On Tuesday 11th July 2017, the Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police Alliance roads policing teams simultaneously launched Operation Close Pass.
Operation Close Pass is an initiative intended to improve the safety of cyclists on the road by educating drivers on how to overtake them safely. It aims to raise awareness amongst motorists and cyclists alike on how to behave...
Cornwall's Pentillie Castle is to host a one-off performance from the inimitable Mad Dog Mcrea performing on a pontoon floating in the middle of the River Tamar.
Mad Dog Mcrea will play on Weir Quay Boatyard's pontoon on the Tamar, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The audience will be able to watch the amazing spectacle from the estate's beautiful riverside fields.
Staff at The Lost Gardens of Heligan caught an intrepid night-time intruder on camera last week - stealing fish from the Italian Garden pond!
“I was first alerted to the fact that our fish were going missing back in November, when gardeners reported finding fish scales around the ponds in the Jungle” explains Claire Pumfrey, Heligan’s Wildlife Project Co-ordinator.
Festival guru’s Quick Panda Productions announce the launch of a new festival, The Great Estate, which will take place on Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th June 2017.
Set in the prestigious grounds of Scorrier House, the event will combine music, art, food, comedy and fashion.
Blending southwest vibes with a slight Liverpudlian twist, The Great Estate’s first music line-up plays host to...
Spring has sprung in Cornwall as the six beautiful Magnolia trees, historically used to chart the emergence of the season, herald the end of the British Winter.
Blooms on the South West Peninsular appear a lot earlier than the rest of the UK mainland thanks to its warmer climate.
And the six giant Magnolia campbellii trees, situated in six of Cornwall’s greatest gardens, have...
South West Water has been ordered to pay £205,000 in fines and costs for discharging sewage into the Fal estuary in Cornwall. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.
On 26 August 2013 untreated sewage overflowed from the water company’s Newham sewage treatment works near Truro into the Fal, an internationally important shellfishery, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)...
The preview afternoon at Pentillie, situated on the banks of the River Tamar, an area of outstanding natural beauty in South East, Cornwall, will give couples (and their parents or best friends) an opportunity to view the Castle and estate grounds, which they can have for their exclusive use on their special day.
They can also discover stylish and original ways to personalise their...
South West Water will pay £54,000 in fines and costs for allowing untreated sewage to escape from a pumping station near Truro in Cornwall.
The case was brought by the Environment Agency.
On 16 March 2015 approximately 400,000 litres (88,000 gallons) of sewage was discharged from the Calenick Pumping Station into the Truro River via Calenick Creek.
Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez will provide almost £24m additional money so that Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer can put more police officers on the streets by 2020.
On Friday the PCC will publish her first Police and Crime Plan, entitled Safe, resilient and connected communities, with a vow to help keep people safe by improving the public’s connection to police.
One of Cornwall’s most beautiful gardens, Antony Woodland Garden, reopens to the public on 1st March. Renowned as a haven of peace and tranquillity, the gardens are just a short ferry ride away from the hustle and bustle of Plymouth.
This year the Carew Pole Garden Trust, which runs the gardens, is hoping more people than ever before will visit the unique location, an International...
