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Davies knows there is more to come from Cornish Pirates despite impressive win
Cornish Pirates head coach Ian Davies believes his side's win over Leeds means they travel to Moseley with confidence this weekend.The Pirates recorded their first Championship victory since September...
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Not a stabiliser in sight for young bikers
They might just have learned to balance on two wheels, but these fearless youngsters have already moved on to motorbikes.Dozens of children aged five to eight had a bash at mastering electric trials...
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Double summer time campaign 'on hold'
A campaign for lighter evenings which promises to boost tourism in the South West has been delayed.MPs who back the idea of putting the clocks forward to GMT plus one hour in winter and plus two hours...
View ArticleNew Parcelforce depot will create 60 jobs in South West
Parcelforce Worldwide is to open a new depot in Cornwall, creating 60 new jobs, as part of a £75 million investment programme.The delivery business, which is part of the Royal Mail Group, says it will...
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School reunion organisers want to hear from all of Charles Causley's children
Former pupils of a school at which Charles Causley taught for many years are being invited to a reunion in the Cornish poet's home town next month.Thousands of children received their early education...
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Visionary artist influenced every aspect of his town
Although Borlase Smart is remembered in St Ives, he really ought to be revered, writes Frank Ruhrmund.As St Ives-based author Marion Whybrow reminds us in her latest book, Borlase Smart: St Ives Artist...
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Parish prepares to reveal the long-buried history and mystery of medieval manor
A Cornish parish heritage group has been awarded a grant of £9,400 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to enable its members to locate the exact position of an ancient manor house and carry out a detailed...
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Doyen of Victorian sea painters joins 'friends' for major show
An artist who made his home in Falmouth in the 1880s and became a celebrated Royal Academician is being celebrated next month with an exhibition at the town's public art gallery.Charles Napier Hemy was...
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Homeowners unable to make 'second step'
There was good and bad news for the Westcountry property market after towns in the region recorded opposite ends of the spectrum in numbers of people taking their second step up the property...
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Our New York terror in face of 'Frankenstorm'
A dancer from the Westcountry described her "terror" as she took shelter in the heart of what was expected to be the biggest storm to ever hit the American mainland.Jasmine Gregory, 23, from Saltash in...
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Plea to public to help prevent spread of winter vomiting bug
Health chiefs in Cornwall have asked for help stopping the spread of the winter vomiting bug.Cases of norovirus have been reported in the county and Lisa Johnson, nurse consultant director of infection...
View Article100,000 ash trees felled so far – but Government is accused of 'dithering'
Some 100,000 ash trees have been felled in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly disease threatening to wipe out a species.Environment Minister David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome, said ash...
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Westcountry could lose a third of its trees to disease
The Westcountry landscape could be more devastated by a disease that is threatening the nation's ash trees than it was by the infamous Dutch Elm outbreak of the 1970s, experts have warned.The region is...
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Callington house gutted by fire, arson is suspected
Arsonists are believed to have started a fire which gutted a house in Callington in the early hours of yesterday.Fire crews were called to the end-of-terrace house in Coronation Road at 5.30am after...
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Families to get letter on child benefit changes
Letters will be arriving at 100,000 Westcountry households from today warning families that they may lose their child benefit.Under a controversial decision, families will start losing money on a...
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Planning relaxation laws 'could destroy village greens'
A Government attempt to loosen planning rules in order to encourage economic growth will seriously damage the key protections for cherished areas of countryside, conservationists claim.The Campaign to...
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Liskeard scissors killing – woman on trial
A four-times-married woman murdered her latest husband with a pair of dress-making scissors after he refused to help her tidy up, a court heard.Sandra Clinch, 49, said she threw the brand new scissors...
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Penzance film maker in Manhattan describes Super Storm Sandy
A PENZANCE film maker has described huge trees being uprooted, shards of glass flying past his window and the fronts of buildings collapsing as the hurricane rages through his home town of New York....
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Truro schoolchildren in path of US cyclone Sandy
Children from a Truro school are in the path of a cyclone wreaking havoc in the US.Pupils from Richard Lander School are on a two-week exchange trip to Mechanicsburg in Pennsylvania.The party of 13...
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Car share scheme for gridlocked St Ives?
PRESSURE on parking in the home of the £50,000 parking space could be eased if a car share club gets public backing. St Ives Town Council has called a public meeting to hear from the head of a national...
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