Record-breaking annual pilgrimage
Organisers of Newquay's Run To The Sun weekend said a record-breaking 25,000 people attended a motor show at the airport yesterday. The annual three-day event also attracted 5,000 revellers to...
View ArticleYellow Day puts charity in the black
A fundraising day which turned Ilfracombe yellow has raised £2,600 towards a new lifeboat support vehicle. Supporters adopted the colour in tribute to the luminous waterproofs worn by volunteers when...
View ArticleMum and baby in car crash at roundabout
Fire crews attended a two-vehicle crash in Plymouth involving a mother and baby. Appliances from Camels Head came across a road traffic collision at Marsh Mills roundabout yesterday. Two men were still...
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Devon has UK's most expensive coast homes
A Devon resort has snatched the dubious honour of becoming Britain's costliest seaside town, according to a new house price survey.Salcombe in the South Hams, for years a favourite second-home...
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£9bn tourist business 'put at risk' by cuts to advertising
Funding cuts to tourism support are beginning to "hurt" the industry and risk killing a "golden goose" which generates £9 billion across the South West, experts claim.The latest round of cuts in...
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Cornwall come so close to cup glory
at TwickenhamThe look on Cornwall rugby captain Ben Hilton's face says it all.Despite giving everything in the Bill Beaumont Cup against Lancashire at Twickenham yesterday the Cornish boys' efforts...
View ArticleFour more 'hard' years of culls to control bovine tuberculosis
Westcountry farmers hope bovine tuberculosis in cattle could be controlled within four years, amid Government claims the badger cull may drag on until 2038.Ahead of two pilot schemes due to start this...
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Liskeard Relay For Life raises thousands of pounds for Cancer Research UK
Hundreds of people from across Cornwall joined together in the fight against cancer at this year's Liskeard Relay For Life. Survivors and supporters completed the 24-hour relay at Liskeard Rugby Club...
View ArticleUPDATE: Heavy showers forecast in Cornwall for this afternoon
UPDATE @ 1pm: PERSISTENT rain is expected to continue fall this afternoon and evening in Cornwall. The Met Office said 20mm of rain is expected to fall across most parts of the county with up to 30mm...
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PICTURES: Glorious sunshine boosts numbers at Launceston steam rally
A spectacular turnout has helped make this year's Launceston Steam and Vintage Rally one of the most popular ever.Organisers said double the number of people from last year had attended the annual...
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Boffins apply science to ignite cream tea debate
A bun fight may be about to break out over the best way to assemble one of Westcountry's best-loved afternoon snacks, after boffins devised a mathematical formula for creating the perfect cream tea.The...
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Third generation of shire horses makes an entrance
A shire horse in North Cornwall has given birth to a filly foal – one of less than 300 predicted to be born in the UK this year.Cornwall's Crealy Great Adventure Park, near Wadebridge, is already home...
View ArticleBullock pulled from bog in 4-hour rescue
Fire fighters in Devon struggled for four hours to rescue a bullock which had become trapped in a bog. A fire appliance from Holsworthy and a specialist rescue team from Barnstaple were mobilised to a...
View ArticleBusy bank holiday for coast rescue crews
Rescue crews from Polzeath had a busy Bank Holiday Monday. The town's lifeboat crew was called out at 9.45am to help a windsurfer who got into difficulty in strong winds in the bay. A spokesman for...
View ArticleMilitary wives to perform in cathedral
Military wives who sang at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee are to join forces with a cathedral troupe for a special summer concert. The Military Wives Choirs of Chivenor and Lympstone will perform at...
View ArticleFour from abroad airlifted to safety
Four people were cut off by the tide in Devon and had to be rescued by helicopter. Coastguards were alerted to the plight of the quartet, said to be "foreign", who had become stranded at Sillery Sands,...
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The Charlatans' Tim Burgess announces Falmouth date
IT'S FAIR to say that over the past two years, Tim Burgess has been a very, very busy man. In that time, the Charlatans singer – who has announced a solo show at Falmouth's Princess Pavilion on...
View ArticlePay our dairy farmers a fair price – by law, says NFU
A framework to ensure dairy farmers are treated with fairness by milk processors and big retailers should be made law, according to an industry leader in the South West.The Code of Good Practice for...
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Wadebridge Dad's Army star Bill Pertwee dies aged 86
Dad's Army favourite Bill Pertwee who,lived in a residential home in Wadebridge,has died. The 86-year-old,who played Warden Hodge in the popular sitcom, is believed to have been airlifted to Royal...
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New Plymouth police boss spent double of other candidates in campaign
Labour and the Liberal Democrats were both outspent by independent candidates in their failed campaigns to become Devon and Cornwall's first police and crime commissioner, the Western Morning News can...
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