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Radio Scilly to hold lottery
Radio Scilly is to be supported by a new Islands-based lottery.
The Community Radio in the Isles of Scilly Society (CRIOS), which has been licensed by the council, will hold a weekly draw to fund the Radio Scilly volunteer training scheme as... BH |
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Scilly reunion to be held in Bristol
Ex-Islands boatman John Hicks is organising a Scilly reunion in Bristol.
The get-together is for ex-Scillonians, people who have lived there in the past, and... BH |
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Charles Kennedy to visit Scilly
Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy MP is to visit the Isles of Scilly.
Mr Kennedy will take a short break on the Islands with his wife and... BH |
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Charles pay rise a princely sum
Prince Charles received a £1 million pay rise from the Duchy of Cornwall last year.
His annual private income from the Duchy estate - which includes the Isles of... BH |
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Radio Scilly gets national airing
Radio Scilly and the Islands have featured on a major national radio show.
Commercial stations from across the UK linked up for a special programme on Sunday... BH |
| Five Islands School 'outstanding' |
Sun 17 Jun |
| The Five Islands School has been classed as “outstanding” in every respect after a recent inspection by Ofsted... BH |
| New laws to combat drunken sailors |
Thu 14 Jun |
| Hundreds of amateur sailors living on and visiting the Islands could be affected by new plans to introduce a... BH |
| Events to mark wreck tercentenary |
Thu 14 Jun |
| The Isles of Scilly is to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the British Navy’s worst peacetime martime disaster with... BH |
| Death crash boat driver cleared of manslaughter |
Tue 12 Jun |
| A St Mary's man has been found not guilty of manslaughter over his involvement in a boat crash in which a man was killed and... BH |
| Driver in fatal boat collision 'sorry' |
Fri 08 Jun |
| A St Mary’s man involved in a fatal boat crash has told a court how sorry he is that a man was killed.
Philip Colver... BH |
| Speedboat 'like skier hitting jump' |
Thu 07 Jun |
| A speedboat driven by a St Mary’s man which killed his friend in a collision took off like "a skier hitting a ski jump"... BH |
| Speedboat death driver 'had been drinking' |
Mon 04 Jun |
| A St Mary’s man who was driving a speedboat which crashed into another vessel killing a man and injuring two others had... BH |
| Old diaries bring 1950s Scilly to life |
Sun 03 Jun |
| The Islands in the 1950s have been brought to life in the travel diaries of a midwife who visited on holiday.
A family... BH |
| Cash boost for care home |
Sun 03 Jun |
| Scilly is to receive a £20,000 boost as part of a Government campaign to refurbish care homes across the country.
Some 7... BH |
| Island Children Help Relaunch The Co-op |
Thu 24 May |
| Local primary pupils take on star status when they perform the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially launch the £365,000 new... SD |
| Shipwreck treasure 'stolen' by Americans |
Sun 20 May |
| The salvage firm which recovered treasure with an estimated value of £253 million from a shipwreck off Scilly has been... BH |
| Radio Scilly finds new home |
Sun 20 May |
| Radio Scilly will broadcast from a studio above Island Properties on St Mary’s when it launches in September.
It is... BH |
| Warning over Island thefts |
Sun 20 May |
| Some 75% of thefts on Scilly could have been avoided, a police officer has said.
Islands' Pc Tony Kan conducted his own... BH |
| Bryher quay renovations continue |
Sun 20 May |
| The renovation of Bryher’s Church quay is well under way.
The revamp is part of a £4m scheme to improve quays on... BH |
| Biggest ever treasure haul 'found off Scilly' |
Sat 19 May |
| Gold and silver coins worth an estimated £253 million are thought to have been found off Scilly.
US salvage company... BH |
| Councillor challenges artefact decision |
Sat 19 May |
| An Isles of Scilly councillor has condemned a decision to bring a piece of wreckage from the HMS Association back to the... BH |
| Council threatened over disability laws |
Thu 17 May |
| The Islands' council has been threatened with legal action after failing to comply with new disability discrimination laws.... BH |
| An American werewolf on Scilly |
Mon 14 May |
| What's an independent woman to do when the ex-boss stalking her turns out to be a homicidal werewolf?
Head to the Isles of... BH |
| Action urged to save dolphins |
Mon 14 May |
| Dolphins could disappear from the coast of Scilly and other parts of the South West in four years unless action is taken to... BH |
| Cars abandoned at beauty spot |
Mon 14 May |
| A number of cars have been abandoned in a picturesque spot on the Islands.
Three cars were left between Porth Hellick and... BH |
