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200520 | Driver fined after travelling to Cornwall for a holiday

Driver fined after travelling to Cornwall for a holiday

Driver fined after travelling to Cornwall for a holiday
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Published by Sarah Yeoman at 11:06am 21st May 2020. (Updated at 11:14am 21st May 2020)  read more »

200520 | 87-year-old provided with daily hot meals thanks to community kindness | Camborne

87-year-old provided with daily hot meals thanks to community kindness

87-year-old provided with daily hot meals thanks to community kindness
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Published by Sarah Yeoman at 11:26am 20th May 2020. (Updated at 12:18pm 20th May 2020)  read more »

200521 | 5,000 home-cooked meals dished out to NHS staff across Cornwall

5,000 home-cooked meals dished out to NHS staff across Cornwall

5,000 home-cooked meals dished out to NHS staff across Cornwall
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Published by Sarah Yeoman at 6:38am 21st May 2020.  read more »

Dogs on beaches Public Space Protection Orders Cornwall updated 2020

Dogs on beaches

200514 | Beaches with dog restrictions come into force from tomorrow, Friday 15 May

Beaches with dog restrictions come into force from tomorrow, Friday

Beaches with dog restrictions come into force from tomorrow, Friday

Published by the Pirate FM News Team at 6:19pm 14th May 2020.

By Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter  read more »

2019 | Dogs on beaches Public Space Protection Orders Cornwall

THIS PAGE WAS CURRENT IN 2019 IT IS HERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY

What are the current Public Space Protection Orders (Dog on Beaches) in Cornwall?

The current list of PSPO’s shows the PSPO’s that were introduced in 2017, the previous orders and the  read more »

200207 | Mine shaft collapse may have caused 'high radiation levels'

Mine shaft collapse may have caused 'high radiation levels'

Mine shaft collapse may have caused 'high radiation levels'

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 4:57pm 7th February 2020.

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It is believed that a mine shaft may have opened up and caused 'high radiation levels' in Cornwall.

The Carbis Bay Crew, a group of cavers, mine explorers, divers and climbers in the Duchy, reported their findings on Facebook.  read more »

180103 | Abandoned Cornish mine may hold clues to uranium clean-up

Abandoned Cornish mine may hold clues to uranium clean-up

960907 | Hot tin mining

The Last Word

7 September 1996

Hot tin mining

Q: In 1889, it was announced that the “only known continuous lode [of uranium
ore] in the world” had been found at the Union Mine in Grampound Road, Cornwall.
Does anybody know what happened to this deposit? There were plans to use the
uranium to replace gold in jewellery. Was this ever done? If so, it would add a
certain frisson to the Antiques Road Show.  read more »