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Hundreds evacuated as firefighters tackle Tate St Ives blaze
Fire crews have saved valuable artworks following a blaze at a popular tourist attraction in St Ives yesterday. Firefighters were called to the Tate St Ives Gallery at 12.30pm to a fire, which is...
View ArticleOrdered to pay up
A JUDGE has ordered a pensioner from North Cornwall to pay £35,000 within six months after his conviction for drugs offences.John Edwards, who was convicted at Truro Crown Court last year of...
View ArticleLifeboat crew honoured after a hazardous rescue
THE courage of three lifeboat crewmen from Port Isaac has been honoured with the presentation of gallantry medals by the Duke of Kent.Helmsman Damien Bolton, 32, received a Silver Medal and crew...
View ArticleFrustrated traders claim Town Team isn't helping
TRADERS have hit out at the Liskeard Town Team, claiming they have failed to see any benefit from the £100,000 of government money intended to revitalise the high street."It's been a year and we...
View ArticleWebsite is shop window for town
A NEW website launched in Fowey this week aims to promote the town and its attractions to the wider world.LoveFowey.net acts as a virtual shopfront for the town, highlighting the various shops,...
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Jobs fear at MPG Books Bodmin plant
MORE than 50 jobs could be lost at MPG Books in Bodmin after its premises shut and staff were told not to turn up for work.Administrators from Zolfo Cooper are understood to be in talks with the firm,...
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Tributes to Dad's Army favourite
ACTOR Bill Pertwee, who lived in Wadebridge for the last year of his life, died in the early hours of Monday morning. He was 86.The actor was best known for playing Warden Hodges in Dad's Army, and...
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Rottweiler Maddie treads water for a day in mine shaft rescue
A pub landlord has been reunited with his pet dog after it fell down an open mine shaft near Carnkie. Nick Lake, who runs the Counrtyman Inn in Piece, said his three-year-old Rottweiler, Maddie, was...
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Stabilising works to begin on Hannafore Road in West Looe
Stabilising works are due to begin on Hannafore Road in West Looe on Monday. In December more than 200 residents in the area were shut off after heavy rain caused part of cliff edge to fall and block...
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Truro College lecturer to join Alaskan expedition
A Porthtowan photographer is joining renowned scientists and artists in an expedition along the coast of Alaska to study the impact of a giant floating mass of plastic the size of Mexico. Andy Hughes,...
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Man and boy airlifted to hospital following A30 Bodmin crash
A 26-year-old man and a 7-year-old boy have been air lifted to hospital following a single vehicle collision on the A30 near Bodmin. The incident happened at around 10am this morning when a people...
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Soul II Soul to headline Electric Beach festival at Watergate Bay
ICONIC British dance act Soul II Soul will headline this year's Electric Beach festival at Watergate Bay on August 31. Ben Hall event director, said: "We are so pleased to have Electric Beach back this...
View ArticleSale of County Ground in Exeter would be loss to sport
As a long standing member of Isca Hockey Club I was very surprised to see plans to destroy the cricket pavilion at the County Ground in Exeter and replace it with student flats at a time when student...
View ArticleHayle man, 38, dies at Loggans crash scene
A LOCAL man has died after a crash on the A30 at Loggans, near Hayle, at the weekend.The fatal accident, at 3am on Saturday, involved a single vehicle, a green Jaguar XJ Sport, which ended up on its...
View ArticleVisitor dead after being hit by car
A HOLIDAYMAKER has died after being hit by a car while crossing a road near Penzance.The 72-year-old man from Somerset collided with a silver VW Golf on the A394 near Trevelyan Farm Shop, Rosudgeon on...
View ArticleMan dies after he was found in pool
A HAYLE man has died after being found face down in the water at Carnsew Pool in the town, on Tuesday night.Police were called to the scene at 9pm and a 28-year-old was found in the water and airlifted...
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MP hopeful Government will back helicopter service
THE Government could be called on to help fund the relaunch of a defunct helicopter service from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly.The Cornishman reported last month that AgustaWestland had agreed to...
View ArticlePolitical row leads to death threat to wife
A COUPLE in their seventies who argued over their political differences featured in a court hearing before Truro magistrates when the husband threatened to kill his wife, at one stage telling her she...
View ArticleForklift truck fire
FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle a fire on the Treloggan Industrial Estate in Newquay on Friday.Crews from Newquay, St Columb and Perranporth were called after smoke was seen to be coming from an...
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Penzance Savoy Cinema to host premiere of Summer in February
PENZANCE'S Savoy Cinema is set to host a sparkling premiere of Summer In February on Monday evening.Merlin Cinemas has teamed up with Cornwall Film Festival, to present the romantic drama, which hits...
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