Tighter leash on area's dog-owners
ANGRY dog-owners in Wadebridge have swamped the town council with objections to it introducing tough new by-laws banning their pets from recreation areas.Three petitions and other letters criticising...
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Getting their barings on the local terrain
A WOMAN from North Cornwall has persuaded people to strip off and become Calendar Girls – or boys – to raise money for a charity which has a special meaning for her.Kirsty Ferguson, from Camelford, has...
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Towns spared worse floods
HAVING battled against the onrushing floodwater early last week business-owners in Fowey and Lostwithiel were given a slight reprieve after the expected "worse to come" scenario failed to materialise.A...
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New friendships are forged at party
CARE home residents past and present have united to celebrate a community built on friendship and laughter.The party at Fowey's Windmill House was also open to former residents and locals, who eagerly...
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Scene: Pupils aid Soapbox project
HARVEST OF ART: Class 1 at St Mabyn School showing pictures they have drawn of fruit, which they used in the school's harvest festival service. Money raised from the collection went to Soapbox, an...
View ArticleArsonist was hoping to die
AN ARSONIST suffering from deep depression has been given a 52-week suspended jail sentence after she caused damage costing most than £30,000 to her Fowey home.Pamela Palfrey, aged 46 and now of...
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Team will be spreading a little kindness in Bodmin
MEMBERS of a skills exchange project in Bodmin will be taking to the streets next Friday and offering random acts of kindness.The Bodmin Time Bank was formed last year. Members do favours for each...
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'Quit' decision could leave a £10,000 bill
BODMIN residents could be faced with a by-election bill of more than £10,000 following the resignation of two former mayors.If an election is called, the two new councillors would only be eligible to...
View ArticleLiskeard spruces up the Portas way
TOWN leaders have urged the Liskeard community to come together as it prepares to welcome retail guru Mary Portas back for the Big Clean Up this weekend.Liskeard was selected as one of 12 Portas Pilots...
View ArticleLeisure centre is saved – now use it
CAMELFORD's leisure centre has been saved from closure – and now local people are being urged to use it and ensure its survival.The news came this week after a business plan devised by a local...
View ArticleMum's inquest leaves family shocked
A DAUGHTER has urged Cornwall's coroner to ensure people diagnosed with an industrial disease – and their families – are warned that a "distressing" inquest would probably be held after their...
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Government defeat as MPs' vote 'no' on badger culling
The Government last night suffered a humiliating defeat on its plan to cull badgers in two South West bovine TB hotspot areas.In the first-ever debate resulting from an online petition, it lost a...
View ArticleDavies names strong line-up for Leeds clash
Laurie McGlone retains the Cornish Pirates captaincy as they return to action in the RFU Championship on Sunday against Leeds at the Mennaye Field (2.30pm), writes Dick Straughan. Pirates head coach...
View ArticleChocolate crook on the prowl in Hayle
Police in Hayle are hunting for a sweet-toothed thief who stole more than a thousand chocolate bars and packets of sweets from a car last week. The chocolate-loving criminal got away with 384 limited...
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RNLI reminder to stay safe on Cornwall's beaches
The RNLI has issued a reminder to families and individuals to stay safe by visiting lifeguarded beaches this October half term. RNLI lifeguards will be providing safety cover on Praa Sands, Gwithian,...
View ArticleBuilding evacuated following Penzance flat fire
A FOUR-STOREY building in Penzance had to be evacuated after a sofa caught fire in a basement flat yesterday.FIve people were ask to vacate the building on Penare Road shortly before 8.30pm as the...
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Countryside war of words continues as hunting season starts
As the hunting season gets under way across the Westcountry battle-lines have once again been drawn between warring sides.Seven years after the battle over fox hunting pitted rural communities against...
View ArticleBooks exceed their expected sale prices
A first edition copy of Lord Of The Flies signed by its Newquay-born author Sir William Golding has sold for £15,000. Moments earlier, at the same sale at Bloomsbury Auctions in London, a first edition...
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Police stop 400 HGVs in road safety searches
Police detected 1,200 driving offences and issued fines totalling £25,000 after stopping more than 400 trucks in a large-scale road safety operation.One foreign heavy goods vehicle worth £80,000 was...
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New book helps 'Angel of Bali' come to terms with bombings, 10 years on
In the eyes of the world, Hanabeth Luke was the Angel of Bali.The Cornish-born woman had been photographed helping a desperately injured teenager stagger clear of the burning rubble of a terrorist bomb...
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