The RNAS Culdrose rescue helicopter was called out last night at around 7.00pm to help bring a man ashore from a British registered vehicle transporter. He was airlifted from the vessel, 32 miles south-south east of the islands. The 67 year old Filipino national was taken to Treliske hospital with a suspected stroke.
Everything turned out nice for the Rotary Club fundraiser day yesterday. The sun came out just as the event started and Rotarian Murray Hodgson says he was relieved to see the rain end minutes before the event started on Holgate’s Green, as previous May Bank Holiday fundays have been a washout. Murray says the bouncy [...]
Museum flats isn’t the most attractive building in town but new balcony railings should make it look better, Councillors have heard. The Council want to replace the rotten wood with UPVC-clad, galvanised metal railings. Chief Planning Officer Craig Dryden has concerns with the plans and wants a more natural material to be used. So neighbours [...]
Next year’s Isles of Scilly tourism brochure will be delivered earlier this year at the end of October and booking forms will go out from this week. Sophie Hughes told the Tourist Board that Gendall Design, who created this years guide will be doing it again. Requests for paper copies have remained bouyant – from [...]
The islands Fisherman’s Association looks likely to push for tighter regulation on what can be caught here and how it is caught. There are 30 registered fishing boats in the 6 mile limits of our islands’ waters and most use newer, more efficient two chamber pots instead of the traditional inkwell pots and the average [...]
Doors, windows and mirrors have been damaged at the school boarding house, Mundesley House after an incident in the early hours of Monday morning. Police were called out at 12.45am yesterday following reports that a man was allegedly brandishing a knife and making threats to kill. Two officers and a special police officer checked each [...]
BREAKING NEWS: St Mary’s police say a male is helping with enquiries following alleged threats to kill and reports of a male brandishing a knife around Mundesley House and the Church Yard. We understand the male is not local. We have been told that damaged has been sustained to Mundesley House and police officers were deployed late last [...]
Maggie Perkovic has another moan. This week’s subject…May Day
Morning Thought with Peter Laverock
Today we hear from David Dean staying at the Shearwater