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 […]

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 […]

Nadelik Lowen has Bledhen Nowydh Da!

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

These humble creatures can often be overlooked. Next time you’re out and about, why not see how many you can spot!

The 5th March is known as St Piran’s day in Cornwall, but who was he? 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 used to be kept as a holiday in the parishes of Perranzabuloe […]