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The Cornishman
HAS PLANNING PERMISSION
Here is a chance to buy an agricultural barn that not only has permission for a three-bedroom dwelling, it also has a glorious position with far-reaching views towards St Michael’s Mount, Mount’s Bay and the surrounding countryside
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Cornwall Creative Growth Programme is back again
APPLICATIONS are now open for the Cornwall Create Growth Programme.
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Image celebrates gardens
AN “almost perfect” combination of sunshine and showers has delivered a spectacular show of blooms in the Great Gardens of Cornwall.
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Taste of the West's failure is a bitter blow to food sector
IF anyone had been taking bets on the next business to find itself in choppy waters, most punters would have expected to be offered pretty long odds on Taste of the West.
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Open air theatre line-up
PENLEE Park open air theatre in Penzance has revealed its programme for this year’s season of performances.
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
St Ives Premier Inn 'monstrosity' will be built after hotel appeal succeeds
DESPITE Cornwall Council refusing it and hundreds of people objecting - describing it a “monstrosity” and “far too big and ugly” - a planning inspector has decided that the controversial 90-room Premier Inn overlooking St Ives can now be built.
3 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Former Methodist chapel on market
A HISTORIC chapel which has been converted into a four-bedroom house is up for sale at a reduced price of £600,000.
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Holiday lodge owners see bookings boom after uncertain year
THE owners of homes at a holiday park which went bust last year have bounced back after facing a bleak and uncertain future.
2 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Mystery as Taste of the West group goes into administration
MYSTERY surrounds the collapse into administration of the UK’s largest independent regional food group, Taste of the West.
2 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Paranoid arsonist set fire to himself in flat
A PARANOID man set himself and his supported living accommodation on fire because he thought he was being followed everywhere and \"someone had got a hit on him\".
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Event helps to mark 20 years of nurturing young Cornish talent
THE 20th anniversary of a programme which supports the county's young talent has been celebrated with a special event.
10+ min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Destruction in the depths is invisible, and so it's ignored
EVEN though we live in a county almost entirely surrounded by water, the closest most of us will ever come to the denizens of the deep sea is consuming them deep-friend in batter, with chips and possibly curry sauce, and so it's understandably difficult to imagine what bottom trawling does to the ecosystem which sustains marine life around our shores and the fisheries on which many jobs in Cornwall still rely.
1 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Callington pull away at top of table after beating Redruth by 10 runs
CALLINGTON lead the Bond Timber Premier Division - being the only team to win all three opening games.
4 min |
May 22, 2025
The Cornishman
Specialist insurer heading for final of national awards
CORNISH Mutual has been named a finalist for the title of Specialist Insurance Company of the Year in the 2025 British Insurance Awards.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
How China is building a world without the dollar
FEW people fully understand the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from China. The BRI is China's huge global development strategy, spanning more than 150 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. It offers roads and railways, as well as finance, supply chains, legal agreements and trade routes.
3 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Recreational water users warned of algal blooms
AS temperatures climb, the Environment Agency is warning beachgoers and river users that sightings of algal blooms are also on the rise.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Reform complains of 'stitch-up' at County Hall as talks to build coalition continue
REFORM UK has slammed moves by other political groups to stop it taking control of Cornwall Council.
2 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Editor is remembered as brilliant journalist and devoted family man
SCOTT Harrison, who has died aged 60, has been remembered by colleagues and friends as a brilliant, respected, dedicated and fair journalist and editor who was passionate about Cornwall and local journalism.
3 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Just three teams start season with two wins as sun shines on Cornwall
FOLLOWING successive match days with warm Spring sunshine, just three teams, Callington, Redruth and Truro, have won both opening games in the Bond Timber Cornwall Premier Division.
3 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Community wins out after Jubilee Pool vandalism
THE management of Penzance’s lido has praised the community for its support after vandals painted out the letter L from the word ‘pool’ in its sign.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Residents want answers on plan for battery farm
Concerned locals fear that proposals to put a 100Mw energy storage system next to a beauty spot will be a mistake. Filipa Gaspar and Lee Trewhela report
4 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
FARM IS PART LET
For sale by online public auction, Tremethick Farm offers a rare and unusual part-vacant and part-let residential and agricultural investment opportunity.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Tariffs and Budget will see insolvencies rise, advisors say
SOUTH West company insolvencies are expected to rise this year as businesses grapple with economic uncertainty and new US tariffs, according to advisory firm Interpath.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Contractor asked to repay £40k to liquidated firm
A CONTRACTOR who has been asked to given back £40,000 paid to him by troubled developer Stephens and Stephens for work on a luxury residential development in Newlyn has vowed never to work with the company again.
3 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
This doesn't look much like the NHS Labour promised
THE manifesto whose inspiring vision swept Labour into Number 10 (unless it was the electorate’s loathing for the Conservatives, of course) contained the following pledges on the NHS: that it would create 40,000 more appointments every week; double the number of cancer scanners; promulgate a Dentistry Rescue Plan; hire 8,500 more mental health staff; and bring back the family doctor.
2 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Art Deco swimming venue to hold 90th anniversary celebrations
THE Jubilee Pool in Penzance is marking its 90th anniversary with a weekend full of events.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Smugglers caught with £100m of cocaine jailed for total of 90 years
FOUR men convicted of attempting to smuggle £100 million worth of cocaine on a fishing boat off the coast of Cornwall have been sentenced to a total of 90 years in jail.
3 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Former studio overlooking bay for sale
A STUDIO with a sea view, created by a musician who was part of St Ives' arts scene back in the 1950s, is on the market for £700,000.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Cornwall colours captured on our readers' cameras
We receive far more submissions for our regular Big Picture feature in the letters and opinion section than we can accommodate, so today we're taking the opportunity to feature a selection of hitherto unused images which richly deserve their moment in the spotlight.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The Cornishman
Party backtracks on policy which would have banned flying of St Piran's flag
»AN announcement by Reform UK's chairman that the party would only allow the Union Jack and St George's flag to fly at the councils it now controls certainly caused a furore.
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