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Social Media influencers like Molly Mae Hague and KSI should have been listening to the King’s Speech with interest according to lawyers, who say the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill mentioned, will have a huge impact on the way their work is regulated.
The latest round of Community and Culture Project grants is now open for applications.
Experience Newquay, which aims to promote year-round tourism in the town, is inviting grant funding bids to deliver cultural events, workshops and activities, as well as create permanent installations across the town centre.
Staff and residents Yeovil’s newest care home are thrilled to have taken delivery of a wheelchair-accessible Peugeot Horizon, acquired with the specific purpose of making it easy to transport individuals around the town for one-on-one activities at favourite places.
Desperate to play football, yet so short of resources they have been taking to the pitch barefoot, members of a Bristol team whose members are all refugees or asylum seekers – are celebrating a supply of new boots thanks to a firm of local housebuilders.
The unpredictable weather throughout August did not prevent hoteliers in Bristol from enjoying a strong summer and being cautiously optimistic about the future.
On Saturday 16th September from 10 am until late, the bustling Newquay Harbour will celebrate all it has to offer with the inaugural Newquay Harbour Festival.
Until Wednesday 20th September, Durlston Country Park’s Fine Foundation Gallery is showcasing the latest work by Purbeck artist Bonnie Brown, made in a response to her regular runs in the Purbeck landscape. The exhibition will be open daily from 10:30am – 5pm.
Kresen Kernow, home to the world’s largest collection of documents, maps, books and photographs about Cornwall’s history, is opening its strongrooms for exclusive behind the scenes tours as part of the national Heritage Open Days festival of history and culture from 9 – 14 September.
Trewithen Dairy is witnessing a remarkable surge in clotted cream sales, which is great news for the dairy and farming industry in Cornwall.
A specialist firework company from Bristol has taken home the top prize at the prestigious British Firework Championships 2023.
Dorset History Centre, the county’s archive service has been awarded a £35,000 grant by the Archives Revealed programme at The National Archives.
After a four-year hiatus, the epic two-day cycling challenge, Hilly Hundred is back with a bang for its tenth birthday. This September (Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd), participants will yet again don their fabulously fancy-dress costumes to brave the elements and take on the gruelling hills of Cornwall in aid of breast cancer education charity, CoppaFeel!
A brand-new collaboration between Newquay Business Improvement (BID)’s Love Newquay and Boardmasters will see additional exposure for 16 local businesses via their inclusion on the popular Boardmasters festival app.
Organisers of Cornwall’s surf and music festival, Boardmasters, will donate £50,000 to Newquay’s Concrete Waves Skatepark between now and 2025.
It’s not too late to apply for grants of up to £5000 for a project that brings communities across Dorset together.
