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Truro City players Watkins and Green wanted by rival clubs
Truro City player-manager Lee Hodges is waiting for news on the fitness of in-demand striker Andy Watkins ahead of tonight's Blue Square Bet South test at Farnborough.The Bath City transfer target...
View ArticleScrap two-tier local councils says Heseltine
A mega-fund totalling almost £60 billion should be set up to enable the Westcountry and other regions to action targeted plans to boost economic growth, it has been proposed.The "big bazooka" approach...
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Under-18s are reminded of 'no fireworks' rule
Police have issued a warning about the possession of fireworks after a stash was seized from two boys aged 13 and 14.The youngsters were stopped in Saltash on Friday with what were described as...
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Court told of force used to stab man, 48, with scissors
A forensic pathologist told a court yesterday it was "extremely unlikely" a man suffered a fatal wound from scissors that had been thrown at him.Dr Russell Delaney, Home Office registered forensic...
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Cornish MP Andrew George nominated Backbencher of the Year
Cornish MP Andrew George has said he was "just doing his job" after being nominated for Backbencher of the Year in an annual award from the Westminster corridors of power.The St Ives Liberal Democrat...
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First Great Western's sale of sweets helps military heroes
The South West's leading rail operator has teamed up with a confectionery giant to raise money for war victims and their families.Customers on First Great Western services will be able to purchase a...
View ArticleNFU: Work together on potato shortage
Potato growers in the South West are being urged to contact their customers to liaise about their marketing situation, following a poor season.With yields down between 12 and 15 per cent, the National...
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Taxpayers pay out £1.2m to bankroll union staff in councils and hospitals
The public sector in the Westcountry paid out more than £1 million last year for the work of dozens of trade union staff.Research by the TaxPayers' Alliance, which campaigns for lower taxes and better...
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Final call for Isles of Scilly helicopters after 50 years
The curtain will fall on five decades of a helicopter service linking the Cornish mainland with the Isles of Scilly today, when the final commercial flight with British International Helicopters (BIH)...
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Special church ceremony for MP Sheryll Murray's fisherman husband
A model of the fishing boat on which a Westcountry MP's husband died in a tragic accident has been installed as a permanent memorial at a Cornish church.Neil Murray, 57, husband of South East Cornwall...
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Power firm bids to be first to connect to Hayle's undersea Wave Hub
The first energy-generating device is set to plug into the pioneering Cornish Wave Hub after an Irish firm applied for a marine licence.The giant hub – an undersea socket on the seabed, 10 miles off...
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Cornwall road accident victims improving in hospital
The condition of two people seriously injured in a crash involving three cars and a motorcycle was said to be improving. A motorcyclist and a woman in her 60s were taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital...
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Scillies' council chief Philip Hygate is suspended
An under-fire council supremo has been suspended by councillors following six months of relentless pressure.Philip Hygate, chief executive of the Council of the Isles of Scilly, appeared in front of a...
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Westcountry pensioners can't afford to quit work
The number of working pensioners in Devon and Cornwall has soared over the past decade fuelling fears people cannot afford to retire.Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that...
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Police appeal for a missing Truro man
Police in Cornwall are appealing for information to help trace a missing man from the Truro area.Gerard Kearney, aged 53, is described as being white, medium build and has short dark brown hair.He had...
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Dealing with the effects of cancer in the workplace
Cancer is a devastating condition for everyone concerned that leaves patients and carers feeling isolated, often facing financial difficulties and lacking in confidence, with many being forced to give...
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Final flight marks end of Penzance to Scilly helicopters
THE FINAL flight took off today from the Isles of Scilly heading back to Penzance and marking the end of the world's oldest scheduled helicopter service.On a cold, damp and dark evening, a small group...
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Summoned for Council Tax Arrears...?
It's approaching that time again when Cornwall Council next apply to the Magistrates' court for Council Tax liability orders. This is only one of several applications made to the court each year. These...
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Public should help vaccinate badgers, says Cornish MP
A Cornish MP has called on the support of farmers and wildlife experts for a badger vaccination programme to bear down on the problem of bovine TB outbreaks in local cattle herds.Speaking a week after...
View ArticleStudy of underwater tin deposits could create jobs
A Cornish company is to begin an investigation of underwater tin deposits to see if it is economically and environmentally viable to extract the mineral, writes WMN Business Editor Liz Parks .With...
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