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BBC News
27-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Dawe saddened as Cornwall's Twickenham hopes end
Cornwall head coach Graham Dawe says he is disappointed his side have missed out on a Twickenham Black and Gold were beaten 34-18 by Kent at Redruth in their opening pool game of the County win means Kent are guaranteed to top their three-team pool in the Bill Beaumont Cup after beating Hampshire 42-5 in their opening game last week. Cornwall travel to Hampshire knowing a win will secure second place in the tournament, having lost out to Kent for third successive season."We thought we had parity up front, we had a great scrum, a very organised lineout," Dawe told BBC Radio Cornwall"But maybe we were guilty of playing a bit too much sometimes and didn't really build any pressure, and they're very good."Two Ben Charnock tries and a penalty try helped Kent lead 21-5 before Tom Cowan-Dickie, who had got Cornwall's opening score, got a second unconverted try shortly before half-time. The two sides traded penalties early in the second period before Harry Larkins crossed for a 61st-minute penalty to close the gap to six points as Kent led thought they had taken the lead soon after when Ben Plummer went over, but he was adjudged to have stepped into touch, and soon after Mikel Davies got the winning try."Losing two people to the bin doesn't help, stepping into touch doesn't help when we had momentum, and that would have been less than a one score game going into the last 15 minutes," added Dawe."Maybe she should have settled it in the first hour, but it didn't happen, and we paid the price."
BBC News
28-01-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Government fund pledges £30m to reopen tin mine
Nearly £30m is to be invested in the reopening of Cornwall's South Crofty tin mine in a scheme expected to create more than 300 National Wealth Fund (NWF) announced a £28.6m direct equity investment into the mine's owner, Cornish Metals Inc, on Tuesday. The NWF's funding is part of a £56m fundraising bid by Cornish Metals to "further de-risk" the South Crofty tin project and support initial of the exchequer Rachel Reeves said the Redruth scheme would create jobs and opportunities. Reeves said: "Growth is this government's number one mission, and we're going further and faster to kickstart our economy so that we can put more money in people's pockets. "This is just the kind of investment that will help us do that, not only supporting the growth of the Cornish mining sector, but creating high-quality jobs and opportunity for the region and beyond." 'Strong momentum' South Crofty is a fully permitted underground tin mine with more than 400 years of recorded production prior to its closure in 1998. It hosts one of the highest grade tin resources in the NWF is wholly-owned and backed by HM Treasury and aims to invest alongside the private sector in projects across the country, primarily focusing on initiatives that support clean Metals said the £56m fundraising bid would be used to fund early project works, place orders on long-lead items and complete key work John Flint said: "Critical minerals are not only an important driver of the UK's transition to net zero, but also of the UK's growth mission, providing opportunities to anchor important supply chains in the UK."Don Turvey, chief executive officer of Cornish Metals, added: "This financing will enable the company to maintain this strong momentum and further unlock the project's potential by delivering crucial milestones."The investment is subject to shareholder approval in March Metals has previously said it hopes to get South Crofty back into production as early as 2026.
