Falmouth Coast Guard received a call at 7.20 this morning after a 52 year old fisherman crushed his hand and sustained deep cuts to his fingers on-board a French fishing vessel, Chephren, around 40 miles north-west of our islands. The French consul, Andrew Munson who is based in Newlyn. helped translate as the Coast Guard [...]
The South Western Ambulance Service, the body that operates our island ambulances and the ambulance boat, has been given permission to become a Foundation Trust. It the first in the Country to be allowed to change. The Trust is still part of the NHS, but are not under central Government control and is no longer [...]
The publicity surrounding the possibility of Prince William and Kate Middleton honeymooning on the islands has failed to bring in extra bookings for the majority of island accommodation businesses so far. That’s despite the news  being featured on global news websites and even the Hello magazine pages. Sophie Hughes of the tourist information Centre called [...]
The fees that the Council’s Community services department charges islanders are set to rise. Director of Community Services Penny Penn-Howard says in most local authorities there would be pressure to reduce costs and it would be expected to bring in more income to balance the books. Councillors have agreed that weekly resident charges in Parkhouse [...]
Your bill for water  supplied from the Council for the Isles of Scilly should not change next year. The Council’s working party that looks at setting fees has recommended no hike in the amounts that users pay on  St Mary’s an Bryher, the islands where the local authority is water provider.  Chief Technical Officer Neville [...]