‘I’ve had seals nibble my toes!’ How sunkissed Cornwall became a 422-mile surf paradise | Art and design
'I I didn't have any friends,” says Charlotte Banfield. “And I'm not interested. I was so depressed. It was all really meant to end badly for me.” Banfield – Having had cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism, he was bullied at school, but later at age 13, she was enrolled by her mother for a six-week […]
Devon and Cornwall police chief suspended pending investigation | Police
Jim Colwell, a deputy chief constable with Devon and Cornwall Police, has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of breaching professional standards. Alison Hernandez, the region's police and crime commissioner, confirmed that a compulsory referral would be made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which would investigate the allegations. Hernandez said an […]
‘Kindle a fire and enjoy complete solitude’; a magical winter cottage in Cornwall | Cornwall holidays
I I don't remember the first time I heard about Frenchman's Creek. Not Daphne du Maurier's Pirate Romance, but the house of the same name near the River Helford. An old clotted cream stone hut nestled in the woods by a babbling river. Maybe I had a dream? I only stayed there once, one winter, […]
Prince William announces plan to build 24 homes for homeless people in Cornwall | Homelessness
The Prince of Wales has announced plans to build 24 homes on land in the Duchy of Cornwall in southwest England to provide temporary accommodation for local people experiencing homelessness. The project will work with Cornish homelessness charity St Petrox to provide ‘wraparound support’, including training and employment opportunities, in housing in Nansledan, on the […]
Pandemic meant no lifeguards at Cornish beaches when three died, inquest hears | Cornwall
Three men have drowned on a Cornish coast while the Royal National Lifeboat Society’s lifeguard service is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, a coroner has announced. Cornwall’s chief coroner, Andrew Cox, said he would write to the UK government and the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to highlight the issues raised during the inquest into the three […]