23+ hour, 33+ min ago   (274+ words) I’m Rob, a retired farmer, and I’ve been an FCN volunteer for seven years. I joined the helpline team five years ago; I take calls at home, doing a four-hour shift each week. Calls to the helpline go to a…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (452+ words) Duchy College student Holly May has been named the 2026 West Country Dairy Awards winner, scooping the £2,000 top prize after impressing judges with her knowledge and ambition for the dairy industry. The Cornwall student has developed a keen interest in genetics…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (704+ words) One of the south west’s biggest agricultural shows returns to town this week. Bridport’s hugely anticipated Melplash Agricultural Society Show returns to West Bay Showground once more this Thursday (August 27), promising a jam packed schedule of livestock parades, thrilling shows…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (327+ words) Forty new homes are set to be built as part of a growing development. Construction has begun on the second and final phase of The Grange in Goonhavern, a 70-home scheme just five miles southwest of Newquay, led by Cornish…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (452+ words) A popular country fair has raised £138,000 for a hospital’s emergency and critical care unit appeal. TV star Martin Clunes, his wife Philippa and a committee organised Buckham Fair on Buckham Down near Beaminster earlier this month. The massive sum of…...