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Whale Off St Martin’s Was ‘Significant Sighting’
The whale seen by Anna Cawthray and Fay Page off St Martin’s last weekend…
Steamship Company Won’t Pass On Higher Airport Fees To Customers
The Chief Executive of the Steamship Company says the 5% increase in landing fees…
New Role Will Help Tackle Loneliness In Older Islanders
Lonely, elderly islanders should soon be able to enjoy more social contact. The Council…
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Islands’ Judo Club To Receive Expert Coaching This Weekend
A judo expert who has represented the UK will coach the islands’ competitors at…
Young Islander’s Move To Mainland Could Be Springboard To Judo Gold
One young islander is hoping a move to a mainland college could provide a…
Scilly’s Budding Cricket Star Finds His Feet At Top Sporting School
A potential future cricket star from Scilly says he’s enjoying the challenge of being…
Whale Off St Martin’s Was ‘Significant Sighting’
The whale seen by Anna Cawthray and Fay Page off St Martin’s last weekend was a…
Steamship Company Won’t Pass On Higher Airport Fees To Customers
The Chief Executive of the Steamship Company says the 5% increase in landing fees at St…
New Role Will Help Tackle Loneliness In Older Islanders
Lonely, elderly islanders should soon be able to enjoy more social contact. The Council has secured…
Abbey Gardens On A Worldwide Search For New Plants
The range of plants at Tresco’s Abbey Gardens is being expanded again. For many years, the…
Cornwall Air Ambulance To Benefit From Bank Fines
The Air Ambulance serving Scilly will benefit from large fines imposed by the financial regulator. A…
Council Raises Fees By More Than Inflation To Cover Salary Rises
Scilly appears to have it’s own inflation rate. Officially the cost of goods and services nationally…
Questions Raised Over Cost Of New Fire Fighter Fitness Tests
Councillors have questioned the need for expensive fitness testing of island fire fighters as part of…
Scilly’s Archaeology Group Entering Second Year Of Activities
Scilly’s archaeology group is entering its second year and founder, Cornwall-based expert Charlie Johns, says he’s…
Islander To Restart St George’s Day Celebration
Islanders and visitors born in England and travelling to St Mary’s in April are being encouraged…
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Whale Off St Martin’s Was ‘Significant Sighting’
The whale seen by Anna Cawthray and Fay Page off St Martin’s last weekend was a young bowhead whale. Experts from all over…
Steamship Company Won’t Pass On Higher Airport Fees To Customers
The Chief Executive of the Steamship Company says the 5% increase in landing fees at St Mary’s Airport, voted in by councillors yesterday,…
New Role Will Help Tackle Loneliness In Older Islanders
Lonely, elderly islanders should soon be able to enjoy more social contact. The Council has secured grant money to fund a new member…
Abbey Gardens On A Worldwide Search For New Plants
The range of plants at Tresco’s Abbey Gardens is being expanded again. For many years, the Estate had been replacing plants that had…
Cornwall Air Ambulance To Benefit From Bank Fines
The Air Ambulance serving Scilly will benefit from large fines imposed by the financial regulator. A number of banks were recently prosecuted for…
Council Raises Fees By More Than Inflation To Cover Salary Rises
Scilly appears to have it’s own inflation rate. Officially the cost of goods and services nationally rose by 1.3% last year. But at…
Questions Raised Over Cost Of New Fire Fighter Fitness Tests
Councillors have questioned the need for expensive fitness testing of island fire fighters as part of new government rules. Chief Fire Officer Steve…
Scilly’s Archaeology Group Entering Second Year Of Activities
Scilly’s archaeology group is entering its second year and founder, Cornwall-based expert Charlie Johns, says he’s been happy with how the group has…
Islander To Restart St George’s Day Celebration
Islanders and visitors born in England and travelling to St Mary’s in April are being encouraged to take part in a celebration of…
New Measures Pave The Way For Recycling Collections On St Mary’s
Councillors have accepted a series of measures that will pave the way for recycling collections to start on St Mary’s this year. New…
FRIST Campaigner Says Steamship Co Needs To Reveal Scillonian Replacement Plans
Scilly’s transport campaign group FRIST says it’s time for the Steamship Company to make public details on how and when they intend to…
Scilly’s Council Tax To Rise By 1.99% In April
Council tax bills are set to rise again next year by the maximum allowed before a local referendum is triggered. Councillors at Tuesday’s…
Islands’ Children Have Whale Of A Time Over Half Term
We reported at the weekend that a whale swam within metres of Par Beach on St Martin’s. And on Friday, there was a…
Council’s Finance Department Rated ‘Poor’ By Auditors
An internal audit of the Council’s Finance Department has rated them as ‘poor’ in every area they inspected, with two being labelled as…
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