A Cornish fishing company has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 in fines and costs for illegal scallop dredging offences committed in Cornish waters....On Wednesday at Bodmin Magistrates Court Sarah Jane Fishing Ltd, the owner of the fishing vessel Cornish Gem PH819, was sentenced for three counts of using a dredge to remove scallops from the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) district at a prohibited time of day....Cornwall IFCA officers analysed information on the Cornish Gem PH819, available to them through the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS), including position and speed. 

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/cornish-fishing-company-ordered-to-pay-nearly-30-000-for-illegal-scallop-dredging-offences/

Last updated: 21/12/2023 15:53:57

This first EXPO Ertach Kernow | Cornish Heritage EXPO will take place on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September and has been led by Bord Ertach Kernow in partnership with Cornwall Council, the National Trust and Cornwall Buildings Group....The two-day EXPO is on the theme of Cornish distinctiveness, and it will showcase over 50 heritage organisations and associated businesses, all of whom contribute towards the conservation, understanding and enjoyment of Cornwall’s heritage and historic environment. ...Alongside the theme of Cornish distinctiveness, EXPO Ertach Kernow aims to promote the diverse range of employment, apprenticeship, training and volunteering opportunities within the heritage sector. 

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/godolphin-house-to-host-the-first-cornish-heritage-expo/

Last updated: 21/09/2023 11:29:24

Residents are being asked for their views on plans to plant more trees in four Cornish towns as part of the Forest for Cornwall. ...You can view plans, complete the feedback survey and find out more information: https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/trees-for-cornish-towns-consultation  Story posted September 8, 2023

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/have-your-say-on-plans-to-plant-more-trees-in-cornish-towns/

Last updated: 08/09/2023 09:12:05

Residents in five Cornish towns have been helping plant trees to increase green spaces and bring more nature into their communities.  

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/trees-planted-in-five-cornish-towns-in-time-for-spring/

Last updated: 01/03/2024 10:45:02

Consultation about dog restrictions on 43 Cornish beaches is launched ahead of new Public Space Protection Order for 2023.

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/dogs-on-cornish-beaches-consultation-launches/

Last updated: 21/09/2022 09:04:11

  A Cornish business aiming to establish a state-of-the-art independent facility to treat and recycle sewage waste in the county has secured a £542,000 investment from Cornwall Council through the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme....The investment has enabled longstanding Cornish waste disposal company Pellows to begin work on the £1 million project to develop a new liquid waste treatment plant at its base at Carnon Valley, near Truro.

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/good-growth-investment-supports-cornish-business-to-develop-innovative-new-1million-liquid-waste-recycling-facility/

Last updated: 11/10/2024 11:40:22

The remains of a human skeleton that were discovered on a footpath on the north Cornish coast may have belonged to a shipwrecked sailor....Richard Mikulski of CAU excavating the remains It is not unusual to find such remains along the Cornish coast, particularly on the north coast following stormy weather and cliff falls....The bill was drafted by Thomas Grylls, a Cornish solicitor, following the wreck of the frigate HMS Anson off Loe Bar in 1807.

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/skeleton-found-on-a-cornish-footpath-could-be-18th-century-shipwrecked-sailor/

Last updated: 29/11/2022 14:02:50

The meeting reviewed the work being undertaken by the eight member administrations to support nine indigenous, minority and lesser-used languages; Irish, Welsh, Gaelic, Scots, Ulster Scots, Manx, Jèrriais, Guernésiais and Cornish....The UK Government was represented at the BIC meeting by the Levelling-Up Minister, Jacob Young MP, who invited Councillor Taylor as a demonstration of the Government’s commitment to the protection and promotion of Cornish in public life....To mark this significant milestone, the BIC have released a video featuring a collection of poems celebrating the nine indigenous, minority and lesser-used languages, including Cornish poet and storyteller Taran Spalding-Jenkin.  

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/council-leader-joins-ministers-to-discuss-languages-including-cornish/

Last updated: 20/10/2023 12:16:33

Cornwall Council leaders have joined Cornish MPs in calling for a devolution deal that will help ‘unleash’ Cornwall’s potential, without the need for a mayor or becoming part of a combined authority. ...They agreed that an ‘empowered Cornwall’ has much to offer in return if its potential is realised, and that Cornwall is once again central to a ‘stronger and more sustainable’ United Kingdom, with the natural assets and history of innovation to lead a ‘green industrial revolution’. 

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/council-budgets-and-economy/calls-made-for-new-devolution-deal-to-unleash-cornwalls-potential/

Last updated: 03/09/2024 10:45:29

  The skeletal remains, which were discovered at Trevone, near Padstow Analysis of human remains found on a Cornish coast path have provided a fascinating insight into the life of a man who lived more than 300 years ago....“Sadly, we are all too familiar with tragedies off the Cornish coast and I’m grateful that Padstow Town Council have dedicated a grave to him and others who have been lost at sea.

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/fascinating-insight-into-life-of-18th-century-shipwrecked-mariner-found-on-the-cornish-coast/

Last updated: 06/03/2025 12:29:34