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Britain’s happiest places to live revealed

More than 21,000 people responded to Rightmove’s Happy at Home Index, which asks residents how they feel about where they live.

The Independent UK

Britain's happiest place to live revealed - see full list and where your town is

A list of the top 20 happiest places to live in Britain has been compiled from an annual survey with locations up and down the country and a new town in number one spot

Daily Mirror

Northumberland market town loses UK's happiest place to live title

St Ives took the top spot, while Hexham dropped to fourth in Rightmove's 'happy at home' index

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Britain’s happiest places to live revealed

More than 21,000 people responded to Rightmove’s Happy at Home Index, which asks residents how they feel about where they live.

The Independent UK

Premier Inn unveils St Ives hotel plans for care home site

The national chain said, if approved, the proposed hotel could create jobs and generate millions of pounds for the local economy

Birmingham Post

Gwenno: ‘I was scared of using Cornish in the past. You feel like that with languages that are more fragile’

The Welsh artist is up for this year’s Mercury Prize with her resplendent Cornish-language album, ‘Tresor’. She speaks to Roisin O’Connor about wanting to ‘other’ herself in St Ives, her experience of pregnancy, and her view that most people are curious, not fearful, of other cultures

The Independent UK

Rame Peninsula: The key to Cornwall without the crowds

Fancy seeing a quieter side to England’s holiday hotspot? Head for Cornwall’s Forgotten Corner, advises Richard Collett

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Woman dies after becoming unwell in the sea in St Ives

Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious at this time

Bristol Post

Hundreds of spider crabs gather in Cornwall

Conservationists are urging visitors to Cornwall to enjoy the sight of mass spider crab gatherings in a bid to counter claims the crustaceans are “venomous”.There have been sightings of hundreds of crabs grouping together in knee deep water in popular tourists spots including Newquay, St Ives, Falmouth and St Austell…

Evening Standard

Woman in wheelchair left to sit in own urine for hours after train breaks down

Judy Lawson, 55, boarded her 7.15pm train from St Ives but it was kept stationary for around three hours - while her chair did not fit in the disabled toilet on the service

Daily Mirror

Spider crabs swarm Cornish beaches as sea temperatures rise

Thousands of migratory creatures converged in the shallow water in St Ives to shed their shells

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of venomous spider crabs swarm British beach in spectacular sight

Days after a snorkeller claimed they were bitten off the coast of Cornwall, spider crabs have gathered in the shallow water at Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives, but not everyone is put off taking a drip

Daily Mirror

Thousands of crab shells wash up on popular tourist beach in bizarre clip

The grisly scenes sparked concern amongst locals who spotted the exoskeletons in St Ives, Cornwall yesterday morning, with one writing: 'I wouldn't like walking across that lot'

Daily Mirror

A story of two St Ives: ‘It is cursed and confused by its raging beauty’

On 2 July we sent six writers and photographers to capture a typical British summer’s day. Tanya Gold headed to St Ives

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Flash of genius: how a Cornish lighthouse inspired Virginia Woolf’s fictional icon

St Ives holiday home that planted the seed for English writer’s modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse has now earned a historic plaque

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t tone it down’ – inside the invasion of British museums by disabled artists

From Belfast to St Ives, 30 UK venues are about to be taken over in an event that will draw on the tragedy of the first world war – and feature deaf dancing, origami clothing and scenes of austerity rendered in fondant icing

Bristol Post

A picture-perfect staycation with hot tubs, wood burners and beaches

Cornwall will take your breath away

The Guardian - UK

Second homes can be a blight and a blessing on British towns. We need the right balance

Since childhood I have lived some of the year in a Welsh valley. It is possible to become a part of the local community, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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‘It’s a glorified holiday camp’: St Ives fights losing battle over second homes

As property prices in the Cornish town soar, residents are dismayed that a landmark policy to curb investment buyers has proved ineffective

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson suns himself on beach with family as travel chaos rages across Britain

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was photographed with wife Carrie and their two children on the beach in Porthminster, St Ives, as travel chaos continues to rage across Britain

Wales Online

Tourists using toilets in seaside town told to pay up but locals can wee for free

People who have a holiday home would also have to pay under the plans for St Ives

Daily Mirror

Fury as beach resort plans to charge tourists to use toilet - but locals go for free

St Ives Town Council say it costs £135,000 a year to run the toilets in the Cornish town and believe visitors should help pick up the bill as locals are invited to apply for free passes

Daily Mirror

UK's 'seaside theme park' where people feel they exist only to serve rich tourists

St Ives in Cornwall has the second highest visitor-related spend in the UK but locals are being pushed out amid soaring house prices and limited job prospects

The Guardian - UK

A walk to one of Britain’s best pubs: The Cock, near St Ives, Cambridgeshire

A stroll through fenland and fields along the banks of the Great Ouse to an 18th-century watering hole twice named best pub in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Renaissance codpieces, Jenny Saville on the Holocaust and fungi fun – the week in art

Hew Locke brings his bricolage to Tate Britain, the V&A explores male fashion ancient and modern, while robot futurism hits St Ives – all in your weekly dispatch

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