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'No closure' four years on from Egypt crash

MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a Truro man who died in a horrific accident in Egypt four years ago.Stephen Minors, 52, was in a taxi when it was crushed by another vehicle that had smashed...

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Action to stop parking passes being misused in Newquay and St Austell

A NEW system has been introduced in a bid to stop people misusing leisure centre parking passes in Newquay and St Austell.Cornwall Council has permitted Tempus Leisure, owners and operators of...

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Sailors Arms regulars rage at new drink policy

A PUNTER who has drunk at his local Newquay pub for nearly 30 years says he's been left disappointed after he and his fellow drinkers were banned from taking their pints outside.Jim McPhail, 68, has...

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St Just's Gary Thomas returns to captain Cornwall

There's a surprise selection for Cornwall's Minor Counties Championship fixture against Oxfordshire at Truro tomorrow (11am).One of the county's all time leading batsmen, St Just's Gary Thomas, will...

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Twins are now also brothers in arms

Twins Aidan and Alex Trembath are to go their separate ways for the first time in 19 years after they completed their Royal Navy initial training.The twins, from Par, Cornwall, joined the Royal Navy in...

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Time Bank Week launched today with fun activites in Truro, Newquay and St...

THE FIRST ever Time Bank Week is being launched today. Timebanks are networks that aims to connect people in a neighbourhood through exchanging their skills. The initiative by Volunteer Cornwall runs...

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Falmouth Coastguard coordinates rescue of boat 300 miles away traveling back...

FALMOUTH Coastguard coordinated the rescue of a boat in trouble more than 300 miles away in the early hours of this morning. At about 5.20am, they received a distress signal from a yacht that had...

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UPDATE: Events Schedule: Armed Forces Day flights cancelled due to weather

UPDATE, 2pm: FLIGHT displays scheduled for Armed Forces Day today in Falmouth have been cancelled due to the weather. The Jet Provost T5 Display over the inner harbour at 12pm did not take place and...

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Caerhays Castle summer fete tradition brought back to life

NEARLY 1,000 people swarmed Caeharys Castle to see its traditional summer fete brought back to life for the first time in more than 30 years. The ambitious event resurrected a tradition which was once...

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Driver miraculously uninjured after car destroys 100ft barrier on Cornwall...

A DRIVER had a miraculous escape after his car destroyed 100ft of crash barrier after it spun off the A30 and narrowly missed a 40ft drop. The blue Mazda RX-8 was traveling eastbound along the A30...

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Newquay golfers win Baron Rose Bowl at rain-hit St Austell

Newquay's Fiona Pocklington and Pat Greenwood won the Cornwall Ladies' County Golf Association's Baron Rose Bowl foursomes medal competition at St Austell. The event was due to have been played over 36...

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VIDEO: St Austell firefighter returns from extraordinary USA flood training...

A ST AUSTELL firefighter has just returned from the adventure of a lifetime, training with emergency services in North America. After winning a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, he Andy Reynolds...

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French yacht is being repaired in Falmouth after mast snaps off during the...

A FRENCH yacht which suffered damage to its mast during the Solitaire du Figaro solo race last night is now being repaired in Falmouth. The boat still had an engine and so when the incident occured at...

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Former Cornish Pirates trio in England U20s World Cup final team

The former Cornish Pirates trio of Jack Nowell, Sam Hill and Luke Cowan-Dickie have all been named in the England Under 20s side to take on Wales in the final of the IRB Junior World Championship in...

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Grampound FC appoint new manager

Grampound Football Club have announced that Tim Topham has been appointed as the manager of their first team, who play in Duchy League division one. Club chairman Allan Webb said: "Tim has managed our...

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VIDEO & PICTURES: Veterans honoured with awards this morning at Armed Forces...

WAR VETERANS were honoured with awards in a ceremony during Armed Forces Day in Falmouth on Saturday. All generations of the services were united earlier and narrowly escaped rain on their parade at...

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Football tournament in Penzance today raises £750 for Jessica Palwyn, a...

A FOOTBALL tournament in Penzance today has raised nearly £750 for a little girl with cancer. The six-a-side game, which started at noon, is still currently going on at Astro Park despite the damp...

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Firefighters rescue dogs from kitchen fire in Kay Gardens, Wadebridge, today

TWO DOGS were rescued from a kitchen fire in Wadebridge earlier today. Fire engines from Wadebridge, Bodmin and a wholetime officer attended reports of smoke billowing from a home in Kay Gardens at...

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Cornish Rebels put more than a hundred past Centurions

Cornish Rebels 108 Exeter Centurions 20 The Cornish Rebels maintained their grip on the top of the South West League as they made it five wins out of five with a 19-try demolition of Exeter Centurions,...

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Historic mining village gets superfast broadband - Coombe near St Austell

A HISTORIC tin mining village has been brought bang up to date with an internet injection. Superfast Cornwall has overcome infrastructure obstacles to bring superfast optic broadband to Coombe, in the...

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