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Teen father jailed for killing his baby son
A teenage father who was said to have "lost his temper" with his three-month-old baby has been jailed for causing his son's death.Stephen Coukham initially denied murdering his son Tyrone, but later...
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Ben Ainslie breaks title record as Saskia Sills wins award
Sir Ben Ainslie, who learnt to sail in Cornwall, capped a remarkable 12 months by being named the British Yachtsman of the Year for an unprecedented sixth time.After winning his fourth Olympic gold...
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Isles of Scilly homes for birds win £800,000 grant
The secret lives of rare seabirds nesting on a Westcountry island paradise are to go global as part of a major project spanning a quarter of a century.Nearly £800,000 is to be spent on halting and...
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Helston charity ShelterBox sends help to bush fire victims
A Cornish disaster relief charity is sending aid to the other side of the world to help families who have lost everything in devastating bush fires.Infernos raged through communities on the island of...
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MPs to hear of 'greatest machine in the world' by Cornwall inventor
A Cornish inventor is to appear before MPs to champion an alternative to the proposed Severn barrage that he claims would be the "greatest machine on earth".Rupert Armstrong-Evans has been invited to...
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South West homeless programme gets £160,000
More than £160,000 of funding has been allocated to help house homeless people in the South West.The new funding will enable the expansion of a programme which has helped more than 300 single homeless...
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Minister Brandon Lewis: Cornwall Council is 'democracy-dodging'
London EditorCornwall Council has been condemned by a Government minister for hiking council tax to a "hair's breadth" beneath the local referendum threshold.Earlier this month, officials recommended...
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Deal to provide council tax support for poor is rejected
Cornwall councillors have knocked back recommendations from leaders to create a local scheme to help the poor pay their council tax bills.From April the Government will end the national scheme of...
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Witness appeal after New Year's day attack on teenager in Callington
Police have appealed for witnesses after an attack on a teenager in a Cornish town on New Year's Day. The 17-year-old victim, who lives in Callington, was left with grazes, sprains and a swollen knee...
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Minister attacks council tax rise in Cornwall
A Government minister has accused Cornwall Council of "democracy-dodging" after proposing a hike in council tax that falls short of triggering a local referendum.Earlier this month, the local authority...
View ArticleFowey Community College selects new junior athletes
Fowey Community College presented hoodies to four year 9 students selected to join this year's Junior Athlete Education Programme.The presentation was made on January 14 as a welcome to the JAE...
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Cornwall passengers to get live updates on bus route
Bus passengers travelling between Penzance and Truro can now access up to the minute information on when the next bus is due. Cornwall Council has invested some £425,000 to install real-time passenger...
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MP Sheryll Murray raises concerns over Marines' body armour for use on...
Westcountry commandos poised to be dispatched to global trouble spots are training in old-style body armour that will be unfamiliar to them on the frontline, an MP has claimed.Sheryll Murray, MP for...
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Project to reduce energy bills for Cornwall households gets Government cash...
A SCHEME aiming to use collective buying power to bring down the cost of energy for Cornwall households has been boosted by a Government grant.Cornwall Together, set up in a partnership which includes...
View ArticleBodmin pasty shop helps college recruitment drive
The failure to fill two school crossing patrol jobs at Bodmin College in almost a year prompted a new approach to advertising the vacancies this week.Staff from CORMAC Solutions, which is contracted by...
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The perfect meeting of band and venue? Sigur Ros to headline Eden Sessions
THE Eden Session announced for Sunday, June 30, could be the perfect symbiosis of venue and band.For Iceland's Sigur Rós, with their quietly anthemic post-rock soundscapes, will give the biomes of Eden...
View ArticleHelston and Penzance main road could be closed for months
WORK could take several months to repair the main road between Helston and Penzance, Cornwall Council has warned.The westbound lane of the A394 Helston to Penzance road has been closed for a 100m...
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St Ives backs plans for expansion of the Tate
COUNCILLORS in St Ives have thrown their weight behind the £10.5 million plan to expand Tate St Ives into the hillside above Porthmeor Beach.The town council has given its unanimous support to create...
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Council tax could rise by 5% for Cornwall homes in 2014
Householders in Cornwall could see council tax bills rise over the next four years to make £176 million worth of savings imposed on the local authority by Whitehall.Yesterday Cornwall Council's cabinet...
View ArticleRepatriating powers from the EU to Britain 'will bring millions to Westcountry'
Devon and Cornwall would get tens of millions of pounds extra to boost jobs and regeneration if Britain repatriated powers from the European Union, some Tory MPs have claimed.The Fresh Start Project, a...
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