On this page you can read more news stories relating to environment, culture and planning. They are broken down by the month they were published.
June 2022
- Truro clock tower to be restored
- Redruth’s former library building unveiled at community event on Murdoch Day
- Tideford residents take part in pioneering pilot to test indoor air quality: #BeAirAware on Clean Air Day
- Switch off your engine and protect your health: #BeAirAware on Clean Air Day
May 2022
- Ancient Twisted Beech tree at Tehidy receives prestigious accolade for Queen’s Jubilee celebrations
- Small changes make a big difference as wildflowers and pollinators encouraged in No Mow May
- Cornish beaches once again recognised as being among the best in the world
April 2022
- Cash for communities to kick start projects supporting children and young people
- £2.3m grant for Looe Flood Defence and Regeneration Scheme
- Redruth Revival secures the future of historic town centre building
- Residents urged to get involved as Making Space for Nature earns national recognition
- Blueprint to further promote Cornish language and culture as minority status anniversary approaches
- Par and St Blazey community invited to StARR flood resilience events
- Could abandoned mines heat homes in Cornwall?
March 2022
- Make your pledge for nature ahead of CIOS Local Nature Partnership's first Ecological Emergency Summit
- Have your say on the importance of Cornwall’s historic environment and how it can help shape Cornwall’s future
- St Ives School plants 2,000 trees as part of G7 Legacy Project
- Make the most of new free app to 'shop local' and support Cornwall’s local businesses
February 2022
- Residents urged to take care as Storm Eunice is forecast to hit Cornwall on Friday
- Welcome career boost for arts sector as Cornwall’s towns buzz with busy line-up of free cultural entertainment
- Major incident declared as red weather warning is issued for Cornwall ahead of Storm Eunice
- Cornwall Tactical Command Group open to respond to Storm Eunice
- Storm Eunice: Latest updates
- Storm Eunice - Please look out for your neighbours
- Storm Eunice update - Help for communities
- Storm Eunice response and recovery update: Sunday 20 February
- Help available for people affected by Storm Eunice and Franklin
- Update on Storms Eunice and Franklin
- CORMAC teams deal with 609 incidents on Cornwall’s roads over stormy weekend
- Kresen Kernow to mark St Piran’s Day with celebration event and unveiling of new stained-glass window
January 2022
- Five New Year’s resolutions to help you cut your carbon footprint
- Creative Census to capture value of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s creative and cultural industries
- Immersive 4D exhibition on climate change opens at Heartlands over half-term
December 2021
- Eco-friendly packaging firm scoops top prize at Cornwall Sustainability Awards
- Council declares ecological emergency to protect wildlife and nature
- Dark skies above West Penwith officially recognised with prestigious International Dark Sky Park designation
- Pydar transformation to begin with demolition work
November 2021
- Bodmin Gospels and Cornish passion poem manuscripts to go on display at Kresen Kernow
- Help keep everyone safe this Bonfire Night
- World Town Planning Day marked with progression of climate change project
- Help us create a vision for Cornwall in 2050
- Have your say on bringing beavers, red squirrels and wildcats back to Cornwall
- More than 500 residents talk climate action at COP26 Regional Roadshow
- Illegal breeders ordered to pay more than £7,000 and banned from keeping dogs
- Climate change policy decision-making tool “highly commended” in COP26 Climate Challenge Cup
- Launceston hosts climate action event: November 20, 10am
- Wild swimmers urged to stay away from boats and harbours
- Ideas for cutting your carbon footprint at People’s Climate Festival, St Austell, November 27
- Fowey business convicted of cruelty to poultry
- Join in National Tree Week and help plant the Forest for Cornwall
October 2021
- Takeaway owner ordered to pay £8,000 in fines and costs for food safety offences
- Play area is transformed thanks to housing cash
- Phosphate calculator launched as Council looks to restart planning decisions in River Camel area
- Call to “do your bit" for climate change as COP26 starts
- Father and son jailed for animal cruelty offences
- Enter now for Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2021
- Takeaway owner ordered to pay £8,000 in fines and costs for food safety offences
- Unlicenced dog breeders ordered to pay thousands of pounds in fines and court costs
- Cornwall’s Trading Standards issues warning about home insulation scam
- Iconic lock gates damaged in winter storms are back in action
- Making Space for Nature enhancements begin at site of medieval church
- Safer Streets grant will fund six new CCTV cameras and awareness campaigns to help protect women and young girls
- Tool to guide local health policy amid climate change shortlisted for COP26 Climate Challenge Cup
- Join Let’s Talk Climate Action online event: November 8, 10am
- Play area is transformed thanks to housing cash
- Phosphate calculator launched as Council looks to restart planning decisions in River Camel area
- Call to “do your bit" for climate change as COP26 starts
- Father and son jailed for animal cruelty offences
September 2021
- Rogue trader ordered to pay fine and court costs totalling more than £2,000
- Kresen Kernow unveils new stained-glass window designed by local school children
- Rapid electric vehicle charge points installed in Bodmin and Redruth
- Kresen Kernow brings together academics and enthusiasts for symposium on Cornish medieval theatre
- Try out an e-Bike at Tour of Britain roadshow in Marazion
- Cornwall’s longest ever variety show – 111 miles of creative community events for Tour of Britain
- Have your say on Bodmin housing masterplan
- Council is finalist in prestigious MJ Awards for climate change and Library Transformation programmes
- Hotel owner prosecuted after inspection revealed serious fire safety breaches
- Council wins national MJ Award for climate emergency programme
- Nuisance neighbours fined for playing loud music
- Pydar regeneration green light is welcomed
- Council backs Channel 4’s Joe Lycett campaign to ban the sale of environmentally-damaging bodyboards
- Smallholder banned from keeping farm animals
- Climate change policy to be submitted to Government
- Rogue trader sentenced to two years in prison
