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Fashion company Seasalt wins a Queens Award

CORNISH fashion company Seasalt has won a Queen's Award for Sustainable Development – the first time ever for a fashion company, and the UK's highest accolade for business success. The award recognises...

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"Good Samaritan" returned a large amount of cash to police in Camborne

POLICE in Camborne would like to hear from the "good Samaritan" who found an envelope with a large sum of money in it, and handed it back to the force. The unmarked envelope, which contained more than...

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Cornwall Film Festival entry deadline looms

BUDDING young Danny Boyles and Kathryn Bigelows from across the county are being urged to submit their short films to the this year's Cornwall Film Festival. Young people, aged 22 and under, who dream...

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VIDEO: Eunice Woolcock's surprise pasty celebration

ONE OF Cornwall's most famous pasty crimpers was celebrated at Pool Academy this weekend. Great grandmother Eunice Woolcock from Camborne got through the regional heats of ITV's Food Glorious Food...

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Redruth and Camborne firefighters respond to two car accidents

FIREFIGHTERS from Redruth were called to outside United Downs refuse recycling centre this lunch time to assist police with a van on its side. The incident happened at 11.44am. An hour later a fire...

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Rail services to and from Cornwall delayed after person hit by train in London

TRAIN journeys to and from Cornwall may be delayed this afternoon after a person was hit by a train in London earlier today. The incident happened just before noon at Hanwell, west London. The line has...

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Saltash Cornish Cross to mark county's boundary

CORNWALL has a new landmark to mark the county's boundary - a 20 metre high Celtic cross. The Saltash Cornish Cross was lifted into place by two cranes last night. The two-tonne cross made of carbon...

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Man airlifted to hospital following a serious collision in Launceston

A MAN has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a road traffic collision in Launceston this afternoon. Police and the fire service were called to A30 east bound at 1.05pm after a...

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It's a happy Toy story for Emily as she makes Cornish golf history

In a thrilling final, where the drama continued to the end, 15-year-old Emily Toy of Carlyon Bay  became the youngest ever winner of the Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship when she defeated six times...

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Young father from Truro, Jon Csehi, dies in crash on Orkney

A young father from Truro died in a motorcycle crash on the Orkney Islands in Scotland.Jon Csehi came off his motorcycle on the A961 between the islands of Holm and Land's Holm on the remote...

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Fowey lifejacket clinic finds more than a quarter not protecting wearers

More than a quarter of lifejackets checked at a special clinic in Fowey were not providing proper protection, the RNLI has said.  Experts checked 183 lifejackets at the clinic in Fowey last weekend. Of...

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Asda Penryn loses pharmacy planning appeal

Asda has lost its appeal to open a controversial pharmacy at its Penryn store.The company appealed against Cornwall Council's refusal to lift a condition to enable it to have a pharmacy counter.That...

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Falmouth cup winning scooner Mariette helps rescue lone sailor

A former Pendennis Cup winning yacht was involved in the rescue of a lone sailor who got into trouble in the Bay of Biscay last night. The crew of the classic scooner, Mariette, answered a call from...

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Camborne benefit cheat Linda Waterhouse spared jail

A CAMBORNE woman has been spared jail despite fraudulently claiming nearly £13,000 in benefits. Linda Waterhouse, aged 45, of Park Road received a six month prison sentence suspended for twelve months...

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Penzance's Helen Glover excels at GB trials with superb row

  Penzance's Olympic gold medal winning rower Helen Glover, was a shock victor in the unfamiliar discipline of single sculling at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Caversham  at the  weekend. She...

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Casualty rushed to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in St Austell

A WOMAN has been rushed to hospital following a carbon monoxide leak at her St Austell home this morning. One fire engine and a wholetime officer were scrambled to the incident in Hill Park Crescent at...

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Man rescued from mud at Penryn

A man had to be rescued from the mud at Penryn River after getting trapped. He had been taking photographs when he became stuck in the soft mud on Thursday evening. The coastguard mud rescue team...

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Iconic Celtic cross raised at the gateway to Cornwall

An iconic 62ft-high Celtic cross has been celebrated as representing a proud piece of Cornish heritage after it was lifted in to place beside the Tamar Bridge.The erection of the Cornish Cross, which...

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Camborne Town Council: Cornwall Homechoice Register is flawed

CAMBORNE Town Council has thrown its weight behind a view that the figures for affordable housing used by Cornwall Council to make strategic planning decisions are flawed. The authority agreed to...

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VIDEO: All aboard for vintage bus rally in Penzance

IT was all aboard for a trip down memory lane with a vintage bus rally.Around 25 buses, dating from 1945 to the 1970s rolled up in Penzance yesterday with plenty of eager passengers waiting to...

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