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The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain. The Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Posts are underground structures all over the United Kingdom, constructed as a result of the Corps’ nuclear reporting role and operated by volunteers during the Cold … Read more
Hollyoaks’ Malique Thompson-Dwyer travels 300 miles from Cornwall to Manchester during lockdown but insists the trip was for ‘work’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 18:46 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 18:47 GMT, 20 January 2021 Malique Thompson-Dwyer revealed he drove 302 miles from Cornwall to Manchester on Tuesday amid the UK’s third national … Read more
Joe Biden’s first overseas trip as president will be to a tiny Cornish seaside village for the G7 summit, it is understood. Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county has a population of just over 3,000 and is set to host the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. The trip … Read more
The Duchess of Cornwall has admitted that she is an ‘entrenched technophobe’ but says she was compelled to start her online book club by ‘moving letters’ she received during the first lockdown. Camila, 73, has revealed her motivations for launching her new virtual ‘reading room’ which has already attracted more than 30,000 literary enthusiasts to … Read more
I love the sea. I love rivers. The point at which the two come together, an estuary, leaves me inexplicably excited. Between the ebbs and flows of the tides, estuaries hold secrets – some a bit murky, but all the more fascinating for it – and some of Britain’s most potent history. The Wash, the … Read more
Duchess of Cornwall reveals first four personal picks for her new online ‘reading room’ – including a historic masterpiece and a ‘painfully beautiful’ murder mystery Camilla, 73, has revealed first four personal picks for new online ‘reading room’ Dame Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror And The Light has been picked by the duchess William Boyd’s Restless, … Read more
Officials today warned celebrities and second homeowners they ‘can’t hide’ in Cornwall and Suffolk as police crack-down on rule-breakers in a sweeping anti-Covid clampdown. Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez told celebrities and high-profile social media stars not to make ‘unnecessary trips’ to Devon and Cornwall during the third national lockdown. Celebrities who have spent time in … Read more
Expensive cars including Bentleys worth £150,000 registered hundreds of miles away were spotted today in a Cornish town popular with wealthy Britons after people were urged to avoid travelling to second homes. Motors including a £40,000 BMW X3 and a Land Rover Discovery costing £30,000 were also seen in car parks in the village of … Read more
Horror as man dies when huge oak tree falls 20ft on to houseboat in Cornwall trapping him in the wreckage as the tide surged in and other mariners battled to save him Oak tree collapsed on boat at Sailors Creek, Flushing, near Falmouth, last night Coastguard Rescue Team brought man to shore but pronounced dead at … Read more
Horror as man dies when huge oak tree falls 20ft on to houseboats in Cornwall trapping him in the wreckage as the tide surged in and other mariners battled to save him Oak tree collapsed on boat at Sailors Creek, Flushing, near Falmouth, last night Coastguard Rescue Team brought man to shore but pronounced dead at … Read more