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Heartlands – “where the future is as historic as the past”?: Part 1

By Linda Joy Lemon The 19 acre World Heritage free visitor site in Pool near Redruth, opened its doors over a year ago, in April 2012. Heartlands, once part of…

Recognition of the Cornish people – An Open Letter to MPs

OPEN LETTER TO ALL MPs FOR CORNWALL  From Craig Weatherhill    14th July 2013  Dear Sir/Madam,  Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities:  The Cornish People.  I am writing to…

Blood Boiling Over Glasney Valley Development

– By David Garwood  I’m coming in to the story of Glasney Valley development a bit late. Last year they unveiled the proposal for 500 homes, but other schemes have…

[Lowender Peran] Festival tickets available for 2013

Lowender Peran – Festival of the Celts in Kernow  From 16th – 20th October 2013 at Ponsmere Hotel, Perranporth. Tickets still available for this year’s festival, call the festival office…

[Maga] Colin a Saw Slippy – Lyther Noweth

Colin a Saw Slippy (Colin Rescues Slippy) – new book in Cornish, available free for download MAGA KERNOW, the Cornish Language Partnership, has joined forces with Kittiwake Productions to give…

City of Truro backs Kernewek

Councillor Conan Jenkin – Mebyon Kernow, City of Truro Council wrote: “… absolutely delighted to announce that the full council has adopted the full draft Cornish language policy tonight. Despite…

South Crofty Mine into Administration

South Crofty Mine has been placed into Administration while investment continues to be sought. Canada-based Celeste entered into an earn-in agreement with WUM in May 2011 but was served with…

Benjad grabs the double for Kernow

Cornwall has this past week won the Pan-Celtic Song Contest at the International Pan-Celtic Festival in Ireland, for the 2nd year in a row. The song is called ‘Breten Vyhan’…

MK candidates for the 2013 Cornwall Council elections

Nomination for the 2013 Cornwall Council elections on Thursday 2 May, 2013 have been published. Mebyon Kernow-The Party for Cornwall (MK) is as yet not able to field candidates for…

Cornwall heading for the suburban dream .. don’t mind the concrete

Cornwall Council has voted 58 to 33 for 42,250 additional dwellings to be built in the Duchy by 2030. The pre-submission draft of the Local Plan – which will set…