Andrew Litten, a distinctive voice in British contemporary art, brings a new exhibition — Unknown Futures: Hope, Longing, Grief, and Other Distortions — to Anima Mundi, in St Ives, this Friday stiveslocal.uk/anima-mundi-... #art #exhibition #stives #cornwall

Printmaker Trevor Price has launched his new exhibition at Porthminster Gallery, in St Ives, and it highlights very different aspects of his work stiveslocal.uk/porthminster... #art #artgallery #exhibition #stives #cornwall

Community organisations in Cornwall can now apply for grants of up to £5,000 to fund projects aimed at understanding different factors that affect people’s health and wellbeing stiveslocal.uk/health-wellb... #health #wellbeing #communitygroups @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social

Increased costs coming in this week will make life tougher for many hospitality businesses, with operators facing rises in National Insurance contributions and business rates stiveslocal.uk/hospitality-... #hospitality #employment

It was a beautiful, if chilly day, for St Ives’ Kite Fest, with just the right amount of wind speed to give kites large and small excellent flight conditions stiveslocal.uk/kite-fest-20... #kites #kiteflying #stives #cornwall

An election date has been announced to elect a new St Ives Town Council member for the authority’s West Ward stiveslocal.uk/town-council... #councilelection #localdemocracy

Jimbino Vegan and The Jazz Cannibals will fill your ears with joyful and hopeful sounds and embrace your heart and mind with original songs. They're at St Ives Jazz Club, at the The Western Hotel, this Tuesday (24th March), at 7.30pm (doors open 6.30pm). Entry is free (pay what you can). #jazz

An installation depicting the Mermaid of Zennor has been unveiled by GWR at St Ives Railway Station as part of a campaign revolving around South West legends stiveslocal.uk/mermaid-zenn... #mermaidofzennor #railway #statue

Emma Jeffryes’ Of Time and Tide, created ahead of a landmark birthday, reflects on the passing of time and embraces the future with what the artist describes as “a little extra exuberance” stiveslocal.uk/emma-jeffrye... #art #stives #cornwall

The Matt Johns Trio are at St Ives Jazz Club this evening, at The Western Hotel. Matt (piano) is joined by James MacPhail, on double bass, and Pip Harbon, on drums. Doors open at 6.30pm and the music starts an hour later. Entry is free (pay what you can). #jazz #livemusic #livejazz

Bench seating by the water opposite The Sloop pub, in St Ives, is to removed, although no decision has been yet as to how the space will be used in the future stiveslocal.uk/wharf-benche... #stives #cornwall #wharf

St Ives Surf Life Saving Club has confirmed that this year’s biathlon will take place in the town on Saturday, 6th June. This will mark the 28th year of the event, and the 68th anniversary of the club stiveslocal.uk/st-ives-biat... #biathlon #stives #cornwall

Cornwall Council is to be asked to review the siting of the taxi rank in St Ives, and consult over moving it away from the end of Dove Street, next to the cinema stiveslocal.uk/taxi-rank-co... #taxis #taxirank #stives #cornwall @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social

This evening St Ives Jazz Club welcomes the Sylvia McEwen Quintet. Doors open at The Western Hotel at 6.30pm and the music begins an hour later. Entry is free (pay what you can) #jazz #livejazz #livemusic

Concern is growing for a man reported missing after his boat was found washed up in the Hayle area on Friday stiveslocal.uk/missing-boat... #missingperson

Cornwall Council has approved amendments to a planning application to build a block of 12 flats in front of Talland House, closely associated with Virginia Woolf stiveslocal.uk/talland-hous... #virginiawoolf #tallandhouse #stives

Four St Ives organisations have received community funding thanks to money raised through the St Ives Gold Card scheme during 2025 stiveslocal.uk/st-ives-gold... #communityfundraising #localbusiness #goldcard #stives #cornwall

St Ives Kite Fest is returning to The Island on 28th March, for the fourth time since it was revived in 2022 stiveslocal.uk/st-ives-kite... #stives #cornwall #kitefestival

The Martin Jenkins Trio bring the swing to St Ives Jazz Club this Tuesday evening. Doors at The Western Hotel open at 6.30pm and the music starts an hour later. Entry is free (pay what you can). #jazz #livejazz #livemusic

Tonight at the The Western Hotel, it's the Matt Johns Quartet at St Ives Jazz Club, bringing jazz fusion, swing, and beautiful ballads. Doors open at 6.30pm and the music starts an hour later. Entry is free (pay what you can). #jazz #livejazz #livemusic

Latest planning applications: now accessible from the sidebar of each news page on our website. #planningapplcation #stives #hayle #carbisbay stiveslocal.uk/planning-app...

St Ives Jazz Club returns on Tuesday evening (17th February), welcoming the Neil Maya Quartet. They will be celebrating the 'golden year of jazz', 1959. Doors open at 6.30pm at the Western Hotel, and the music starts an hour later. Entry is free (pay what you can). #stives #livemusic #jazz #livejazz

Police are appealing for information after counterfeit cash was used to purchase a motorcycle in St Ives stiveslocal.uk/counterfeit-... #crime #stives

Not for the first time, participants in St Ives Feast Day needed wet weather gear and umbrellas, but the rain didn’t stop the fun stiveslocal.uk/st-ives-feas... #stives #feastday Photographs: Ian Mayou

ASDA in Hayle will re-open at 11am this morning, following yesterday’s partial wall collapse to the rear of the store stiveslocal.uk/asda-hayle-r... #asda #hayle

Virginia Woolf scholars, fans, and locals have united to oppose building works threatening Talland House’s landmark literary view stiveslocal.uk/talland-hous... #virginiawoolf #tallandhouse #stives #cornwall

"Adverse weather conditions" have brought down part of wall at ASDA's Hayle Harbour branch. The store has been closed stiveslocal.uk/asda-hayle-c... #asda #hayle

St Ives town councillors have voted not to support a plan to convert Bedford Road Methodist Church to a food court stiveslocal.uk/church-food-... #stives #cornwall #foodhall #planningapplication

Dots of surfers taking to the waves at Porthmeor, St Ives, yesterday. The rain will continue throughout the day again today, indeed there's a Met Office yellow weather warning in place from 9am until 6am tomorrow morning. The rain may lead to flooding and disruption. #weather #weatherwarning

"Hello! I’m Porthia, a silver-grey tabby cat named after my home town of St Ives!" Read her story now... stiveslocal.uk/porthia-the-... #cat #catsofstives #stives #cornwall #stivesbay @gwr.com

The A30 Hayle bypass is to be closed overnight for a month while resurfacing work takes place, National Highways has announced stiveslocal.uk/bypass-resur... #hayle #cornwall #HighwayMaintenance

Work has begun on a controversial development which will change the view ‘to the lighthouse’ from Virginia Woolf’s former St Ives home, Talland House stiveslocal.uk/talland-hous... #stives #cornwall #virginiawoolf

Feast Day is coming to St Ives on 9th February, and this year there will be a slight change to the usual programme because of building work at the Guildhall stiveslocal.uk/st-ives-feas... #stives #cornwall #feastday2026

Work has begun today to provide new signs and landscaping around the Tempest roundabout, Lelant, says St Ives Town Deal stiveslocal.uk/tempest-roun... #stives #traffic #trafficmanagement

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the South West tomorrow. Strong winds may cause some disruption between 4am and 4pm. #weatherwarning #windwarning image: @metoffice.gov.uk

Minister of State Dan Jarvis MP has been in Cornwall to hear how Storm Goretti affected local properties, and what lessons can be learned from the event stiveslocal.uk/storm-gorett... #StormGoretti #cornwall #ministerialvisit

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Alison Hernandez, has written to the home secretary and the policing minister raising concerns about the proposed policing funding settlement for 2026/27 stiveslocal.uk/police-fundi... #policing #policefunding #crime

Two long-serving volunteers at St Ives RNLI have been recognised for their remarkable commitment and dedication to saving lives at sea stiveslocal.uk/rnli-present... #lifeboats #rnli #longservice

Police and crime commissioner for Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly, Alison Hernandez, has decided to step away from party politics stiveslocal.uk/police-crime... #policing #policeandcrimecommissioner

Go Cornwall has launched timetables for new bus services launching next month, when First pulls its bus services out of the county stiveslocal.uk/go-cornwall-... #buses #publictransport #stives #hayle #cornwall

It’s that time again when we make our New Year’s Resolutions, set fresh goals, and aim to make positive changes. So why not add ‘Shop Local’ to that list? asks Nicole Tesseyman. stiveslocal.uk/shop-local-t... #stives #hayle #shoplocal

Residents across Cornwall, Devon, and the Isles of Scilly are being asked how they want their police force to be led and held to account in the future stiveslocal.uk/police-surve... #police #lawandorder #policing

A refurbishment project is beginning at St Ives’ Cornerstone Library building this month, with work due to be completed before March stiveslocal.uk/library-refu... #stives #cornwall #library

Managed to wish Flakey St Ives a Happy New Year while in town yesterday! #stives #stivescat #cornwall

The Harry Dowling Quartet celebrate John Coltrane at St Ives Jazz Club tomorrow evening (Tuesday) at The Western Hotel. Doors open 6.30pm and the music starts an hour later. Entry is free (pay what you can) #jazz #livemusic #stives #cornwall

St Ives RNLI has recorded its busiest year ever, with more than 85 service launches already in 2025. That’s more than double the 34 launches in 2024 stiveslocal.uk/st-ives-rnli... #lifeboats #RNLI #volunteers

The Funk Messengers are at St Ives Jazz Club tomorrow evening (Tuesday). The line up comprises Pete Truin (sax), Tom Quirke (keys), James MacPhail (bass) and Damian Rodd (drums). Doors open at The Western Hotel at 6.30pm and the music starts at 7.30. Entry is free (pay what you can) #jazz #livejazz

St Ives Town Council has set its precept — that’s its share of residents’ council tax bills — for the financial year 2026/27 stiveslocal.uk/council-tax-... #counciltax #localgovernment #stives #cornwall

Santa will be returning by lifeboat tomorrow evening, but it nearly didn’t happen, as the new St Ives Local podcast recalls stiveslocal.uk/st-ives-dece... #stives #cornwall #santa #lifeboat

Small Business Saturday is coming, with free parking and a chance to shop for Christmas at our awesome independent businesses stiveslocal.uk/small-busine... #smallbusinesssaturdayshopping #freeparking #stives #hayle @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social