Golden Tree Productions, the team that masterminded the Man Engine and Kerdroya: The Cornish Landscape Labyrinth, are inviting primary schools across Cornwall to Go Cornish! Commissioned by Cornwall Council, the Go Cornish for Primary Schools programme aims to give every child growing up in Cornwall the opportunity to learn somethingContinue Reading
With all this lovely weather, there is so much to do we almost don’t have time to work! Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle last weekend was certainly the much-anticipated highlight, with glorious sunshine and everyone making merry now that we finally can (within reason)! With lots of interestingContinue Reading
FORCE Cancer Charity has taken the difficult decision to make this year’s Nello cycle ride a virtual event again for 2021 due to increasing concerns over the latest rise in COVID cases. The charity’s single biggest annual fundraiser was due to take place on Sunday June 27. More than 1,100Continue Reading
FOUR WINNERS in the last two days including two solid naps; also LITTLE PLAYER (11/4) and GOLDEN BUGLE (7/2) as we strive to make ‘Flaming June’ too hot for the bookmakers. Hi Meh Darling, a 22/1 shot, must have surprised Scottish trainer Iain Jardine when out-running his odds on debutContinue Reading
Thousands of schoolchildren from Cornwall, Devon and Dorset have created a massive ‘Eyes of the World’ art installation, to send a message to Boris Johnson and the G7 world leaders that they want to see action on the climate crisis and for everyone to be safe from Covid by beingContinue Reading
The Quilt is a creative project, asking people across Plymouth to come contribute a patch to reflect on their experiences of the pandemic. The patches contributed will be sewn together, and the Plymouth Covid Memorial Quilt will be displayed later this year alongside – a collection of statements that willContinue Reading
Commenting on the Prime Minister flying to the G7 in Cornwall, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard said:“The Prime Minister should not have flown to Cornwall when he could have taken the train. “As a West Country MP, I know that the train line into the South West is slow.Continue Reading
400 military children from 27 primary schools across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset took part in a free virtual workshop run by the charity Little Troopers this week. As part of a nationwide virtual roadshow being delivered by the charity throughout June, children who have parents currently serving inContinue Reading
Plymouth City Council and Devon and Cornwall Police have now agreed to move the location of the Plymouth G7 protest from the Hoe to Central Park, after Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard called for a rethink in the strategy after hearing complaints from local residents and traders. Commenting,Continue Reading
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard has criticised the government’s COVID recovery plan, urging: “give our kids the education they deserve.” The government has announced £1.4bn over the next three years for tutoring, teacher training and development. This is one tenth less than the government’s ‘Catch-up Czar’ Kevan Collins hasContinue Reading