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Truro City manager Lee Hodges keeps an eye on the weather
Truro City player-manager Lee Hodges is keeping his fingers that crossed the forecast for more heavy rain does not wash out the Cornish club's Blue Square Bet South Boxing Day home date with Dorchester...
View ArticleCornish conductor hopes to go out on a high with final performance
A musician and musical director who has led a Cornish orchestral ensemble since it was formed 25 years ago will give his final concert performance as conductor next week.Russell Jory, who for many...
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Companies to face Falmouth port price hike
Shipping companies are being forced to pay a hike in harbour charges at a Cornish port to help plug a deficit of around £200 million in a pension pot for river pilots.Falmouth Harbour Commissioners...
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Lost Gardens of Heligan's pineapple the most expensive in world
A pineapple grown in Britain in horse manure has been hailed the world's most expensive piece of fruit – worth a whopping £10,000.The fruit was nurtured over two years using traditional – and very...
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Forecasters predict no let up in Westcountry's wet winter
More rain is set to exacerbate the flooding chaos in the Westcountry. Another band of wet weather was expected to come in last night bringing up to 30mm – more than an inch of rain – across Devon and...
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VIDEO: Cornwall braced for more rain after weekend of floods misery and chaos
Communities in Cornwall are counting the cost of flooding following another weekend of terrible weather.Strong winds, torrential rain and hide tides in the early hours of yesterday morning brought more...
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Probe call over 'staggering' hunt case costs
Politicians have called for a watchdog investigation into whether the "staggering" £326,000 spent by the RSPCA on legal action against a fox hunt was a breach of the charity's obligations.Tory MP Simon...
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Woman dies from injuries following collision in Camborne
A woman has died as a result of injuries sustained during a collision in Camborne. The woman, a pedestrian in her sixties, died in the Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske) in Truro on Saturday. Formal...
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Heavy rain weather warning issued for Cornwall for Christmas Day
A heavy rain weather warning has been issued for Christmas Day in Cornwall with forecasters warning of further flooding. The Met Office has issued a yellow-graded heavy rain warning, the lowest of its...
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Section of A30 closed at Scorrier after slurry tanker overturns and spills load
A section of the A30 is currently closed in Cornwall after a tanker overturned spilling slurry all over the road. The eastbound carriageway of the A30 is closed between Scorrier and Chiverton Cross...
View ArticleBoss of Cornwall Council Kevin Lavery to take up new job in New Zealand
CORNWALL Council's chief executive is leaving the authority for a new post in New Zealand. Announcing he had formally accepted the role as chief executive of Wellington City Council, Kevin Lavery, said...
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Cornish Pirates recall prop Paver for Albion clash
Cornish Pirates head coach Ian Davies has stuck with the majority of the squad who won in Wales ten days ago for the crunch Boxing Day derby at Brickfields against Plymouth Albion (3pm).The Pirates,...
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Vandal cuts Christmas tree lights
A VANDAL has cut through a set of Christmas tree lights, causing over £100 of damage.The Royal British Legion in Heamoor has been left with the bill after it was discovered that the lights had been cut...
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Biker on mend after Carbis Bay collision
A MOTORCYLIST is on the mend after being rushed to hospital in a critical condition after his bike collided with a car near St Ives last Wednesday evening.The 26-year-old man, who lives and works...
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Sudden death of foodbank founder
THE much-loved founder of the Penzance Food Bank and local church leader died suddenly last week – less than a week before Christmas.Brenda Fox passed away unexpectedly at her home in Penzance last...
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Elderly tuck into Rotary Christmas fare
MORE than 100 guests, including a very special birthday girl, enjoyed an annual festive event in Penzance.For the past 23 years the Rotary Club of Mounts Bay has held a Christmas party for local senior...
View ArticleScilly link: PM says he will meet islanders 'if necessary'
DAVID Cameron has agreed to meet a delegation from the Isles of Scilly "if necessary" in the aftermath of the archipelago losing its "lifeline" helicopter service.The plight of islanders was laid out...
View ArticleKids and parents polish off fish pie
PARENTS and Mousehole residents enjoyed a slap-up stargazy pie supper at the village's primary school as part of a project involving pupils. Chef Sanjai Kumar cooked 80 individual fish pies with the...
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Cornish traditions weather the storms
DESPITE atrocious weather, hundreds of people celebrated two peculiarly west Cornish traditions last weekend.With the midwinter festival Montol on Friday and Tom Bawcock's Eve two days later, it was a...
View ArticlePolice op reunites families with loot
AROUND ten Hayle families are set to be reunited with their belongings after a successful police operation just days before Christmas.Following a recent spate of thefts from cars and sheds, local...
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