Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

The Cornish are to be recognised as a national minority group for the first time, Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced today.

A stunning seaside home which was the setting for a time-travelling blockbuster has been put up for rent at more than 4,000 a week.

The ITF is able to report progress in the case of the filthy and unsafe vessel Munzur, which is detained in Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Residents, organisations and businesses are being given an extra 14 weeks to comment on plans to create a Special Protection Area which would stretch from Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay.

Steam powered engines and dancers will return to Camborne on Saturday for the annual Trevithick Day, which commemorates the life and work of one of Cornwall's most wideley celebrated industrial engineers, Richard Trevithick.

Unbeatable competition from supermarkets has been given as the main reason why Helston's only in-town fruit and vegetable shop is to close this Friday, after three years in business.

The process of pumping chemicals, water and sand into seams to bring oil and gas to the surface may seem messy.

A female garage owner and female mechanic from Redruth have spoken out about the difficulties of working in the 'male chauvinist' motor industry.

Thieves broke into a home in Great Farthing Close, St Ives, on Thursday between 1.45pm and 3.45pm, stealing gold jewellery.

The church council voted last week to stop using the Methodist chapel building for the majority of services, and instead hold the weekly 11am Sunday worship in the adjacent hall.

The full line-up has now been released for the chefs demonstrating at the Porthleven Food and Music Festival on Saturday, April 26. Once again Antony Worrall Thompson will be attending the event as established festival patron and opening the proceedings at 10.15am in the main marquee with a 'Ready Steady Cook' style demonstration alongside ... (more)

When firefighters arrived just after 1.25pm they found smoke coming from the roof, and used breathing apparatus and hosereels to extinguish the fire.

Firefighters were called to Barncoose Terrace, Illogan Highway yesterday afternioon after she called 999 to say her house was filling with smoke.

Just before 6pm Falmouth Coastguard requested that the inshore and all weather Lifeboats be launched following a call from the 36ft ketch Nautipus which had lost power and was in danger of drifting ashore at Greatwood near Mylor.

If you'd never written a novel in your life, you'd be inspired to write one at Ferryside.

The Isles of Scilly are well known for punching above their weight, partly because everything that happens in the archipelago occurs in miniature and so gleans a scope of interest which is more far-reaching than could be inspired by any mainland area ten times the size, and partly because the place is so jaw-droppingly beautiful.

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The team heads to the Isles of Scilly, where Ellie Harrison finds out about the problem of rats and the devastating effect they have on the local seabird population.

Nearly 500 protesters rallied against controversial plans to build hundreds of new homes on green fields on the edge of the South Downs National Park .

With just three weeks to go until Flora Day the time has come to start making Helston look its best for its big day.