A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the UK tomorrow, Saturday 29th March 2025. People will have the chance to see the Moon cover about 30 to 50% of the Sun at its peak. It will begin at 10:07 in the UK and will end at midday. The best time to see it in the […]
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Cornwall Heritage Awards
The winner of this year’s 2025 ‘Object of the Year’ at the Cornwall Heritage Awards has been announced. The annual awards celebrate venues across Cornwall that help preserve its culture and heritage. Six historic treasures were put forward in the Object of the Year category by museums, galleries and historic organisations across the Duchy and […]
Happy St Piran’s Day
St. Piran is known as the merriest, hardest drinking, hardest living holy man Cornwall ever knew. He is also the patron saint of tinners, and his feast day, March 5th is commemorated across Cornwall. Piran was an Irishman, so legend goes; when still a young man he rose to favour as priest and counsellor to […]
Discover the new the Transport for Cornwall App
To get the most of Cornwall’s bus network, there is just one app you need on your phone – the all-new Transport for Cornwall App. It has never been easier to plan your journeys, buy your tickets and track the services you need – across different routes, across different operators, across Cornwall. Whether you’re commuting, […]
100 Years of The Shipping Forecast on the BBC
The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast actually dates back over 150 years. There are currently two or three broadcasts per day, at 00:48, 05:20, and 17:54 (weekends […]
Once in 80 year chance to see a star
Back in 1946, a 15-year-old schoolboy made a surprising discovery as he peered out of his bedroom window. Michael Woodman, a keen amateur astronomer from Newport, had stayed up late waiting for his father to come home when he noticed something strange in the night sky. He was the first to spot a second very […]
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Collect a tree for free!
Forest for Cornwall is celebrating National Tree Week (23 November -1 December) with a series of free tree giveaways. Each tree will come with an information leaflet on how to plant and grow your tree. This is in partnership with Cornwall Libraries, who will also be putting on displays on the fantastic benefits of trees […]
Rare comet likely visible this week – Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas)
A comet that visits the solar system every 80,000 years is set to pass Earth in the coming days, in what some astronomers are describing as the “comet of the century”. First discovered in January last year, the Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) is finally becoming visible to the naked eye as its trajectory takes it closer to the […]
Draconid meteor shower is visible this week
The annual Draconid meteor shower is visible this year until 10 October in the northern hemisphere and will peak on the evening of 8 October. The meteors, which are sometimes referred to as shooting stars, will appear as streaks of light in the evening sky. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris […]