Isles of Scilly News
- World-First NHS Partnership Brings Drone Medical Deliveries to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly December 18, 2025 9:19 pm Dronelife - New Hampshire Open Skies Network and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust set a new model for drone-enabled healthcare logistics A new partnership between Open Skies Network and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will introduce routine medical drone …
- Keeping the Hives Alive on the Isles of Scilly December 8, 2025 8:41 pm Coast Interview Alex Fisher Honeybees are essential pollinators, helping plants grow, fruits set, and ecosystems thrive. Yet globally, bee populations are under threat from disease, pesticides, and habitat loss. On the Isles of Scilly, local beekeepers have been …
- Almost 10,000 contacts with contraception-related services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly October 28, 2025 10:44 am Voice Newspapers New figures published by NHS England show sexual and reproductive health services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly recorded 9,955 contraception-related contacts in 2024-25, down slightly from 9,995 the previous year.
- Almost a dozen people with learning disabilities and autism 'locked away' in hospital in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly October 23, 2025 1:08 pm Voice Newspapers
- Thousands of formal complaints against NHS services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly October 21, 2025 11:12 am Cornish & Devon Post
- New plane to serve Isles of Scilly and Alderney October 9, 2025 2:19 pm BBC An aircraft which will operate on flights serving Cornwall and the Channel Islands has arrived from Canada. The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group said a DHC6-300 Twin Otter plane had been added to its fleet, the first time it had taken delivery of a new …
- New police commander welcomed in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly September 26, 2025 6:39 pm Cornish Times
- YouTuber travels to Isles of Scilly in a bathtub September 26, 2025 6:04 am BBC Archie FarmerSouth West ShareSave Max Fosh travelled across the sea from Sennen Cove in Cornwall to Hugh Town A content creator has completed a "ridiculous journey" to the Isles of Scilly in a bath. YouTuber Max Fosh travelled across the sea from …
- Royal Shakespeare Company to make Isles of Scilly debut September 21, 2025 3:01 pm Cornwall Live The Royal Shakespeare Company is performing in the Isles of Scilly for the first time next week with a new take on King Lear. It will present an edited, 80 minute "First Encounters" version of the original script to "reflect young people’s …
- ‘The storm for Lear is inside him’: Crossing choppy seas to bring Shakespeare to Isles of Scilly September 17, 2025 1:40 pm The Guardian “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!” King Lear, Act III, Scene 2 A fierce wind and strong swell had turned the Atlantic into a rollercoaster and when the troupe made landfall on the Isles of Scilly, several members felt rather wobbly and …
- Isles of Scilly marine haven a clear case for stronger UK protections September 15, 2025 10:37 am Oceanographic Magazine While the site in question isn’t entirely untouched by human activity, the team describes it as one of the UK’s most ‘near-natural’ marine ecosystems; largely protected from destructive practices such as bottom-trawling, and with relatively low human …
- Arrival of Isles of Scilly passenger ferry delayed until 2027 August 28, 2025 5:12 pm BusinessLive The launch of a new passenger ferry between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been delayed until 2027. The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) said the Scillonian IV would now enter service in March 2027 after being hit by "global supply issues…
- International supply issues are blamed for delayed arrival of new Isles of Scilly ferry August 28, 2025 10:20 am The Business Desk A new passenger ferry between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will not enter service until 2027 due to global supply chain problems and issues with its delivery route, it has been announced. The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) previously said the …
- Isles of Scilly RNLI volunteer hangs up his lifejacket after 30 years August 25, 2025 11:44 am Cornwall Live Volunteer Robert Francis has hung up his lifejacket for the last time after almost 30 years with the RNLI. The Isles of Scilly hotelier who first volunteered for the life saving charity with the Lizard lifeboat station 29 years and four months ago, …
- Meet YouTube’s comedy darling: As he travels to the Isles of Scilly in a bathtub, how Max Fosh became the internet sensation with whom society – and the world – are obsessed August 15, 2025 12:30 pm Tatler ‘Whenever I’m with my mum, every single time someone says “hello” – even if I take a picture with them – she will then go, “Are they friends from school?” And I’m like, “No mum, they watch the videos.” And she’ll say, “But they were so friendly and chatty …
- Meet YouTube’s comedy darling: As he travels to the Isles of Scilly in a bathtub, how Max Fosh became the internet sensation with whom society – and the world – are obsessed August 15, 2025 12:30 pm Tatler ‘Whenever I’m with my mum, every single time someone says “hello” – even if I take a picture with them – she will then go, “Are they friends from school?” And I’m like, “No mum, they watch the videos.” And she’ll say, “But they were so friendly and chatty …
- 'Isles of Scilly' name could have nothing to do with Britain August 9, 2025 5:33 am Cornwall Live The origin of the Isles of Scilly's name has been shrouded in mystery for centuries but now one historian believes he has unearthed the answer. According to Professor Andrew Breeze, the name 'Isles of Scilly' originates from Greek, as Greek …
- Six of the best ferry crossings in the UK – from the Isles of Scilly to the Outer Hebrides August 6, 2025 2:24 am The Guardian The hills of the Scottish Highlands were still in sight when the cry went up: “Whale!” And there it was, a humpback on the port side of the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, blasting a great cloud of mist from its blowhole, then with a farewell flick of its tail …
- Study to Judge Feasibility of Shipping Corridor Between Cornwall and Isles of Scilly July 31, 2025 11:08 am Future Transport-News Artemis Technologies has announced the launch of a feasibility study in partnership with operator FRS Group to establish a new UK Green Shipping Corridor between Newlyn in Cornwall, and St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly. The study will seek to assess both …
- ‘Unlike anywhere else in Britain’: in search of wildlife on the Isles of Scilly July 27, 2025 6:11 am The Guardian At Penzance South Pier, I stand in line for the Scillonian ferry with a few hundred others as the disembarking passengers come past. They look tanned and exhilarated. People are yelling greetings and goodbyes across the barrier. “It’s you again!” “See you …