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Reward for stolen Penzance trailer
A REWARD is being offered to track down a trailer stolen from a Penzance car park. The 20 foot structure, worth around £2,500, was taken from a fenced-in area at Wharfside sometime between May 17 and...
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Demolition of Truro Police Station - retirement flats on Trafalgar roundabout...
Truro Police station will be demolished to make way for retirement apartments if new plans go ahead. Churchill Retirement has announced plans to build more than 50 apartments at the Trafalgar...
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Newquay pupils fear plans to overhaul GCSEs could brand them "failures"
PUPILS at Newquay's two secondary schools have voiced fears that the Government's proposed overhaul of GCSEs could leave some "branded as failures".Education Secretary Michael Gove announced last week...
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Luxulyan campaigner : 'Let us decide on solar energy'
A CAMPAIGNER has called on the Prime Minister for local people to have more say on the location of proposed solar farms.Roger Smith's letter to David Cameron comes as his community prepares to fight...
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Former Cornish Pirates rugby player spared jail for attacking man
ONE of Cornwall's most colourful and controversial former rugby players broke a man's jaw during an alcohol-fuelled night out in Redruth.Fisherman Richard Brian Carroll, 37, of Fore Street, Barripper,...
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West Cornwall land trust awaits loan for affordable housing development
A WEST Cornwall land trust hopes to find out at the end of the week if its loan application to fund an affordable housing development has been successful.The Land's End Peninsula Community Land Trust...
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Truro street safety to increase with city marshals
THE late-night streets of Truro will be a safer place with the launch of a new project, it is hoped.The Truro Safe scheme will fund street marshals to help keep order in the increasingly busy city...
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Play commemorating the 1913 Suffragette march kicks off in Land's End
A PLAY is being performed at venues along the original route of the Women's Suffragette March in 1913 to commemorate the centenary of the historic pilgrimage.The production, called Oxygen, started in...
View ArticleMuseum will remain free – for time being
The group taking over the running of Helston Folk Museum said it cannot rule out charging people to visit the attraction.South Kerrier Heritage Trust chairman Judith Haycock, who is also a Cornwall...
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Labrador Billy's in the dog house after wasted Coastguard call-out
A COASTGUARD rescue team was called out to help a stricken dog in the sea near Newlyn last night … and arrived just as he swam back to shore. Billy, a black Labrador cross, decided to go for an evening...
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Fishing boat suffers engine failure 20 miles off The Lizard
A FISHING boat is being towed back to Newlyn Harbour after its engine failed 20 miles out to sea. Falmouth Coastguard dispatched a rescue team to help the crew at around 3am today and expects the...
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Bomb disposal team in Truro
A business park on the edge of Truro is on lockdown this morning. A Royal Navy bomb disposal team is investigating a suspicious package at the Truro Business Park at Threemilestone. The investigation...
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South Crofty hits back at UN threat to strip Cornwall's heritage site status
A MOVE to block plans to resume mining in Cornwall to preserve the county's unique identify at the expense of its future would be hugely detrimental to its economic well-being, South Crofty said today....
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Cornish social enterprise wins UK's top green award
A Cornish social enterprise has won the UK's top green environment award. The Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network received the 2013 Ashden Award for Community Energy at a ceremony in London last night....
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Landlord offers reward after pub sign stolen near Truro
A couple left mystified by the theft of their pub sign are offering a reward to help catch the culprits. Paul and Tracey Green, who took over the Plume of Feathers in Penhallow near Truro nine years...
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MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT GUEST OF HONOUR FOR BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR OF...
Minister for Employment, Mark Hoban, and local MP Oliver Colvile were guests of honour for a behind-the-scenes tour of Plymouth's brand new University Technical College which is set to open its doors...
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Segways arrive at Siblyback Lake, near Liskeard
A new mode of transport is bringing waves of excitement to Siblyback Lake - and you won't have to get wet to join in the fun. Segways, or segway personal transporters, are now available to hire at the...
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Was massive Truro bomb disposal operation sparked by mysterious liquids?
A massive emergency operation launched in Truro this morning is thought to have been sparked by bottles containing unknown liquids in a homeless man's car. The emergency response, involving the police,...
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St Agnes store manager rugby tackles would be robber
Police are scouring the streets of St Agnes hunting for a man who tried to rob a local store, shocking its customers and staff who tried to stop him. The manager of Nisa Stores, Allan Younger, 64,...
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VIDEO: Cornish girls' 'Call Me Dreckly' is an internet hit
A number one smash hit single has been given the Cornish treatment thanks to two girls' music video. Forget Carly Rae Jepson's number one single 'Call Me Maybe' – these two Cornish girls have recorded...
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