At today’s meeting at Cornwall Council, Cllr Dick Cole seconded a motion, which challenged the failure of the UK Government to allocate funding to Cornwall through their “Pride in Place” programme. The motion was proposed by Lib Dem councillor Ruth Gripper and received near-unanimous support across the Council. Cllr Cole’s speech was as follows: “I am pleased to be able to second this motion. It is important that we challenge Westminster and Whitehall on why no communities in Cornwall received funding…

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Politicians on Cornwall’s unitary authority have come together on St Piran’s Day to send a letter to central government demanding a tick-boxes for Cornish nationality and proficiency in the Cornish language on the 2031 census. The letter was sent to Darren Jones MP, the Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, who has responsibility for the UK Statistics Authority. The leader of the MK Group on Cornwall Council Cllr Dick Cole has commented. “It is to be welcomed that all groups on the unitary…

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Mebyon Kernow would like to wish one and all a Happy St Piran’s Day! We sincerely hope that everyone will find the time to do something to celebrate Cornwall’s national identity. Our national saint’s day is going from strength to strength, with events taking place over multiple days, and it is good to see that communities, the length and breadth of Cornwall, will be holding celebrations featuring the Cornish language, music and dance, and so much more. Cornwall has such a…

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On this St Piran’s Day, Mebyon Kernow has written to Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, calling for the new BBC Royal Charter to include commitments to a public sector media for Cornwall and broadcasting in the Cornish language. The consultation on the review into the BBC Royal Charter lasts until 10th March and comments can be submitted via the consultation page at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/britains-story-the-next-chapter-the-bbc-royal-charter-review-green-paper-and-public-consultation or emails can be sent to enquiries@dcms.gov.uk. Please join…

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Everyone at Mebyon Kernow is extremely saddened to learn that prominent Cornish-Australian Chris Dunkerley has passed away. Chris was active in the Cornish Association of South Australia and the Cornish Association of New South Wales, as well as the Celtic Council of Australia. He also learnt the Cornish language and was barded by proxy at Poldhu in 1988, and took the bardic name Kevrenor “builder of links.” In Australia, he worked in the public sector and was a Liberal activist with…

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The Cornish Language has been all over the news again, thanks to Tesco putting up Welsh language signage in their Helston store! It must be acknowledged that there are many similarities between Cornwall and Wales with our shared Celtic heritage, but I have no idea as to how the error could have happened. That said, it has provided another wonderful opportunity to publicise Cornish following the fantastic news that the UK Government had agreed that protection for the language to be…

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