VIDEO: Two Truro school girls to shave hair for charity
Two brave 12-year-old girls are to shave their beautiful long hair off in aid of charity – and are appealing for public support. Harriet Tyler and her friend Maggie Sykes, both students at Richard...
View ArticleTruro City battle to rare away victory
AFC Hornchurch 1 Truro City 2Second half goals by Stewart Yetton and Andy Watkins were enough to give City only their third away Blue Square Bet South win of the season.It was not a classic performance...
View ArticleSuper sub Carter heads injury time winner for Bodmin at Tavistock
Tavistock 1 Bodmin Town 2Adam Carter came off the bench to score Carlsberg South West Peninsula League premier division leaders Bodmin's injury-time winner against a gallant Tavistock side at...
View ArticleTrial expansion of Cornwall's minor x-ray service
A trial expansion of the minor x-ray service in Cornwall began today in a bid to ease pressure on the Duchy's main emergency department in Truro. Patients seeking an x-ray for minor injury were able to...
View ArticleRedruth end losing run and Camborne stay on course for promotion play-off
Redruth ended a run of five successive National 2 South defeats with a 38-22 home win over Southend.The Reds ran in six tries, with the visitors replying with four, in a high scoring encounter at a wet...
View ArticlePICTURES: Ponies found starved to death on Bodmin Moor
Dozens of ponies have starved to death and others been shot dead due to poor health on Bodmin Moor, it has been claimed. At least two of the animals died while giving birth on the East Moor side and...
View ArticleRedruth back on track with six try win against Southend
Redruth 38 Southend 22Redruth put an end to their five match losing streak, outscoring their visitors by six tries to four in an entertaining match played in difficult conditions, reports Bill Hooper...
View ArticleHistoric lugger returns to West Cornwall
AN HISTORIC lugger often seen in the waters of Mount's Bay has returned to west Cornwall after a major overhaul. Fittingly named the Happy Return, the vessel left Penzance at the end of last season and...
View ArticleSt Ives gig named after tragedy gig
The descendants of a skipper who died along with two other fishermen on a fishing gig more than 100 years ago attended the launch of a new St Ives gig named after the vessel. St Ives Gig Club's newest...
View ArticleIndian Queens stalwarts raise quarter of million for Cancer Research
TWO couples from Indian Queens have together clocked up more than 130 years of dedication to Cancer Research UK – and raised nearly £250,000 in the process. The Indian Queens Cancer Research Committee...
View ArticleCornish Pirates edged out in eight-try thriller at Nottingham
Nottingham 28 Cornish Pirates 26Nottingham secured second place in the RFU Championship regular season as they pipped the Cornish Pirates in an eight try thriller at Meadow Lane, writes Dick...
View ArticlePonies found starved to death on Bodmin Moor
Dozens of ponies have starved to death and others been shot dead due to poor health on Bodmin Moor, it has been claimed. At least two of the animals died while giving birth on the East Moor side and...
View ArticleCar lost control and flipped near Callington
A WOMAN had a lucky escape after her car lost control, hit a hedge and flipped near to Callington today. The woman, from the St Dominic area, was helped out of her car, which was overturned, by...
View ArticleHundreds of seabirds found dead on Cornwall beach
Hundreds of seabirds have been washed up dead on a South East Cornwall beach today, it has been reported. The deaths follow those of scores of other birds which have been washed up across Devon and...
View Article'It's the heart of my faith that no one is nothing'
Every morning for the past 13 years, the Right Rev Michael Langrish has started his day by rising from his bed, walking a few paces down a corridor between his home, the Bishop's Palace, and Exeter...
View ArticleRNLI called after man falls into Roseland creek
A man fell into a Roseland creek earlier while attempting to climb on to his yacht from a dinghy. He eventually managed to pull himself out of the water at St Just Creek and onto his yacht but was cold...
View Article1,700 military personnel launch 'beach assault'
Europe's biggest military exercise was launched by a beach assault led by the Royal Navy and Westcountry-based Royal Marines.Some 1,700 military personnel from the UK, France and the Netherlands were...
View ArticleTruro City Football Club to meet creditors next month
A NEW meeting to discuss Truro City Football Club's financial situation takes place next month. The previous creditors meeting, scheduled to take place at the club on Friday morning last week, was...
View ArticleCornwall Council votes to axe special allowances for political group leaders
LEADERS of political groups will no longer receive a special allowance after a councillor said that "taxpayers should not be funding political posts".Cornwall Council met for the final time before the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mousehole stars in Cornish culture series
An online video magazine in Cornwall is soon to release a feature film covering Mousehole in earlyMay.Cornish Living TV, which produces documentaries and narratives focusing on the culture around...
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