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BBC News
8 hours ago
- BBC News
Cornwall seagull sips man's coffee before stealing his mug
A gull has taken revenge on a man who was installing anti-bird spikes in a Cornish town - by drinking his coffee and pinching his worker Darren Pardoe had been bird proofing houses in Porthleven when he stopped at a pub for a coffee on 3 said he had been talking to someone before he turned around to find the gull helping himself to the hot brew. Before he could take action, the feathered thief flew off with the mug. "I think it had remembered me," he joked. Recalling the coffee heist, Mr Pardoe said: "I turn round and sure enough a seagull's got its beak in my coffee... next minute the bird picks up the coffee cup by its handle and takes off across the harbour with it."It flew round the harbour and then landed on the water, put the cup down, and the cup just sank."Mr Pardoe captured a photo of the bird in flight with his coffee mug.
BBC News
a day ago
- Business
- BBC News
Thousands ask council to drop Porthleven car park sale plans
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition which has asked Cornwall Council not to privatise one of its popular car Field in Porthleven is one of 19 car parks the council has agreed can be leased to its arms-length company Corserv Solutions Ltd as part of cost-cutting measures.A petition to oppose the decision said new ownership would introduce number plate recognition cameras which campaigners said would not benefit the Council previously said the decentralisation of the assets would be more effective if run by town and parish councils, environmental or heritage trusts, and the private sector. "This system will be a 24 hours, seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year operation to maximise the monies taken," said Jona Jones, the Porthleven resident who started the petition."Kitto's Field car park is right in the centre of town and next to our only supermarket-style shop, which has only four parking spaces."There are no advantages to the community in this money-making proposal, therefore not benefiting Porthleven at all." he car parks affected by the plans include Watergate Bay, near Newquay, with 400 spaces, and Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel with 272 spaces, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The Sun
06-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
UK's ‘smallest home' so tiny locals call it ‘Dolls House' is sold for £235k – would YOU give up space for seaside views?
THE UK's smallest property, measuring only 3ft wide in some places, has been sold for £235,000. The seaside property in Porthleven, Cornwall covers just 180 sq ft. 4 Nicknamed 'the Dolls House' by locals, the one-bedroom cottage was built in an alleyway. The property makes up for its lack of space with its seaside views, NS the beach just a stone's throw away from the front door. Changing hands regularly, the tiny house was sold in 2006 and 2020 for £127,000 and £200,000 respectively. It has now sold again for £235,000 to an unidentified buyer after being listed in January this year. 4 Comprised of two tiny floors the little cottage boasts just 180 sq ft on the ground floor and a smaller 159 sq ft on the first floor. The total floor area of the tiny property, both floors included, is just 339 sq ft. Speaking in January, Eestate agent Tom Reed of the Mather Partnership, who marketed the property, said: "You really wouldn't be able to host a family of four here." However he went on to say that the company had already received "fantastic amount of interest" in the little house. The small house in the pretty seaside town was once called the box and heater by locals because of its bizarre vintage clothing iron shape. 4 Wedged in between two more traditionally shaped homes the dolls house stands as a unique fixture of Claremont Terrace. Mr Reed said in January that the house's £235,000 guide price was "a sensible price" due to the "fantastic location" and sea view offered by the property. Average house prices in Cornwall sat around £300,000 when the property hit the market. The Dolls House came on sale at almost £100,000 cheaper than average. Despite its tiny size the Dolls House received a lot of interest, with no onward chain and an exemption from council tax, it was snapped up in just a few months. 4 The tiny seaside property comes with everything a single inhabitant could need. It boasts a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen/dining room and a reception room for welcoming guests. The miniature abode lacks a garden but has a small patio area laid with loose stone chips and even a small seating area. Now off the market, the tiny dolls house has been snapped up by a house hunter and is now marked as sold.
