Latest benefits fraudsters taken to court over £50,000 of claims
Benefit cheats who tried to con council tax payers out of nearly £50,000 have had their comeuppance at the hands of the law.In the last few weeks, Cornwall Council have prosecuted five residents, one...
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Talks stall in bid for council coalition
The three major groups on Cornwall Council have yet to come to an agreement over the future of Cornwall Council with negotiations continuing in to the night.It had appeared yesterday afternoon that the...
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Surf contest to build on Paralympics
A two-day national surf competition for people with autism will take place in Newquay in July.Organisers are hoping the Surf Challenge for Autism at Fistral Beach will build on the Paralympic legacy...
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Anti-wind farm MP is Cameron's new advisor
London EditorAn MP that has adopted a strong stance against the proliferation of wind farms in the Westcountry countryside is to advise the Prime Minister on energy policy.George Eustice, Conservative...
View ArticleBovine TB runs rampant in West
The Government has hardened its resolve to press ahead with summer badger culls after official figures showed that bovine TB (bTB) is "running rampant" in the South West.More than 6,000 cattle were...
View ArticleLifeboat volunteers get ready to meet the Queen
Thousands of people are expected to line the streets today to welcome the Queen to West Cornwall.The Queen and Prince Philip will arrive at St Erth railway station and transfer to the branch line to St...
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Weather warning for Cornwall - heavy rain on the way
The sun is shining in Cornwall ahead of a royal visit to St Ives but more bad weather could be on the way later in the day. A weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for Cornwall with heavy...
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Mother of twins with life-limiting illness, Cerwyn Burnett, pays tribute to...
The mother of twins with a life-limiting disease has paid tribute to the "amazing" work of Children's Hospice South West. Cerwyn Burnett lost one of her sons, Bryn, to Krabbe Disease last November. Her...
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Penryn wartime bombing victims remembered
A service to remember those who died in a wartime bombing in Penryn will take place on Saturday. It will be the third year that the event takes place at the Memorial Gardens on Quay Hill. The first was...
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Carn Brea offers unique course for budding sports and leisure industry workers
Carn Brea Leisure Centre, at Pool, has struck up a partnership with The 2nd Chance Project to support teenagers looking for a career within the sports and leisure industry. The free course, which...
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Skinner's boost for Cornwall's Mining World Heritage Site
Skinner's Brewery has teamed up with the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site to donate 1p from the sale of every pint of its best-selling Cornish Knocker ale on draught. The money will go towards...
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Woman airlifted to hospital after Penwithick crash
A Sea King helicopter airlifted a woman to hospital this morning after a two vehicle collision in Pewithick near St Austell. The accident on the B3374 road happened just before 11am this morning....
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Truro City will live within their means says chairman
The big spending days at Truro City which took them to five promotions in six seasons. and a FA Vase win at Wembley look set to be a thing of the past as the club battles to come out of administration....
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Miss England contestant to put on charity auction in Tregony
A Miss England contestant from Tregony will put on a charity auction to raise cash for a good cause. Rosalie Douglass is a finalist in this year's Miss England beauty competition. The 17-year-old, who...
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"Quest for success" cost Truro its Treyew Road ground
The "quest for success on the pitch at any cost" cost Truro City its freehold title at the Treyew Road ground, it is claimed. Mr Masters made the claim in an announcement of a revised date of June 4...
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£50,000 Lotus sports car loaned to Devon and Cornwall Police
Devon and Cornwall Police have a new addition in the drive for safer roads in the shape of a £50,000 Lotus sports car. The Lotus Evora has been emblazoned with the official Force livery and has been...
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Volunteers sought to accompany Trevithick replica to France
The Trevithick Society is looking for engineering enthusiasts to join it on a unique trip across the channel. The replica of Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil will take pride of place at the 300th...
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EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council coalition deal struck - Tories out in the cold
A coalition of Independents, Liberal Democrats and minor parties will lead Cornwall for the next four years, it can be revealed. But the Conservatives have spurned their place at the table according to...
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Lightning bolt strikes house in Wadebridge
FREW crews were called to a house on Trevilling Road in Wadebridge after it was hit by lightning this afternoon. Fire crews used a thermal imaging camera to check the property but found no fire after...
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Family admit dumping tonnes of waste at a former St Austell small holding
A Cornish family pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to running a series of illegal waste dumping businesses at a former small holding near St Austell. The case brought by Environment Agency and Devon...
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