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Our new Winter Wellbeing guide is out now, full of useful advice and tips on how to stay warm, well and healthy this winter.
There's guidance on everything from heating and saving money on energy bills, to who to contact if you need extra support.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/health-and-s...
There's guidance on everything from heating and saving money on energy bills, to who to contact if you need extra support.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/health-and-s...
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our new Winter Wellbeing guide is out now, full of useful advice and tips on how to stay warm, well and healthy this winter.
There's guidance on everything from heating and saving money on energy bills, to who to contact if you need extra support.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/health-and-s...
There's guidance on everything from heating and saving money on energy bills, to who to contact if you need extra support.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/health-and-s...
#NEWS: A series of free events, workshops, displays and productions is taking place across #Cornwall to raise awareness of violence against women and girls.
It's part of #16DaysOfAction, the annual campaign calling for an end to gender-based violence.
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It's part of #16DaysOfAction, the annual campaign calling for an end to gender-based violence.
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People across Cornwall urged to support ‘16 Days of Action’ to end violence against women and girls
A series of free events, workshops, displays and productions will take place across Cornwall to raise awareness of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
www.cornwall.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#NEWS: A series of free events, workshops, displays and productions is taking place across #Cornwall to raise awareness of violence against women and girls.
It's part of #16DaysOfAction, the annual campaign calling for an end to gender-based violence.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
It's part of #16DaysOfAction, the annual campaign calling for an end to gender-based violence.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Bookings are now open for Time2Move Christmas activities for children aged 5-16.
Sessions are taking place across #Cornwall during the #Christmas holidays - and they're FREE to those eligible for free school meals.
Find out more and book an activity 🔗
www.activecornwall.org/parents-and-...
Sessions are taking place across #Cornwall during the #Christmas holidays - and they're FREE to those eligible for free school meals.
Find out more and book an activity 🔗
www.activecornwall.org/parents-and-...
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Bookings are now open for Time2Move Christmas activities for children aged 5-16.
Sessions are taking place across #Cornwall during the #Christmas holidays - and they're FREE to those eligible for free school meals.
Find out more and book an activity 🔗
www.activecornwall.org/parents-and-...
Sessions are taking place across #Cornwall during the #Christmas holidays - and they're FREE to those eligible for free school meals.
Find out more and book an activity 🔗
www.activecornwall.org/parents-and-...
#NEWS: Cornwall Council and the local NHS are urging residents to hand back unused care equipment this winter.
Many items, like walking frames, crutches, beds and short-term loaned wheelchairs are left forgotten in people’s homes when no longer needed.
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Many items, like walking frames, crutches, beds and short-term loaned wheelchairs are left forgotten in people’s homes when no longer needed.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Cornwall Council and local NHS urge residents to return unused care equipment
Many of these items are left unused or forgotten in people’s homes
www.cornwall.gov.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#NEWS: Cornwall Council and the local NHS are urging residents to hand back unused care equipment this winter.
Many items, like walking frames, crutches, beds and short-term loaned wheelchairs are left forgotten in people’s homes when no longer needed.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Many items, like walking frames, crutches, beds and short-term loaned wheelchairs are left forgotten in people’s homes when no longer needed.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
#NEWS: A sapling grown from the seed of a tree that survived the atomic blast at #Hiroshima has been planted at #Cornwall Council’s headquarters as a symbol of peace.
A special ceremony was held on the grounds of Lys Kernow last week.
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A special ceremony was held on the grounds of Lys Kernow last week.
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Saplings from tree that survived Hiroshima blast become symbols of peace and hope across Cornwall
A sapling grown from the seed of a tree that survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima has been planted at Cornwall Council’s headquarters as a symbol of peace.
www.cornwall.gov.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#NEWS: A sapling grown from the seed of a tree that survived the atomic blast at #Hiroshima has been planted at #Cornwall Council’s headquarters as a symbol of peace.
A special ceremony was held on the grounds of Lys Kernow last week.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
A special ceremony was held on the grounds of Lys Kernow last week.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting on-call firefighters.
Applicants must be 18 or over and live or work within five minutes of their local fire station.
Successful applicants will receive full training.
Find out more about the role 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/oncallfirefi...
Applicants must be 18 or over and live or work within five minutes of their local fire station.
Successful applicants will receive full training.
Find out more about the role 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/oncallfirefi...
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting on-call firefighters.
Applicants must be 18 or over and live or work within five minutes of their local fire station.
Successful applicants will receive full training.
Find out more about the role 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/oncallfirefi...
Applicants must be 18 or over and live or work within five minutes of their local fire station.
Successful applicants will receive full training.
Find out more about the role 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/oncallfirefi...
#VIDEO: Keeping people safe on our roads is something we all play a part in. Every road user, whether driving, riding, walking, or cycling, makes decisions that affect others.
By showing consideration, and giving yourself more time and space, you can help make Cornwall’s roads safer.
By showing consideration, and giving yourself more time and space, you can help make Cornwall’s roads safer.
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#VIDEO: Keeping people safe on our roads is something we all play a part in. Every road user, whether driving, riding, walking, or cycling, makes decisions that affect others.
By showing consideration, and giving yourself more time and space, you can help make Cornwall’s roads safer.
By showing consideration, and giving yourself more time and space, you can help make Cornwall’s roads safer.
#VIDEO: This week, we've been marking #RoadSafetyWeek. Sometimes simple changes to a road's layout can make huge differences to its safety record, as this scheme on the A39 between Perranarworthal and Treluswell shows.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#VIDEO: This week, we've been marking #RoadSafetyWeek. Sometimes simple changes to a road's layout can make huge differences to its safety record, as this scheme on the A39 between Perranarworthal and Treluswell shows.
#NEWS: This #NationalTreeWeek, we’re celebrating the first 100 trees planted as part of the #ForestForCornwall project. The saplings were planted at Tincombe Park, Saltash, in December 2019.
We're hosting a special anniversary event on November 29.
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We're hosting a special anniversary event on November 29.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#NEWS: This #NationalTreeWeek, we’re celebrating the first 100 trees planted as part of the #ForestForCornwall project. The saplings were planted at Tincombe Park, Saltash, in December 2019.
We're hosting a special anniversary event on November 29.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
We're hosting a special anniversary event on November 29.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
We want Cornwall to have strong, safe and vibrant communities, with more decent and affordable homes for local people.
Our draft Council Priorities Plan sets out how we aim to achieve this, and we want to hear your views.
Have your say 🔗 letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/priorities
Our draft Council Priorities Plan sets out how we aim to achieve this, and we want to hear your views.
Have your say 🔗 letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/priorities
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We want Cornwall to have strong, safe and vibrant communities, with more decent and affordable homes for local people.
Our draft Council Priorities Plan sets out how we aim to achieve this, and we want to hear your views.
Have your say 🔗 letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/priorities
Our draft Council Priorities Plan sets out how we aim to achieve this, and we want to hear your views.
Have your say 🔗 letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/priorities
#VIDEO: Help us to keep children safe outside school.
Sadly, drivers continue to ignore 'keep clear' and double yellow lines outside schools.
We've been out repainting markings across #Cornwall to help remind everyone that they are there for a reason - to keep children safe.
#RoadSafetyWeek
Sadly, drivers continue to ignore 'keep clear' and double yellow lines outside schools.
We've been out repainting markings across #Cornwall to help remind everyone that they are there for a reason - to keep children safe.
#RoadSafetyWeek
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#VIDEO: Help us to keep children safe outside school.
Sadly, drivers continue to ignore 'keep clear' and double yellow lines outside schools.
We've been out repainting markings across #Cornwall to help remind everyone that they are there for a reason - to keep children safe.
#RoadSafetyWeek
Sadly, drivers continue to ignore 'keep clear' and double yellow lines outside schools.
We've been out repainting markings across #Cornwall to help remind everyone that they are there for a reason - to keep children safe.
#RoadSafetyWeek
#NEWS: Cornwall’s Beryl eBike riders have now pedalled more than one million kilometres since the scheme launched three years ago.
Over 400,000 journeys have been made, with The Moor in Falmouth and Newquay Railway Station the most popular locations.
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Over 400,000 journeys have been made, with The Moor in Falmouth and Newquay Railway Station the most popular locations.
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More than one million kilometres clocked up by Cornwall’s eBike share community
Riders have made over 400,000 journeys by Beryl bike
www.cornwall.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#NEWS: Cornwall’s Beryl eBike riders have now pedalled more than one million kilometres since the scheme launched three years ago.
Over 400,000 journeys have been made, with The Moor in Falmouth and Newquay Railway Station the most popular locations.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Over 400,000 journeys have been made, with The Moor in Falmouth and Newquay Railway Station the most popular locations.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
#NEWS: A new £2.5 million investment scheme will boost film and high-end TV production in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It includes £1.25 million from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#NEWS: A new £2.5 million investment scheme will boost film and high-end TV production in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It includes £1.25 million from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
#VIDEO: Shocking footage from Cornwall’s roads shows young children travelling without seatbelts and drivers using mobile phones. More than 1,800 offences were detected in six months.
This #RoadSafetyWeek, we urge everyone to stay safe on the roads.
This #RoadSafetyWeek, we urge everyone to stay safe on the roads.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#VIDEO: Shocking footage from Cornwall’s roads shows young children travelling without seatbelts and drivers using mobile phones. More than 1,800 offences were detected in six months.
This #RoadSafetyWeek, we urge everyone to stay safe on the roads.
This #RoadSafetyWeek, we urge everyone to stay safe on the roads.
#VIDEO: Cabinet members Cllr Tim Dwelly and Cllr Peter La Broy visited Parliament this week to meet ministers and stakeholders about Cornwall’s housing plans.
They discussed how to secure the support needed to unlock more homes, including affordable and social housing.
They discussed how to secure the support needed to unlock more homes, including affordable and social housing.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#VIDEO: Cabinet members Cllr Tim Dwelly and Cllr Peter La Broy visited Parliament this week to meet ministers and stakeholders about Cornwall’s housing plans.
They discussed how to secure the support needed to unlock more homes, including affordable and social housing.
They discussed how to secure the support needed to unlock more homes, including affordable and social housing.
#VIDEO: Cllr Thalia Marrington, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Public Protection, joined Dr Eunan O’Neill, Director of Public Health for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, at Parliament last week for the launch of the Pretty Poverty Report on rural deprivation.
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#VIDEO: Cllr Thalia Marrington, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Public Protection, joined Dr Eunan O’Neill, Director of Public Health for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, at Parliament last week for the launch of the Pretty Poverty Report on rural deprivation.
#NEWS: As the temperature drops, our gritters are gearing up to prepare Cornwall's roads for the chilly weather.
Last year the trucks treated 39,000 miles of Cornish roads between November and March - the equivalent of travelling 1.5 times around the Earth.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Last year the trucks treated 39,000 miles of Cornish roads between November and March - the equivalent of travelling 1.5 times around the Earth.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Cornwall's gritter fleet ready to roll to keep road network moving
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November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#NEWS: As the temperature drops, our gritters are gearing up to prepare Cornwall's roads for the chilly weather.
Last year the trucks treated 39,000 miles of Cornish roads between November and March - the equivalent of travelling 1.5 times around the Earth.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Last year the trucks treated 39,000 miles of Cornish roads between November and March - the equivalent of travelling 1.5 times around the Earth.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
We’re creating a new Local Plan to guide Cornwall’s future over the next 25 years, and we want your views.
Drop-in events are taking place across #Cornwall in the coming months.
Find out more and have your say 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and...
Drop-in events are taking place across #Cornwall in the coming months.
Find out more and have your say 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and...
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We’re creating a new Local Plan to guide Cornwall’s future over the next 25 years, and we want your views.
Drop-in events are taking place across #Cornwall in the coming months.
Find out more and have your say 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and...
Drop-in events are taking place across #Cornwall in the coming months.
Find out more and have your say 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and...
We can now confirm that there are no families with children staying in B&B-type accommodation in #Cornwall for more than six weeks.
Just two years ago, nearly 50 families were in this situation.
Cllr Peter La Broy, Portfolio Holder for Housing, explains more.
Just two years ago, nearly 50 families were in this situation.
Cllr Peter La Broy, Portfolio Holder for Housing, explains more.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We can now confirm that there are no families with children staying in B&B-type accommodation in #Cornwall for more than six weeks.
Just two years ago, nearly 50 families were in this situation.
Cllr Peter La Broy, Portfolio Holder for Housing, explains more.
Just two years ago, nearly 50 families were in this situation.
Cllr Peter La Broy, Portfolio Holder for Housing, explains more.
#NEWS: We’re looking for people to open their homes to teenagers leaving care through our Supported Lodgings Scheme.
Residents with a spare room can support a 16‑19-year-old to gain independence while receiving rent and a contribution towards bills.
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Residents with a spare room can support a 16‑19-year-old to gain independence while receiving rent and a contribution towards bills.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
More people needed to host teenagers leaving care system in Cornwall
Cornwall Council is calling for more people to consider opening their homes to teenagers leaving the care system.
www.cornwall.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#NEWS: We’re looking for people to open their homes to teenagers leaving care through our Supported Lodgings Scheme.
Residents with a spare room can support a 16‑19-year-old to gain independence while receiving rent and a contribution towards bills.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Residents with a spare room can support a 16‑19-year-old to gain independence while receiving rent and a contribution towards bills.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Enjoy free parking in Cornwall Council car parks and free Truro Park and Ride on Small Business Saturday on December 6.
Full list of council car parks 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-pa...
Full list of council car parks 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-pa...
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Enjoy free parking in Cornwall Council car parks and free Truro Park and Ride on Small Business Saturday on December 6.
Full list of council car parks 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-pa...
Full list of council car parks 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-pa...
#NEWS: CCTV shows the moment a gas canister exploded at a recycling facility in Bodmin.
In September, four fires were caused by gas canisters. Please take them to a Household Waste and Recycling Centre. Never put them out with your rubbish or recycling.
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In September, four fires were caused by gas canisters. Please take them to a Household Waste and Recycling Centre. Never put them out with your rubbish or recycling.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Warning after gas canisters explode at recycling facility
Gas canisters should not be put in your recycling or general rubbish
www.cornwall.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#NEWS: CCTV shows the moment a gas canister exploded at a recycling facility in Bodmin.
In September, four fires were caused by gas canisters. Please take them to a Household Waste and Recycling Centre. Never put them out with your rubbish or recycling.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
In September, four fires were caused by gas canisters. Please take them to a Household Waste and Recycling Centre. Never put them out with your rubbish or recycling.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
#VIDEO: Environment and climate change portfolio holder Cllr Loic Rich has pledged to strengthen communities’ links to nature across #Cornwall.
His message comes after Cabinet approved plans for the next stage of our response to tackling #climatechange and supporting nature recovery.
His message comes after Cabinet approved plans for the next stage of our response to tackling #climatechange and supporting nature recovery.
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#VIDEO: Environment and climate change portfolio holder Cllr Loic Rich has pledged to strengthen communities’ links to nature across #Cornwall.
His message comes after Cabinet approved plans for the next stage of our response to tackling #climatechange and supporting nature recovery.
His message comes after Cabinet approved plans for the next stage of our response to tackling #climatechange and supporting nature recovery.
#VIDEO: Cornwall Council leader Cllr Leigh Frost, and Deputy Leader Cllr Adam Paynter reflected on this week's Cabinet meeting which saw important decisions made on council priorities, digital strategy and climate change.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#VIDEO: Cornwall Council leader Cllr Leigh Frost, and Deputy Leader Cllr Adam Paynter reflected on this week's Cabinet meeting which saw important decisions made on council priorities, digital strategy and climate change.