Tolvaddon slip road to be closed for roadworks
THE westbound exit slip road of the A30 at Toldaddon near Redruth will be closed from 9am to 4pm tomorrow (Monday, December 1) to allow work to be done on trees.
View ArticleA30 to be closed for resurfacing between Chiverton Cross and Zelah Hill
THE A30 will be closed between Chiverton Cross and Zelah Hill, near Truro, overnight from 8pm to 6am on Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 for resurfacing work to be done. Traffic will be...
View ArticleCornwall Under-20s open Championship campaign in fine style
Cornwall U20 34 Gloucestershire U20 21by Nigel WalrondCORNWALL got their Under-20 County Championship campaign off to an excellent start with an impressive victory over Gloucestershire at...
View ArticleSerious crash leaves one with life-threatening injuries and others hurt
ONE person has suffered life-threatening injuries and four others are thought to have been hurt in a head-on collision on a Cornish road this afternoon.The accident, involving a red BMW and a silver...
View ArticleRudimental announced as first Boardmasters 2015 headliner
BOARDMASTERS, the UK's biggest surf and music festival, has announced that its first headliner to perform at the event in 2015 will be chart-topping dance act, Rudimental.Boardmasters 2015 returns to...
View ArticleFalmouth police release CCTV image of two men in connection with mobile phone...
Police in Falmouth have released a CCTV image of two men the wish to identify in relation to the theft of several mobile phones from Tesco yesterday.If you know who they, or you are one of them please...
View ArticleAbandoned three-week-old puppy Issey anonymously handed in in Redruth
THE RSPCA is appealing to the public for information after an abandoned puppy was found weighing the same as a bar of chocolate.Three-week-old Issey was handed in last Friday in a cardboard box which...
View ArticleGraham Hall of Falmouth Missions to Seafarers Centre given Queen's Merchant...
Graham Hall who runs the Falmouth Mission to Seafarers Centre has been awarded the Queen's Merchant Navy Medal.He was presented with the medal for his meritorious service to seafarers' welfare.The...
View ArticleSurf champion Ben Skinner to test sustainable boards on UK's biggest...
A PERRANPORTH surfing champion is preparing to take on some of the UK's biggest waves with a locally sourced board to raise awareness of sustainability in the sport.The #BenGoWood challenge...
View ArticleEuan McPhee, founder of the Friends of Tregoniggie Woodland in Falmouth wins...
A FALMOUTH volunteer has won an award for his work to enhance a local woodland.Euan McPhee was presented with the environmental category Volunteer Cornwall Award by Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel...
View ArticleFormer partner feared for her life as jealous ex smothered her with pillow
A YOUNG Truro woman feared for her life after her jealous former partner held a pillow over her face and repeatedly punched her, a court was told.The day after the attack, Stephen Harvey, who had...
View ArticleTruro City escape punishment after supporters let off flares at game
Truro City will not be punished by the Football Association after a handful of supporters let off flares during their game at Dunstable Town last month.There had been fears that the City might even be...
View ArticleHarbour Talk, by Tony Atkinson: Shipping movements in Falmouth and Truro from...
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25: Just before daybreak, Greek tanker Kimolos (29,663/10) arrived from the Bayonne oil terminal, New Jersey, and anchored to load bunkers from the tanker Lizrix.Kimolos sailed again...
View ArticleEquestrian by Celeste Gall December 3
WITH more performances and a larger audience than ever before, Cornwall Trec Group returned for their third year with the Dressage to Music Gala held at Rosevidney.Rosevidney proprietor – Verity Perry...
View ArticleFootball: Saltash United make it 11 consecutive league wins
THERE remains a real sense of belief from within the Falmouth Town camp that results will improve, despite this latest defeat at Bickland Park on Saturday.There was an all too familiar feel about this...
View ArticleRugby: Newquay Hornets v Stithians report
THERE were celebrations in the Troon clubhouse late into the night on Saturday as the Grouter Park outfit earned their first points of the season with a 1-0 home over Perranwell.The decisive goal came...
View ArticleFootball: Carlsberg SW Peninsula League premier division review
PENRYN'S reign at top of the table was shortlived as they suffered a shock 5-0 defeat at Bude.The defeat, only Penryn's third of the season, saw them drop to third place to be replaced by St Dennis,...
View ArticleDEAN COOMBES, 30, of Grid Cottage, Trewhela, Summercourt, has been sent to...
DEAN COOMBES, 30, of Summercourt, has been sent to Truro Crown Court on conditional bail charged with assaulting Amy Coombes by beating on November 16 and making threats to kill two police officers on...
View ArticleRat infestation forecast for Cornwall this Christmas
FAMILIES in Cornwall are being warned to brace themselves for an invasion of rats over Christmas.Forecasters predict temperatures will plummet in the next few weeks as Britain is hit by a cold snap.And...
View ArticleCamborne charity shop owner "sickened" by thieves and vandals
THE OWNER of a Camborne animal and cat rescue charity shop has branded thieves and vandals that have plagued her business as "the lowest of the low".Donna Roscorla owns Donna's Animal and Cat Rescue in...
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