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BBC to review its coverage of rural issues
An investigation is to be carried out by the BBC's independent watchdog into the impartiality of its coverage of rural issues.There has been growing disquiet among farming leaders and countryside...
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Easter bookings up in Devon and Cornwall despite coldest spring for 51 years
Decades of investment has weather-proofed the Westcountry's tourist economy, say industry leaders, who are reporting strong bookings over Easter despite the big freeze.The region's tourist offering has...
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Local schools celebrate Easter in style
Easter celebrations at Rosemellin School in Camborne centred around an egg rolling competition.Children and their parents boiled eggs, decorated them and then brought them to school to race.Each class...
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Volunteers give Redruth park a spring clean
Victoria Park in Redruth was given a through spring clean by a group of volunteers.About 45 people rolled up their sleeves and weeded and edged flower beds, sanded and painted benches, cut back...
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Cornish Pirates fly-half Jonny Bentley makes his long awaited return from injury and goes straight into the team to face Bedford Blues at the Mennaye Field on Easter Sunday (3pm). Bentley has been...
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Call to end stalemate over deal for flooding insurance
Ministers have been urged to adopt a Westcountry firm's idea to prevent the collapse of a deal to provide cheap insurance to flood-risk homes.The Government and the insurance industry have reached a...
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£250,000 grant for unique arts partnership
A unique partnership of Cornish museums has scooped funding of more than £250,000 from Arts Council England.The For Cornwall partnership of Falmouth Art Gallery, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall,...
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Clocks go forward to begin British Summer Time on Sunday
Roman Piekarski makes a start to changing the time on one of more than 600 cuckoo clocks at his Cuckooland Museum in Tabley, Cheshire, before the clocks go forward tonight. Clocks go forward an hour at...
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Amazing link of wartime hero with RNLI lifeboat
A remarkable coincidence linking the Lizard lifeboat, a rescue, and a famous wartime raid emerged when the RNLI looked into the 71st anni-versary of the attack.Captain Stephen Halden "Sam" Beattie was...
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Apprentices show Skills Minister just how it's done at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen...
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock donned an apron for a cookery lesson as he visited apprentices at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall.Mr Hancock dropped in to the kitchens at the restaurant at Watergate...
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Devon and Cornwall fail to make 'quality of life' survey
With its stunning sandy beaches, tranquil villages and vast swathes of unspoilt, green countryside, the Westcountry would seem to be an idyllic part of the country to live in.But not according to a...
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St Tudy villagers puzzled why their community didn't make list
It may have been named best-kept village, have a growing Women's Institute with 40 members and a thriving village shop run entirely by volunteers, but even that was not enough to elevate St Tudy to...
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European billions to help with regeneration in counties
Cornwall and Devon will be among the English regions to get the biggest share of more than £5 billion of European Union regeneration cash to boost the poorest areas of the 27-nation bloc.But all parts...
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Met Office admits that 'advice was not helpful'
The Met Office has defended its forecasting after conceding that weather advice given to the Government was "not helpful".The admission, revealed in a Freedom of Information request, came after April...
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LIVE BLOG: Brighton Blues v St Austell
Follow the National Intermediate Cup semi-final Brighton Blues v St Austell LIVE from 2.30 pm.Brighton Blues v St Austell: National Intermediate Cup semi-final
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Truro short cut is public right of way, council confirms
BUSINESSES and residents in Truro are claiming victory after council officials backed their claims that a favoured short cut was a public right of way.They argued that the footpath along George Street,...
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Cornwall man on quest for dream job aims to try 52 roles in year
A BLACKSMITH'S forge near Falmouth was the venue for week ten of a man from Cornwall's plan to complete 52 jobs in a year.Matt Frost took up the challenge in the hope of discovering his dream job,...
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80 people have already signed up to Newquay Neighbourhood Watch
A CRIME-busting scheme launched in Newquay to get every street signed up to Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) has already been supported by more than 80 people in the town.A chief police officer in France, who...
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Centre for Cornish hospitality
A FORMER school boarding house in North Cornwall, converted as part of a £2.7 million scheme, could become a destination restaurant, Michelin chef Nathan Outlaw has predicted.The celebrity chef who has...
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Former RAF serviceman expects to shed a tear when Meteor lands
A FORMER RAF serviceman from Newquay said it will bring a tear to his eye to watch the aircraft he took his first flight in more than 60 years ago fly into its new home at Newquay airport.Fred Boreham...
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