Runners find it tough in Trevornick 10 race
Despite the tough conditions for today's Trevornick 10 mile Multi Terrain race, round six of the Cornwall Grand Prix Series it was a successful day for those returning from long term and short term...
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Truro fencers strike gold at British Championships
Truro Fencing Club stormed to victory again at the British Youth Championships held at the Sheffield Arena, for the third consecutive year finishing the weekend as Britain's most successful club. They...
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Celebrity chef and author Nigel Slater in Cornwall
A top celebrity chef came to Cornwall to learn how to make tea from scratch. Chef, broadcaster and author Nigel Slater visited Tregothnan near Truro to learn about the tea growing process. Abby Kevern...
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Peer pushing for voting age to be lowered
London EditorA Westcountry peer is pushing for the law to be changed to allow children as young as 16 years old to be given the vote in general elections.Lord Paul Tyler, the Liberal Democrat MP for...
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VIDEO: Hundreds take part in Falmouth's Race for Life for Cancer Research
Hundreds of women took the to the streets of Falmouth yesterday to take part in the annual Race for Life event, raising funds for Cancer Research. The Falmouth race is the first of four to be held in...
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Councillor wades back into disabled costs row
Collin Brewer, the Cornwall councillor who was re-elected despite saying some disabled children "should be put down", has likened the decision to that faced by farmers with deformed lambs.Mr Brewer,...
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Figures show 98% don't go to church in Devon and Cornwall
Parish churches are struggling to retain their flagging congregations as the number of people engaging with organised religion shows little sign of revival.Figures released by the Church of England...
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Ladock headteacher suffers serious burns after freak accident
A headteacher was airlifted to hospital after an accident where she sustained "severe burns". Lisa Michell, headteacher at Ladock Primary School, was flown by air ambulance to The Welsh Centre for...
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Harry Potter fanatics at Roseland Community College stage 22-hour Potterthon
The devotion of school pupils to teenage wizard Harry Potter was put to the test in an all-night movie-watching marathon. Pupils from Roseland Community College stayed awake through the night to watch...
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Cygnets make their Swanpool debut in Falmouth
Delight that the most cygnets hatched in six years at Swanpool Nature Reserve in Falmouth was short-lived after three disappeared. The mating pair of swans at the reserve had managed to hatch eight of...
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Top conservative Mike Eathorne-Gibbons jumps ship to Independent group in...
A top tory has jumped ship from the party only ten days after the results of the Cornwall Council elections, it has been reported. Mike Eathorne-Gibbons was thought to be a stalwart of the Conservative...
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MP to pay back £22,000 profit from London home
London EditorWestcountry MP Andrew George has agreed to pay back more than £22,000 worth of profit from his taxpayer-funded home in London, it emerged yesterday.The move follows the Independent...
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King Edward Mine Mill to receive county's first engineering heritage award
CORNWALL's oldest tin mill will receive the county's first engineering heritage award later this week. King Edward Mine Mill, in Troon near Camborne, is to be honoured by the Institution of Mechanical...
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Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service to unveil its proposals for fire cover in...
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is preparing to unveil its new plan for emergency cover in west Cornwall.The proposal is to relocate the existing Camborne and Redruth community fire stations to two...
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Climber in his 60s rescued by helicopter after fall from rocks in west Penwith
A CLIMBER had to be rescued after falling from rocks in west Penwith. The man, believed to be aged around 65, was with a group when he tumbled around 20 foot from Vessacks rocks between Porthchapel and...
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St Ives campaigners take their four-legged friends on protest walk
CAMPAIGNERS continuing the fight against the new ban on dogs on key St Ives beaches in the summer met for a walk through the town on Sunday.The dog-owners said they wanted to highlight how many...
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Cornwall Council condemns Collin Brewer over disability comments
Cornwall Council has today distanced itself from a controversial councillor who repeatedly said disabled children "should be put down" and compared the cost of supporting a disabled child with that of...
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VIDEO: Massive fire at Western Greyhound depot, Summercourt near the A30
Update: 1.30pm Western Greyhound said the following services were not running - 522, 547, 550, 551, 556, 557, 558, 559, 585, 586, 596 The following services are running with a reduced service - 524,...
View ArticleBroken down fishing boat being towed back to Newlyn harbour
A FISHING boat is being towed back in to Newlyn harbour this evening after breaking down off the west Cornwall coast. The vessel, named Sparkling Line, called for assistance at around 3.30pm today. A...
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Wild Woman's Hour radio programme wins award for helping women
The creators of Wild Woman's Hour broadcast on a Cornish radio station have won a national award for their work to help isolated women learn new skills. Learning South West is presenting the producers...
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