Tourists are told to avoid famous walrus off the Isles of Scilly

Give Wally a wide berth! Tourists are told to avoid famous walrus off the Isles of Scilly because the heatwave is making him tetchy Wally the walrus has caused thousands of pounds of damage boarding boats  He arrived on the Isles of Scily last month and temperatures have since risen The Cornwall Seal Group Research … Read more

Covid vaccine: London boroughs vaccinate 30% fewer over-55s than the Isles of Scilly

London is still lagging behind in the vaccine rollout with some boroughs having vaccinated a third fewer people than parts of Staffordshire, where the programme is roaring ahead. NHS England figures show 79 per cent of over-55s in the country had at least one dose of the vaccine by March 14 — the most recent day … Read more

Isles of Scilly has recorded NO coronavirus cases since September, data show

Not a single coronavirus case has been reported on the Isles of Scilly during the UK’s second wave and nobody has ever died of Covid there, official records show. The virus-free island off the coast of Cornwall has been kept under the same lockdown rules as the rest of England during that time, but official … Read more

Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time

Tonic boom! Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time – before being sent back with local GIN It marks the first drone freight delivery between commercial airports in the UK Drones could potentially now carry items including medical supplies  The aircraft was returned back to the … Read more

Ancient sea level rise turned one island into the Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly were once just a single island, before soaring sea levels submerged much of the land to create the archipelago we know today.  Now, there are more than 140 chunks of land which constitute the Isles, but around 5,000 years ago they were a single land mass.   Researchers, led by a team … Read more

Prince William and Kate Middleton take children to Scilly Isles

Prince William and Kate take their children Charlotte, George and Louis on a down-to-earth staycation to rented cottage on the Isles of Scilly Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went on a family holiday to the Isles of Scilly The took George, seven, Charlotte, five, and Louis, two, away to a stone cottage The weather was … Read more

Only Luton, Wolverhampton and the Isles of Scilly saw Covid-19 infection rates drop last week

Luton, Wolverhampton and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were the only three places in England to record a fall in Covid-19 infection rates over the past week – and only one of them is in a local lockdown. Wolverhampton, where residents are not allowed to meet friends and family in each other’s homes or … Read more

Welcome to the Caribbean… just off Cornwall! Exploring the dreamy Isles of Scilly

Continental drift, I seem to recall from geography lessons at school, is the theory of how land masses shift position over aeons. But the term could also be used to describe the ritual Gadarene rush to over-crowded, over-developed hot spots around the world every summer. At least, that’s what used to happen and I dare … Read more

Prince William whisks his family away to childhood holiday spot on the Isles of Scilly

Prince William whisks his family away to childhood holiday spot on the Isles of Scilly for a ‘quick staycation break before George and Charlotte return to school’ William and Kate, 38, seen ‘enjoying the warm weather’ on Tresco on Thursday  The royals ‘decided on a quick getaway before their children return to school’  Duke of … Read more

Prince Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall estate is blasted by community in Scilly Isles

Prince Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall estate is blasted by community in Scilly Isles as a ‘money making machine’ after it hiked annual rent on its land from £100 to £7,000 Duchy of Cornwall claims it sets its high fees following a ‘statutory formula’  Alan and Glenda Davis were shocked to find they couldn’t buy their … Read more