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As feelings grow in Cornwall seeking a future away from the control of the dysfunctional Westminster Government, we are pleased to forward news releases and photographs issued by growing campaign groups and Cornish activists.

Other groups are increasingly in contact with us concerned at increasing numbers of second homes and an out of control tourism sector which are combining to adversely impact on the natural environment and denying indigenous Cornish people of proper homes and civil rights.

Cornish Community Voice

Cross the Tamar Bridge into Cornwall, look to the right and there you will see the 20 metre (66 feet) tall Celtic Cornish Cross erected in 2013.

The work of sculptor Simon Thomas the Polruan-based artist celebrates Cornwall’s cultural history and future projects.

The Cornish Cross was officially launched by TV personalities Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan, after the The Big Lottery Fund made possible both the sculpture project and the regeneration of the two-acre Elwell Woods where it is sited.

Here we are in the year 2021 and the Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) still has a Lieutenant Governor!  A representative of the British monarchy (head of state), styled as "His Excellency". A topic that is to the fore at the moment as the five year term of the present governor has come to its end. After advertising for a new one, their identity is due to be announced. A nice little number for a civil servant who will get an official residence, all expenses paid, at Government House and receive an annual salary of around £108,208.

Kernow

16 Mys Metheven, 2021

A why agas oll wheg, 

The G7 Summit - a great show of Cornish distinctiveness

Kernow Matters (KMTU) has written to the Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall and to the Devon and Cornwall Diversity and Human Rights team as follows......

Kernow

13 Mis Metheven 2021

Dear Chief Constable, Police and Crime Commissioner, Ladies & Gentlemen

G7 Summit Cornwall

Well, it's over and the politicians have departed in their big cars and aircraft leaving the rest of us to clear up and to see if there is to be a legacy.

The UEFA European Football Championship contended by the men's national teams are now underway. The Celtic national teams that have qualified for the tournament are Wales and Scotland. There are twenty-four teams now battling through the group stages of the competition. Wales had their first match on Saturday (12th June) with a 1-1 draw with Switzerland. Scotland play their first match against the Czech Republic this afternoon (14th June).  Although this tournament is being played in 2021, it was scheduled to take place last year but had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

News from the  'Yes Kernow' Team

We will be reporting further on this in due course but highly successful and impactive expressions of concern about the environment of Cornwall and Cornish rights which drew positive support from the wider public and even the police who waved and sounded their horns as they passed by. Good humoured and witnessed by thousands......

The Kernow Matters 'I Rake a Cornish Beach Team'

The Chronicle of Fortingall is a Highland Perthshire manuscript written in Latin, Scots and Gaelic. It was compiled between 1554 and 1579 and includes poetry, short texts, and records of contemporary events. The contents include lists of Scottish kings and notes on their reigns, a Gaelic poem in a writing system based on Middle Scots, a chronicle recording the deaths of prominent men and women within the Highlands from 1390 to 1579 and a list of battles from Bannockburn (1314) to Flodden (1513). The Chronicle has now been secured for the Scottish nation.

This week marks the anniversary of the death of King Robert I of Scotland (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329) popularly known as Robert the Bruce. He became King of Scotland in 1306. Revered as a national hero he reigned as King of Scots until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England and fought successfully to regain Scotland's place as an independent country.