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The first ever UK space launch from British soil may ultimately have ended up in failure for space firm Virgin Orbit, but the night was a great success for Cornwall and its brand new spaceport.
Dan Hart, the company’s chief executive officer said that …
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket and a group of nine satellites it was taking to low-Earth orbit may have burned up in the atmosphere as the launch failed
Space 10 January 2023
By Alex Wilkins
The LauncherOne rocket at Spaceport Cornwall
Spacepo…
Emergency services have been carrying out a large clear-up operation in a Cornish town centre today (January 9) after a building collapsed. Cornwall Fire and Rescue said crews were called out to the A388 Back Lane in Callington during the early hours t…
Broadband speeds and availability in Cornwall lag behind the south west and the rest of the UK despite millions of pounds being invested into providing superfast broadband. New figures published by the Government show that all areas of Cornwall have sl…
Prince Harry has accused the Royal Family of a “horrible reaction” on the day the Queen died. The Duke of Sussex, in an interview with Tom Bradby on ITV, has spoken of how his family was “on the back foot” when the late monarch died in September.
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All systems are green for the UK’s first ever space launch from British soil and from Cornwall of course. Heralded as a historic moment for the UK, and for the Duchy, and laying the foundation stone of the county’s space and tech industry, Start Me Up …
Cornwall chef Paul Ainsworth will be joining Gordon Ramsay on ITV’s Next Level Chef as a mentor. Paul, who owns a number of popular restaurants in the Padstow area, will join Cornwall-dwelling hothead Gordon and American chef Nyesha Arrington on the sh…
The first ever UK space launch could finally take place this month from Cornwall after Virgin Orbit announced all pieces of the puzzle were now in place. Richard Branson’s space company along with Spaceport Cornwall and the UK Space Agency have announc…
The 37 Plays project will be open to writers of all levels and ages. Photo: Shutterstock
Details of a new nationwide playwriting project from the Royal Shakespeare Company have been revealed, which will comprise 37 plays selected and performed acros…
As the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio in 2023, the Company have announced the opening of submissions for its new nationwide playwriting competition 37 Plays: an ambitious and ground-breakin…