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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...
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-...
#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: 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.
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.
#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.
To protect birds from the ongoing risk of #AvianInfluenza, a mandatory housing order is now in effect in England.
This means that any premises with 50 birds or more, or any business selling poultry products, must house all birds.
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This means that any premises with 50 birds or more, or any business selling poultry products, must house all birds.
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
To protect birds from the ongoing risk of #AvianInfluenza, a mandatory housing order is now in effect in England.
This means that any premises with 50 birds or more, or any business selling poultry products, must house all birds.
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...
This means that any premises with 50 birds or more, or any business selling poultry products, must house all birds.
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...
If you’re celebrating #BonfireNight at home this year, be sure to follow these top safety tips from Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.
If you’re planning to set off fireworks, please let your neighbours know in advance so they can keep pets safe.
If you’re planning to set off fireworks, please let your neighbours know in advance so they can keep pets safe.
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you’re celebrating #BonfireNight at home this year, be sure to follow these top safety tips from Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.
If you’re planning to set off fireworks, please let your neighbours know in advance so they can keep pets safe.
If you’re planning to set off fireworks, please let your neighbours know in advance so they can keep pets safe.
#VIDEO: We’ve received government funding to explore how Cornwall’s bus services could be run in the future.
The study will look at whether bus franchising - where services are brought under public control - or another model would work best for a rural area like #Cornwall.
The study will look at whether bus franchising - where services are brought under public control - or another model would work best for a rural area like #Cornwall.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#Cornwall bins around 180 tonnes of pumpkin flesh each #Halloween.
Instead of tossing your pumpkin, turn it into something delicious like a pumpkin pie or a soup.
Pop any pumpkin leftovers in your outdoor food waste caddy!
See six tasty pumpkin recipes 🔗 www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/6-ways-...
Instead of tossing your pumpkin, turn it into something delicious like a pumpkin pie or a soup.
Pop any pumpkin leftovers in your outdoor food waste caddy!
See six tasty pumpkin recipes 🔗 www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/6-ways-...
October 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#Cornwall bins around 180 tonnes of pumpkin flesh each #Halloween.
Instead of tossing your pumpkin, turn it into something delicious like a pumpkin pie or a soup.
Pop any pumpkin leftovers in your outdoor food waste caddy!
See six tasty pumpkin recipes 🔗 www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/6-ways-...
Instead of tossing your pumpkin, turn it into something delicious like a pumpkin pie or a soup.
Pop any pumpkin leftovers in your outdoor food waste caddy!
See six tasty pumpkin recipes 🔗 www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/6-ways-...
#VIDEO: Cornwall Council held its first Individual Decision Day today.
Afterwards, Council Leader, Cllr Leigh Frost, and Cllr Tim Dwelly, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration and Investment, talked about how this new format will make decision-making more open and transparent.
Afterwards, Council Leader, Cllr Leigh Frost, and Cllr Tim Dwelly, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration and Investment, talked about how this new format will make decision-making more open and transparent.
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#VIDEO: Cornwall Council held its first Individual Decision Day today.
Afterwards, Council Leader, Cllr Leigh Frost, and Cllr Tim Dwelly, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration and Investment, talked about how this new format will make decision-making more open and transparent.
Afterwards, Council Leader, Cllr Leigh Frost, and Cllr Tim Dwelly, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration and Investment, talked about how this new format will make decision-making more open and transparent.