So, the dear old Scillonian III is embarking upon her final sailings between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly – a wonderful ship in so many ways – she’s ferried more than five million passengers over 49 years of service and I count myself...
MORE severe water usage bans could be required to protect England’s reservoir levels after September became the sixth month this year to see lowerthan-usual rainfall, officials have suggested. Reservoir storage remains under strain from...
NEWLY-RELEASED UK population figures show that of 361 local authorities in the UK, 257 (71%) saw an increase in population between mid-2024 and mid2025, while 104 (29%) saw a fall. Rugby in Warwickshire saw the biggest percentage rise (up...
OFFICE for National Statistics figures show, from left to right, the estimated population in mid-2025; estimated population (in brackets) in mid-2024; numerical change year on year; percentage change year on year. Cornwall 584,782...
A MAN died in a property fire in Torquay. Police were called by the ambulance service at 8.25pm on Thursday, to a residential property in Park Hill Road. A man in his 70s received medical treatment, but he was pronounced dead at the scene....
A RARE and striking sea slug has been spotted in St Austell Bay in Cornwall. The rainbow sea slug was found in a rock pool during a community wildlife recording event at Porthpean beach and is believed to be the first record for the...
