A30 crash victim Desmond Barnes died of natural causes
AN 84-YEAR-OLD man whose car left the A30 near Penzance and crashed into a hedge is believed to have died of natural causes, police have said.Desmond Barnes, of Marazion, died following the single...
View ArticleFormer neighbour of US school shootings to raise funds at Stithians
A FUNDRAISING event in Stithians on Saturday (Jan 12) aims to support families affected by last month's shootings at a school in the United States. Twenty six people, including 18 young children, died...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted in Liskeard on New Year's Day
A woman was sexually assaulted in Liskeard in the early hours of New Year's Day. Police are appealing for anyone with any information about the attack on the 36-year-old woman to come forward. The...
View ArticleCornwall childcare provider praised
CORNWALL'S largest provider of childcare services has been named in an annual review of the industry and praised for the quality of its provision. Happy Days Nurseries featured in an annual review of...
View ArticleArrest over alleged New Year's Eve assault at Camborne
A MAN has been arrested following an alleged serious assault in Camborne shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve. The incident was said to have happened on a footpath as the victim was crossing...
View ArticleLooe monkey sanctuary hopes for a better 2013
Animal welfare and conservation charity Wild Futures said it's determined to get back on track after a difficult year.The organisation, which runs The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, has launched an...
View ArticleSt Austell man dies in tree fall
A ST Austell man has died after falling from a tree, police have confirmed.The man, believed to be in his late 50s, is thought to have been cutting branches from a tree on Long Park Way, Bethel when he...
View ArticleHappy birthday to Camborne fire station - 50 years today
CAMBORNE fire station celebrates its 50 golden years today.The College Street facility was officially opened on January 7, 1963 by Sir John Carew Pole, the chairman of the then Cornwall County...
View ArticleSt Agnes Parish Councillor Eddie Price dies following surgery
TRIBUTES have been paid to a St Agnes councillor who died while recovering from major surgery at Treliske. Eddie Price, who was known for his colourful shirts and a familiar face through-out the...
View ArticleBLOG: How to publicly embarrass yourself in easy-to-follow steps
1. Make a throw away comment on twitter that you'll dance Gangnam Style on YouTube if your followers increase by 1000 in a week feeling safe in the knowledge that it took you 2.5 years to get 4000.2....
View ArticleVIDEO: Falmouth police Gangnam Style video posted on YouTube
A "Gangnam Style" video made by members of Devon and Cornwall Police in Falmouth has now been posted on the Force YouTube site. Sergeant Gary Watts persuaded colleagues from the town station to join...
View ArticleSt Newlyn east motorist asks Cornwall Council to pay repair bill after car...
A MOTORIST whose car was damaged while driving through a pothole near Truro (near Newquay)is calling on Cornwall Council to pay his £100 repair bill. Pensioner, Howard Vaughan, of St Newlyn East, was...
View ArticleCornwall Council Chief Exec Kevin Lavery explains decision to leave for New...
CORNWALL Council chief executive Kevin Lavery announced at Christmas that he would be leaving the authority to take up a new position in New Zealand. As he prepares to leave Richard Whitehouse spoke to...
View ArticleST Agnes Parish Council Buys Plot of Land for £55,000
ST AGNES Parish Council has spent £55,000 on a plot of land in the village but is remaining tight-lipped over whether it is to become its site for a new headquarters.The council said the one acre plot...
View ArticleCornwall With Caroline Quentin - great for tourism, excruciating for the locals
SOMETIMES you have to face those horrors in life, the moments that make you recoil, question your very being … and make you realise you should have watched EastEnders on the other side.Just a few...
View ArticleMercedes charity box is stolen
A CHARITY box raising money in memory of a Crowlas woman who died of cervical cancer has been stolen.The Mercedes Curnow Foundation fundraising tin was taken from Herbies fish and chip shop in Penzance...
View ArticleNo fudge as St Ives company plans to take on 26 new staff
A FAMILY-run fudge and chocolate business in St Ives with customers around the world has announced it is to increase its workforce, taking on 26 new staff.The news comes after County Confectionery, run...
View ArticleWitnesses sought over death of driver
AN 84-YEAR-OLD man whose car left the A30 near Penzance and crashed into a hedge is believed to have died of natural causes, police have said.Desmond Barnes, of Marazion, died following the single...
View ArticleClothing firm to create 23 jobs with £120k investment
A CORNISH fashion brand that started from a single shop in Penzance has announced it is to create more than 20 jobs.Seasalt clothing started in a former army surplus store in Adelaide Street in 1981...
View ArticleTaxi driver jailed for sex attacks
A ST IVES taxi driver who preyed on vulnerable women and sexually assaulted them in his car has been jailed for four years.Truro Crown Court heard Nigel Holland, aged 51, of Trelawney Avenue, St Ives,...
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