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Penzance job hunters given helping hand by fire service
A GROUP of job hunters have been given the tools to find themselves a career thanks to a course run by the Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.The Phoenix Works team supports people to promote teamwork...
View ArticleColourful farewell to Jacob
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered to say goodbye to an award-winning photographer and surfer.Jacob Cockle, 28, drowned in Carnsew Pool, Hayle, while taking close-up pictures of a whirlpool last month.Known...
View ArticleColourful farewell to Jacob
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered to say goodbye to an award-winning photographer and surfer.Jacob Cockle, 28, drowned in Carnsew Pool, Hayle, while taking close-up pictures of a whirlpool last month.Known...
View ArticleUrgent care trial hailed as a success
A PIONEERING urgent care centre has been declared an unrivalled success which could now be copied out in other parts of Cornwall.The unit at West Cornwall Hospital was opened a year ago against a...
View ArticleFatal fall during raid on yacht
POLICE are continuing to investigate the death of a man who fell from the mast of his yacht while it was being searched by Border Force officers on the Isles of Scilly.The Dutch-registered 11m sailing...
View ArticleDisability rights champion in hospital
A WOMAN who has become a campaigner for disability rights after having her leg amputated is seriously ill in hospital.As the West Briton went to press, Leanne Grose, from Truro, was in Royal Cornwall...
View ArticleFootball to help Jessica
A SIX-a-side football tournament will take place this weekend to help raise money for a girl with cancer.The event at the Astro Park in Penzance on Saturday has been organised to raise funds for...
View ArticleActing group stages celebratory party to commemorate 20 years of performance...
AN ACTING group was due to hold a celebratory party in Porthcurno to commemorate 20 years of performance in Penwith yesterday.The London-based Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) has a...
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Endurance adventurer plans to be first to swim from Land's End to John o'Groats
AN ENDURANCE specialist is aiming to be the first person to swim from Land's End to John o' Groats.Sean Conway, 32, a professional endurance adventurer, writer and motivational speaker, is planning to...
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Teen college students launch their own professional computer game at Penwith...
STUDENTS are to launch their own mobile phone game – its hero a janitor battling his way out of a demonically possessed Penwith College.Pandora's Mop features a hapless caretaker at the St Clare site...
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Hundreds at fond farewell to Jacob
Bright colours, fairy lights and a decorated coffin were all part of the funeral of popular Hayle photographer and surfer Jacob Cockle at St Mary's Church, Penzance, on Tuesday morning. Hundreds of...
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VIDEO: "Exciting time" for Newquay Airport as first easyJet flight from...
THE FIRST easyJet flight from London Southend to Newquay Cornwall Airport touched down at 8.20am this morning amid much fanfare. Flown by Liskeard-born pilot Richard Andrews, the jet was saluted by...
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Dancers' joy at new floor for Cury village Hall with cash from Goonhilly Wind...
DANCERS in Cury on the Lizard can strut their stuff with a firmer footing, thanks to a grant from the Goonhilly Wind Farm Community Fund. The hall plays host to variety of local groups and activities...
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United Nations call for halt on Hayle supermarket
THE UNITED Nations World Heritage Committee has called on the Government to block plans for the supermarket development set to revitalise Hayle's South Quay. And the influential conservation body has...
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VIDEO: Children cheer RNAS Culdrose personnel on Freedom of Helston parade
SCHOOLCHILDREN lined the streets of Helston yesterday to cheer personnel from RNAS Culdrose, who were granted the freedom of the town. With swords drawn, colours flying and drums beating, the troops...
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Environment Secretary Owen Paterson firmly in favour of GM crops for the UK
The Environment Secretary has firmly set out his stall as a champion for the use of genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK. Giving a keynote speech in Hertfordshire today, Owen Paterson said the UK...
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Government inspector says seaside schools failing pupils most
PUPILS in seaside schools are now lagging behind their inner city counterparts, the Government's chief schools inspector has warned. The revelation comes just two weeks after St Ives School and Pendeen...
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Massive tree chopped down at Trafalgar roundabout, Truro
A massive tree in the centre of Truro is being cut down today as part of a road improvement scheme. The leylandii tree on Trafalgar roundabout is thought to be approximately 30m high and was a landmark...
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Could a regular passenger service run from Bodmin General railway station...
A REGULAR passenger train service could be reintroduced to the centre of Bodmin after the proposal received a positive response from Transport Minister Simon Burns. North Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson asked...
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Former chairman of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust fights to clear his name
The former chairman of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) who was forced to resign is fighting to clear his name. Martin Watts, who was appointed in 2009, resigned after being told by the chief...
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