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BBC News
07-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Saltash graveside postbox 'brilliant for mental health'
A special postbox in a Cornish cemetery which allows people to send messages to people who have died has been described as "brilliant for people's mental health". Hundreds of cards and letters have been posted in the Letters to Heaven postbox every week since it was installed in January 2024 in Saltash, postbox has just been repainted from red to light blue colour to refresh Mayor of Saltash, councillor Rachel Bullock, said it "helps keep a connection with somebody that you've lost, that you're missing". Saltash resident Angela Wells said: "I post a card to my parents every year so I can remember them. "They're buried here in the cemetery and when I write them a card I feel like I'm connected to them still, it's a way to pause and think about them for a time. "It's a gentle and beautiful way to honour them – they were kind, good people and I still miss them." The postbox is emptied regularly by the town council and is near capacity on each collection letters, cards, poems and drawings are not read but are composted and returned to the earth in the spirit of the added: "Whether used to express love, share memories, or simply maintain a sense of connection, the post box continues to be a valued feature for those navigating loss."The continued use of the box is a reminder of the importance of small gestures in supporting emotional wellbeing and remembrance."The Letters to Loved Ones concept was inspired by 10-year-old Matilda, who wanted to write to her grandparents after they died, so a white postbox was erected at Thorpe Road Cemetery in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.A similar post box has been installed at Penmount Memorial Gardens in Truro, Cornwall as well.
BBC News
27-06-2025
- BBC News
Police tackle anti-social behaviour in Saltash
There has been a spike in anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Saltash since February, police have and Cornwall Police said it had enrolled a police community support officer for the area in April and had issued 13 ASB warnings since Ned Bowie said the force wanted to be "robust" in dealing with ASB and wanted to educate perpetrators to "stop this for the future".Some business owners in Saltash said they had noticed an increased police presence in the town while others remained frustrated at the level of ASB they encountered. Olivia Richards said she had "not really noticed any anti-social behaviour" since opening a coffee shop in Saltash eight months ago."When there has been the odd incident, the police are there quite quickly," she O'Grady, assistant manager at The Factory Shop in Fore Street, agreed and said: "I've noticed over the last few weeks - when the guys put in the calls to the police - they are coming out more and doing a drive-by."Once they have been informed that something is going on they are making their presence known." Landladies of The Brunel Inn on the same street, Sam Wright and Donna Shepherd, said they had had a different Wright said: "We don't see police on the beat."In fact in our first week we actually had our windows smashed and they said they would come and see us and that was three days later."There's a group of lads that walk around causing problems, smashing windows and stealing cars."Ms Shepherd added: "I think the police are onto them but they don't do enough to stop it." PC Pip Davey is the neighbourhood beat manager in said the three priorities for the town's police were ASB, shoplifting and drugs."We are starting to see results now [but] we've still got work to do as there is still anti-social behaviour," she said."We are identifying those perpetrators. We are going to speak to them, we're looking at what may be the causes of that behaviour. "We are issuing anti-social behaviour warnings and escalating that if the behaviour doesn't change."Insp Bowie said during the past fortnight officers had spent 214 hours on patrol in the area, engaged with more than 1,000 members of the public and they had been into 200 premises. He urged members of the public to report any incidents of harassment, alarm or distress they encountered.
BBC News
21-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Traders in Cornwall urged to sign up to shoplifting scheme
Traders are being encouraged to sign up to a free pilot scheme aimed at helping police gather information about shoplifting UK Partners Against Crime (UKPAC) Business Crime Reduction Solution is being offered to businesses in Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint. It offers an alternative way for retailers to report Ned Bowie, who heads up neighbourhood police teams across the areas, said: "We know the devastating impact shoplifting can have on local businesses, especially for the smaller traders that are also targeted." "We hope that this trial will offer businesses effective support in gathering evidence to target offenders."The free trial period for all sign-ups will end May in 2026. Insp Bowie said: "The UKPAC team will work closely with our neighbourhood officers, liaising directly to share evidence packages that are created using information shared by businesses on the platform. They'll also work alongside traders to help build strong, quality evidence against offenders."The intelligence we'll receive from the platform will be invaluable in our investigations, helping us to achieve better outcomes, quicker."The police said the platform provides an option for traders, but officers will "take all reports of crime seriously, no matter what way they're reported to us".There are a limited number of free passes, which are being paid for using using money from the police's summer policing can sign up for the scheme on the UKPAC website.
BBC News
10-06-2025
- General
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Slurry lagoon approved for Cornish farm amid 'stench' concerns
A planning application allowing a dairy farmer to build a slurry lagoon has been unanimously supported by the Cornwall planning Farms Partnership (BFP) applied to construct the earth-banked lagoon at Hatt, near Saltash, to allow improved management of slurry for its wider farming operation.A slurry lagoon is used to contain manure and organic waste to create and use as natural fertiliser on the Fleming Parish Council raised concerns about the "stench" it could create, the potential contamination of a water course and the transportation of slurry along the local road network. Slurry pit 'rigmarole' BFP said the application would prevent the need for slurry tankers to be on the road more than needed: "We will eliminate those unnecessary vehicle movements."As for odour, which has been raised, we have had a full odour and ammonia assessment completed and both of these have reported that there will be no adverse effects from this proposal."Councillor Jim Candy said he was a "little bit surprised" the application had come to committee, but he understood there had been a lot of objections. "Natural England are supportive of this scheme, therefore I think the impacts potentially on the wildlife habitats have been mitigated," he elected committee chairman Councillor Adrian Parsons said farming companies had to "keep up with the times" and progress and invest in their said: "Anyone who knows the rigmarole of installing a slurry pit, will understand it's not easy to satisfy all the outside consultees and the fact that the applicant has clearly had no opposition from Natural England or the EA means they have put a great deal of work into this application."
BBC News
09-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Cornish slurry lagoon plans raise smell and access concerns
Concerns have been raised over plans for a slurry lagoon in Cornwall.A Cornwall Council planning committee is set to review the application from Richard Best - which is seeking permission for an earth-banked slurry lagoon at a farm site in Hatt, near lagoon would provide up to five months of storage and lie approximately 280m (918.6ft) to the south west of the nearest neighbouring residential property, according to the Local Democracy Reporting plans have been objected to by Botus Fleming Parish Council, which had concerns about the smell, potential contamination of a water course and highways impact. Slurry is a mixture of water and animal manure, which is spread on the land as a natural fertiliser.A council planning report said the scheme would not result in any significant adverse impacts to the living conditions currently enjoyed by neighbours and had been earmarked for approval. 'Headaches and cough' In its objection, Botus Fleming Parish Council said it was not clear how the slurry would be transported to the land is just off the A388, but concerns about large tankers driving down narrow rural roads locally used by walkers, horse riders and other motorists were raised by the added residents currently suffered from the stench of slurry across the wider farming site."They suffer headaches and coughs from the air pollution that is generated around their homes, their eyes sting and they have good reasons to fear the long-term consequences for their health," the council said. An odour impact assessment had been submitted and the council's public protection team had raised no objections from a Cornwall Wildlife Trust has also been consulted as the site is near the Villaton Wood County Wildlife Site, with the charity making recommendations to ensure wildlife is protected during Environment Agency (EA) had no objection to the plans, which it said would ensure the farm operated with sufficient storage for slurry."Nonetheless, the proposal must operate in accordance with the relevant regulations," the agency added.
