Category Archives: Behind the News

Policing By Contempt – Mr Commissioner 5%

The UK Governments Police & Crime Commissioner elections are in a shambles as less that 15% voted across Cornwall for any of the 10 candidates standing. As one wag said,…

Wanted – writers for Cornwall24 net

We’re looking for voluntary casual feature writers, opinion columnists, music/book reviewers, news reporters! Once-off, or on-going! We are looking for those in the Duchy or across the Diaspora who may…

[Bewans Kernow] Equality impact of ‘Core Strategy’ for Cornwall

Bewnans Kernow writes this week:  “Cornwall Council is in the process of preparing a ‘Core Strategy for Cornwall’ which proposes the building of 48,000 new houses in 20 years.  This…

Torched – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

The Olympic Torch Relay came to Cornwall for the day. The Olympic flame arrived at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall from Athens on Friday 17 May, 2012 in four custom-made lanterns….

Secrets on Cornwall’s Devolution Petition may be blocked

With Mebyon Kernow, Plaid Cymru, and others calling the current UK government to account for the inaction of its predecessors over a call by 50,000 of the Cornish public in…

Yippee Ti-Yi-Yo, English Nature’s got to go

The UK Quango, called Natural England, (aka English Nature) is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. “Our purpose is…

10 Years on – Petition for a Cornish Assembly

Councillor Cole said that “Today (10 December, 2011) marks the tenth anniversary of the presentation of 50,000 Declarations for a Cornish Assembly to 10 Downing Street. Getting over 50,000 people to…

Cornish Celts exist, says Prof Peter Beresford Ellis

The Celtic Nations, 1961- 2011, a Sea Change? Some personal views, by Professor Peter Beresford Ellis Below is the text of the presentation about the Celtic League which was prepared…

Will St Piran’s Day become a Cornish national bank holiday?

A petition to Cornwall Council for St Piran’s Day, Gol Peran, the 5th March, to become a Duchy-wide official holiday was started by the Celtic League in February this year…

Policing in Cornwall may be even more from ‘up country’

In a ConDem government move than would further distance policing of Cornwall from the community of the Duchy, the UK Government’s so-called Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill is at…