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Yahoo
05-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Trees planted to mark project's fifth anniversary
More than 1.6m trees in almost 1,000 locations have been planted as part of the Forest for Cornwall, marking its fifth anniversary. A new map listing the projects has been produced showing the variety of places that have benefitted from increased tree cover. Residents, farmers, landholders and community groups have planted tree saplings. Cornwall Council launched the initiative in 2019 to help the region respond to climate change. Councillor Loic Rich, cabinet member for environment and climate change, said: "We're celebrating an incredible five years of Forest for Cornwall and we want to say a huge thank you to all of you who have got involved so far and to all those to come. "Not only has this scheme brought benefits for nature recovery, absorbed carbon emissions and improved flooding resilience in many locations across Cornwall, it has also had a tangible effect on improving the environment where people live with many trees being planted near homes and in amenity spaces. "We have many more trees in the pipeline for this winter and lots of tips and advice on planting and looking after trees whether you're a farmer or organisation or individual." More news stories for Cornwall Listen to the latest news for Cornwall Follow BBC Cornwall on X, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@ Cornwall residents urged to collect a free tree Cornwall Council
BBC News
05-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Trees planted across Cornwall to mark project's fifth anniversary
More than 1.6m trees in almost 1,000 locations have been planted as part of the Forest for Cornwall, marking its fifth anniversary.A new map listing the projects has been produced showing the variety of places that have benefitted from increased tree farmers, landholders and community groups have planted tree Council launched the initiative in 2019 to help the region respond to climate change. Councillor Loic Rich, cabinet member for environment and climate change, said: "We're celebrating an incredible five years of Forest for Cornwall and we want to say a huge thank you to all of you who have got involved so far and to all those to come."Not only has this scheme brought benefits for nature recovery, absorbed carbon emissions and improved flooding resilience in many locations across Cornwall, it has also had a tangible effect on improving the environment where people live with many trees being planted near homes and in amenity spaces."We have many more trees in the pipeline for this winter and lots of tips and advice on planting and looking after trees whether you're a farmer or organisation or individual."
BBC News
26-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
'Post box to heaven' in Cornwall helping grieving families mourn
A post box has been installed at memorial gardens in Cornwall for people to post messages to loved ones who have passed white Letters to Lost Loved Ones post box will be officially launched at an open day and memorial service at Penmount Memorial Gardens in Truro on follows the idea of a nine-year-old girl in Nottingham who wanted to write to her grandparents who had stamps were needed and the messages would not be read when the box was opened at the gardens, which are cared for by Cornwall Council, organisers said. Loic Rich, council cabinet member for the environment and climate change, said the letter box is already helping said: "We know people are using it. You can write anything you like. You put it in the post box to one of your loved ones."It is getting a lot of use. A lot of people will get comfort from it."If you feel like you need to say something to someone, you can put it on a bit of paper and put it in here." Bereavement team leader Adam Byrom said: "You can leave any message in our post box and when the post box is emptied the messages remain unread.""They are shredded and used on the compost on the memorial gardens."
BBC News
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Truro 'ski jump' speed hump sparks complaints from motorists
Engineers have been asked to review a speed hump which drivers have described as a "ski jump" on a Cornish Loic Rich, Cornwall Council cabinet member for environment and climate change, said the traffic calming measure on Malpas Road in Truro had been the focus of several complaints on social media as motorists said it was too Rich said he had asked the engineer in charge of the project to look at potentially reducing the size of the hump as the size of it "seemed a bit excessive".The council said the hump met highways standards and it had not received any objections during a public consultation. 'Absolutely ticked off' The table-top hump, which has a flattened top, is part of a scheme to improve safety and provide better facilities along the Truro River which is due to be completed by the end of motorist who took to social media to complain about the hump said the height needed to be reduced, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said."Is anyone else absolutely ticked off with what they are doing to Malpas Road as regards the ridiculous road hump (ski jump) that has been installed recently?" they said."Sometimes I have to go over it six times a day which cannot be good for the suspension on my car!" Dozens of others have complained on social media about the traffic calming measure, with one person saying: "If you don't crawl across it, it certainly affects your suspension."Others have supported the hump, saying it provided valuable safety measures along the busy person said: "It only takes a couple of seconds to slow and drive over even the harshest of speed pumps."Unfortunately idiots who have no regard for speed limits have caused this sort thing to be implemented."Independent councillor Mr Rich said said: "Speed humps should be used to make people adhere to the speed limit, in this case 20mph (32.2km/h), so if this means people are having to slow down to 3mph (4.83km/h) it could actually cause accidents." A council spokesperson said the hump formed part of a table-top road crossing which had been built to highway added the kerbs at the crossing had been lowered and no objections were received during a public consultation in December and January."As with all changes to the highway, letters were sent to homes in the local area before the work took place," the spokesperson said.
