Work in progress at St Ives Theatre, photographed in July The survey is the starting point of a national...
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...