17+ hour, 41+ min ago   (392+ words) A Cornish vegetable nursery is bringing back birds and insects by turning large areas of land into wildflower meadows. Rocket Gardens in Gweek has transformed parts of its 125-acre organic farm into a wildlife habitat in a bid to revive…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (310+ words) Watergate Bay Hotel and SeaSpace have both received Green Tourism’s highest certification for their environmental work. Green Tourism’s scheme assesses businesses against 15 sustainability goals covering people, places and planet. It is awarded after an independent assessment. SeaSpace near Newquay combines…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (661+ words) A political war of words has broken about between Conservative councillors and Cornwall Council’s Liberal Democrat / Independent cabinet over plans to assess renewable energy opportunities across the council’s estate, including its farms. The Conservative group has accused the Lib Dems…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (808+ words) Cornwall Green Party have waded into the Falmouth Docks debate (Image: Simon Dobson) Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the Falmouth area. Cornwall Council’s Green Party group has waded into what it describes as the 'unnecessarily…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (362+ words) More than half of children in England have never climbed a tree. This is just one of the findings from a new study commissioned by The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, which highlights how disconnected many young people have…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (222+ words) A 'tiger' may be spotted prowling through the Cornish countryside this week — but this one is raising awareness, not alarm. Paul and the tiger in Dorset (Image: Paul Goldstein) Mr Goldstein, who is now almost 850 miles into the trek, is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1102+ words) A Cornish parish council has strongly objected to a licensing application for a pop-up restaurant on a beach, stating that it will exacerbate anti-social behaviour in an area where a dispersal order was in place this summer. St Minver Highlands…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (659+ words) Falmouth Harbour has become one of the first in the UK to offer Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel for sale to boat owners. A renewable alternative to marine diesel, HVO is now being offered from the harbour's fuel berth, following…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (349+ words) Wild orchids, leafcutter bees, and grasshoppers are thriving in a new urban oasis. Nearly 200 wild orchids have taken root at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's Kernow Building, thanks to a biodiversity project that has transformed a small area of land…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (182+ words) Helston & District Footpaths Society Last Sunday Mandy and Thorold led 8 members and 1 visitor on a 5-mile walk from Breage along Tregonning Hill and back through fields to the cars. The day was beautiful; although still hot, it was accompanied by…...