Environment

Cornwall Council is considering a ban on disposable barbecues on beaches after a summer of wildfires. At a meeting of the council's community wellbeing scrutiny committee on Thursday, September 10,...

Pressure over dust from quarries and its impact on residents has led to a pledge from Devon's largest council to work out who should be...

North Devon Councillors will decide on Monday whether to extend the lease for a popular pitch and putt facility in Ilfracombe, described as one of a handful of things that...

A political dispute has broken out between Conservative councillors and Cornwall Council's Liberal Democrat and Independent cabinet over plans to assess renewable energy opportunities across the council's estate, including its...

Works to reinforce a seafront have started after it was battered by winter storms. In May, the Environment Agency (EA) announced it had...

The Green Party group on Cornwall Council has entered what it calls the "unnecessarily polarised" debate over the future of Falmouth Docks. Balaena (A&P) has submitted a £150 million plan...

The mower was gifted by SUEZ, a recycling and recovery company, to support the upkeep of the orchard's seven-acre site.

Councillors say Exeter needs better hydration and are pressing the city to install more public water stations. Green councillors will bring a motion to the full council meeting on September...

Exeter Green councillors are calling for the city to 'show some bottle' and back their call for public water stations on authority-owned...

Firefighters in Jersey, Devon and Cornwall have warned the risk of wildfires remains high after one of the busiest summers in recent years.

Geologist Paul Foster says the fault which had made the cave's colourful rocks caused the collapse.

Pictures taken in Fowey show a stream flowing along the pavement in Fore Street, passing directly outside homes and businesses.

Cornwall has welcomed a brand‑new Kernow Reuse Shop, taking the total number of reuse shops in the Duchy to nine.

The initiative aims to help make the local streets safer, healthier, and greener.

Andy Burnham has taken questions from MPs in the House of Commons for the first time since becoming prime minister. The statement on his future plans comes six weeks after...

Residents and holidaymakers had to walk through a river of sewage after it began running through a high street in Cornwall over the bank...

A well-known beach cave that appeared in the TV series Poldark has been buried under tonnes of rock after a cliff fall in Cornwall. The collapse at Holywell Cave, also...

A popular beach cave in Cornwall that featured in the TV series Poldark has collapsed after a cliff fall. The collapse at Holywell cave in Holywell Bay, Newquay, is thought...

For centuries, people made pilgrimages to Holywell cave at Holywell Bay to cure their ailments with the sacred spring water,...

A popular cave has collapsed following a cliff fall in Cornwall. Historical landmark Holywell cave in Newquay, Cornwall has been cordoned...

David Hawken, who works as Cubert Parish Council's clerk, has urged visitors to take extreme care if they are visiting the area following...

The dreadful weather is set to spread across most of England today.

A North Devon couple were hit with a hefty fine after sewage from their overflowing septic tank discharged onto land bordering a...

Falmouth Harbour is now offering hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to boat owners for the first time. The harbour has used the renewable alternative to marine diesel to power its own...

Some say - towering to almost 400ft at twice the size of the existing one - it will be a 'blot on the landscape' but others cite 'great...

A LAND swap deal is proposed to ensure longstanding plans to relocate the household waste recycling centre (HWRC) in Newquay can proceed.

A LAND swap deal is proposed to ensure longstanding plans to relocate the household waste recycling centre (HWRC) in Newquay can proceed.

Cornwall Council says about 36000 tonnes of food waste has been recycled over two years.

Campaigners against the giant AI data centre proposed at Great Torrington - believed to be the largest of its kind in Europe - have...

East Devon farmers with tractors spread slurry and ploughed fire breaks in a bid to stop a blaze spreading after it broke out at a...

Cornwall Council has issued a warning about localised flooding and difficult travel conditions overnight tonight into Thursday morning. The council is urging residents to take extra care, plan ahead, and...

An 81-year-old anti-littering campaigner has travelled across the country encouraging people to pick up rubbish rather than dropping it.