A massive bloom of common octopuses (Octopus vulgaris) in UK waters, first seen in Devon and Cornwall in 2025, has spread to Scotland and Wales, impacting the fishing industry and marine ecosystem due to warming seas.
Australian father Rob Donald, 59, and his 19-year-old daughter Freya are sailing around the world, logging 18,000 nautical miles in 15 months, despite facing storms, a tiger shark encounter, and Rob's prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment mid-voyage.
Royal Cornwall Show cancelled on last day due to Met Office yellow weather warning for unseasonably strong winds, prioritizing visitor and stakeholder safety.
Um helicóptero da Marinha Real caiu em um campo em Devon, sudoeste da Inglaterra. A polícia isolou a área e interditou a rodovia A386. As circunstâncias e possíveis vítimas estão sob investigação.
The family of Michaela Hall, murdered in 2021, is suing Devon and Cornwall police and the Probation Service for human rights violations. They allege failures in risk assessment and response to domestic abuse calls contributed to her death.
Michaela Hall's family is suing Devon and Cornwall police and the Probation Service, alleging failures that contributed to her 2021 murder by her partner. The legal challenge claims violations of the Human Rights Act, citing a "medium risk" assessment despite prior assaults and intelligence about domestic abuse.
William, Herzog von Cornwall, plant, 20% des Herzogtums zu verkaufen, um einen positiven Einfluss auf die Welt zu haben, und will in Umweltinitiativen und bezahlbaren Wohnraum investieren.
Prince William visited Nansledan, Cornwall, a new development aiming to be a model for UK high streets with mixed-use spaces for businesses and affordable housing. While praised for its community focus, concerns exist about its impact on nearby Newquay's struggling high street.
Prince William visited Nansledan, a new suburb of Newquay, Cornwall, to see housing developments and meet residents. He also highlighted efforts to tackle homelessness and discussed the Duchy of Cornwall's plans for estate sales.
Household energy bills in Great Britain are forecast to rise by over £200 annually from July, reaching nearly £1,900, due to increased wholesale energy prices linked to the Iran war disrupting Gulf supplies. Experts warn of continued high costs and urge a shift to renewables.
UK households face an estimated £200 annual increase in energy bills, reaching nearly £1,900 from July, due to rising wholesale prices linked to geopolitical events. Experts suggest targeted support and a shift to renewables for long-term stability.
The Duchy of Cornwall, which funds the Prince of Wales, will sell 20% of its property over 10 years to increase social impact, focusing on housing and rural jobs. Critics question the move, calling it a "royal fruit machine."
The River Thames at Ham, London, is now England's first designated river bathing area in the capital, among 13 new sites nationwide, aiming to improve water quality through stricter monitoring.
Choughs, Cornwall's 'national bird', have returned to Tintagel Castle after a decades-long absence, rekindling connections to the legend of King Arthur.
Article about second-tier rugby club last December piqued interest of American private equity firm “I think my family already thought I was crazy so this is nothing new,” says Kenn Moritz from his home office in faraway Pittsburgh. The Moritz family may have a point. Given all those baseball, football, ice hockey and basketball franchises in the United States, why opt instead to invest in a second-tier English rugby club in Cornwall that almost folded less than two years ago?The catalyst turns out, ahem, to have been your correspondent’s article about the Cornish Pirates in the Guardian last December. Moritz was sitting where he is now, trawling through his trusted worldwide news sources when he stumbled across the Pirates’ quest for fresh investment. Somewhere inside him a light flicked on. “Without that article I wouldn’t have called,” says Moritz, the president of the private equity firm Stonewood Capital. “It gave me an insight into what was going on in English rugby and piqued my interest.” Continue reading...
Approximately 1,200 homes in Plymouth, Devon are being evacuated after a suspected unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered at a building site on Flamborough Road. Police extended the initial 200m cordon to 400m following advice from military bomb disposal experts. The Royal Navy Explosives Ordnance Disposal team is on site assessing the device. Plymouth was heavily bombed during WWII with at least 2,820 bombs falling on the city, around 10% failing to detonate.
Tracey Emin among creators on display at Making Her Mark, a project by Penzance, Worcester and Kirkcaldy galleriesLike many regional galleries, the collection at Penlee House in Cornwall tends to be dominated by male artists, a legacy of the inequality faced by female creators over centuries.But from Thursday, thanks to a collaboration between galleries, visitors to the site in Penzance will be able to view work by some of the Britain’s great female artists. Continue reading...
The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a video and photograph of Prince Louis marking his eighth birthday. The footage shows the young prince playing on a beach in Cornwall, including jumping into the water in a wetsuit, digging in the sand, playing cricket, and running. The photos were taken by photographer Matt Porteous during a family holiday earlier this month.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a new photograph of their youngest son Prince Louis to mark his eighth birthday. The image shows Louis smiling wearing a blue zip-up jumper with his arms folded on a boat, taken during a family holiday in Cornwall. The photo was shared on royal social media accounts with the caption "Happy birthday, Louis! 8 today!" Photographer Matt Porteous, who has previously captured royal moments including Prince George's birthday portraits and the Wales' 2022 Christmas card, took the photograph earlier this month.
Unwanted vessels left to decay release fibreglass shards into the water, harming marine life. Steve Green – with his trusty van Cecil – is determined to clean things upSteve Green, a boat engineer from Cornwall, was pulled over by the police just before Christmas. He was driving a decrepit-looking VW campervan and towing an even more dilapidated yacht up to Truro. He hadn’t broken any laws, but he admits that Cecil the campervan, which runs on donated chip oil from local pubs and has a crane and a winch on the front, “wasn’t quite what VW intended”.Green (and Cecil) are on a mission to rid the beautiful hidden creeks of Cornwall’s Helford and Fal rivers of 166 abandoned fibreglass yachts, which are leaking plastic and toxins into the predominantly marine waters. Marine biologists have likened the thousands of shards of fibreglass they have found embedded in the flesh of sea-creatures in areas with wrecks such as these to asbestos, a substance known to have a noxious effect on humans.Green uses a detachable crane system at the front of his van to move around bags of plastic after they have been weighed. Cecil is upholstered in recycled denim Continue reading...
Cornwall Council is facing significant public opposition after announcing plans to reintroduce glyphosate for roadside weed management. Despite a council vote to pause the scheme, the cabinet must now decide whether to proceed with the controversial herbicide use.
Wildlife explorer Steve Backshall expressed his delight at spotting orcas John Coe and Aquarius, the last known members of the West Coast Community pod, off Lizard Point in Cornwall.
