On this page you can read more news stories relating to communities and housing. They are broken down by the month they were published.
March 2025
- Egg farm owner ordered to pay almost £15,000 in fines and costs for food hygiene breaches
- Man whose dogs killed 22 sheep while roaming free receives 10-year dog ban
- Business ordered to pay £12,775 in fines and costs for multiple fire safety breaches
- Two shops ordered to close for selling illegal tobacco
- Sensory story bags now available at Cornwall’s libraries
- New ‘life-saving’ bleed control kits to be installed in key public places across Cornwall
- Homechoice changes aimed at helping residents most in need of a home to come into effect
- How are we working to build more social homes in Cornwall?
February 2025
- Taxi driver loses licence after abusing parking enforcement officer
- Business pays £500 penalty after putting rubbish in someone else’s bin
- Illegal tobacco seller sentenced after £25,000 of counterfeit products seized
- Online storybooks now available in 75 different languages - including Cornish!
- Rogue builder who left customer’s home uninhabitable receives 28-month prison sentence
- Residents move into new purpose-built specialist homes in St Agnes
- CCTV catches woman littering and allowing her dog to foul in public
- Smallholder who kept animals in appalling conditions is prosecuted
- Man who attacked parking enforcement officer is prosecuted
- VapeANON.com lets you share information about shops selling vapes to children - and it’s entirely anonymous
- Cornwall Council wants to hear from people working in Cornwall’s creative industries
- Saltash Leisure Centre to be transformed into multi-purpose community hub
January 2025
- We’re looking for budding entrepreneurs with exciting ideas for pop-up businesses
- Cowboy builder sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison
- Rogue roofer who lost customers £50,000 is prosecuted
December 2024
- Residents invited to have their say on proposed closure of handyperson service
- Cornwall’s blue light family celebrates 10 years of the Tri-Service Safety Officer programme
- Rogue trader ordered to pay more than £10,000 in compensation, fines and costs
November 2024
- Trading Standards’ top tips to avoid Black Friday and Cyber Monday scams
- Take part in Cornwall’s 16 Days of Action to end violence against women and girls
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Fairness Commission is looking for its first Commissioners
- Support for people with loan shark debts available at Cornwall’s libraries
October 2024
- Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting on-call firefighters
- More than 8,400 children in Cornwall took part in 2024 Summer Reading Challenge
- Appeal for information after six dogs found on Bodmin Moor
- Filthy restaurant with rat infestation ordered to pay £4,646 for food safety breaches
- Mobile mechanic fined and ordered to pay compensation to vulnerable victims
- Dog breeders ordered to pay more than £14,000 in fines and costs and banned from keeping dogs and cats
- Library launches sing-along sessions to help tackle loneliness and isolation among older people
September 2024
- Rogue trader who lost customers £135,000 admits fraud
- Views sought on draft policy to improve housing quality for residents
- Want to make green improvements to your home, but unsure on what’s right for you or how to fund it?
- Cornwall Council launches consultation on 10-year plan for leisure facilities
- Explore a trove of historic treasures during behind-the-scenes tours at Kresen Kernow
- Blood pressure monitors available to borrow from all libraries in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
August 2024
- Give your furry friends the “pawfect” gift for National Dog Day
- Cornwall’s libraries receive 5* reviews
- New statistics spark fresh calls to end domestic abuse and sexual violence in Cornwall
- Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting firefighters – have a go before you apply
- My First Library Cards given to little ones across Cornwall
July 2024
- Have your say on plans to make homes more energy efficient for a carbon neutral Cornwall
- Men who left customers £30,000 out of pocket are sentenced for fraud
- Residents move in to SoloHaus ‘micro-homes’ in Newquay as the council continues to tackle housing crisis
- What Is Domestic Abuse? A Multilingual Animation Series by The Women’s Centre Cornwall, Commissioned by Safer Cornwall
- Cornwall residents urged to have their say on crime and antisocial behaviour in our communities
- Council completes construction of new homes heralding new chapter for Callington residents