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Surfing and music round off epic Boardmasters
The Boardmasters Festival lived up to expectations as the crowd at the sell-out summer spectacular were treated to a weekend of raucous sounds and expert surfing.Days three and four of the festival saw...
View ArticleTobacco smugglers and new laws threat to corner shops
Tobacco smugglers are squeezing the life out of traditional corner shops with hundreds in the South West set to pay the price of the illegal activity.According to a new study, one in eight corner shops...
View ArticleFalmouth without Royal British Legion branch
FALMOUTH is without a branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) after more than 100 years after a decision was made to disband it.Several members of the branch have criticised the county branch for not...
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Government: 'We can't crack down on subsidy aristocrats'
The Government risks being powerless to crack down on rich landowners, big business and royalty claiming EU farming subsidies despite wanting to reform hand-outs, the farming minister has conceded to...
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Dominic Dyer: Badger cull will be damaging for David Cameron
David Cameron came to Devon last week with support for the badger cull. Dominic Dyer of Care for the Wild International thinks he's wrong.David Cameron came out fighting for the farming industry on his...
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Helston artist's painting of frogs short listed for £30,000 prize
A Helston-based artist has seen her painting of frogs short listed out of more than 3,000 artists for a prestigious £30,000 art prize. Nicola Bealing, who has been painting in Cornwall for 25 years,...
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Helston campaigners' plea to Hollywood actor Hugh Grant
A campagn group fighting development plans at Helston Railway are calling on Hollywood icon, Hugh Grant, to return to Prospidnick and hear their views in person. The group wrote an open letter to the...
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David Bowie Is at Truro cinema tomorrow night
DAVID BOWIE Is Happening Now comes to The Plaza, Truro, tomorrow night. The Victoria & Albert Museum's exhibition David Bowie Is has been a phenomenal success, presenting a retrospective of the...
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Lizard gymnastic centre celebrates funding windfall
Members of a Lizard gymnastic club have welcomed a £26,800 funding windfall which will pay for a long-awaited new roof. Mullion Gymnastics Centre is one of 38 grass roots sports projects across the...
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Leading trio The Staves to play special gig on the Roseland peninsula
Nokia and La Blogotheque have today announced that folk trio The Staves will headline the sixth Lumia Live Session at the Hidden Hut, the rustic outdoor café located just outside Portscatho on the...
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Cavalcade of historic buses follow original route from Helston to The Lizard
This Saturday will be 110 years to the day that the first Great Western Railway bus service was launched from Helston to The Lizard. The Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust is celebrating...
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Gig rowers enjoyed "best ever" Buller Day on The Lizard
Gig rowers from across the county battled it out during the "best ever" Buller Day at Cadgwith Cove on The Lizard. Sixteen visiting Cornish gigs joined Cadgwith Gig Club for their annual race event on...
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Ride's Mark Gardener plays Falmouth's Beerwolf Books
AS WELL as leading the influential shoegazing genre of the early '90s, Oxford's Ride were also one of the most powerful live bands of the era. Songs live Drive Blind and Dreams Burn Down coruscated a...
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Landewednack School on the Lizard 'Button Box' performance
Children at Landewednack School on The Lizard performed their year end production 'The Button Box' in-front of a full house. The story told of four children, who while visiting their grandparents, came...
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St Agnes pubs take part in flower competition
Pub landlords in St Agnes have been battling to produce the best outdoor flower display in the annual St Agnes Publican Planting Challenge. This year's competition saw ten landlords enter in three...
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Bovine TB could spread across country 'within the decade'
Tuberculosis in cattle will spread from the South West to Greater Manchester, Merseyside and West Yorkshire within a decade if left unchecked, the Government has said.The warning comes as ministers...
View ArticleIt is time to see sense on new solar farm developments
North Tawton is earmarked for one of the largest solar park developments in England at 143 acres (57 hectares) if planning permission is approved. The site has been selected by Kinetica because they...
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Walk will support dementia patients
VOLUNTEERS are being asked to come forward to help support a sponsored memory walk in Hayle.The walk, in aid of the Alzheimer's Society, encircles Copperhouse Pool, with an option of a longer route...
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Mo must go to fund Africa trip
A FATHER has had a close shave to raise funds for his daughter's charity trip to Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Cornwall Air Ambulance.Julian Heath-Coleman, 52, bid farewell to his moustache after 30...
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Hundred cyders and hundred music acts at Healey's festival near Truro
A HUNDRED cyders and 100 acts will star in a new festival in September. The Big Apple is a three-day event held at Healey's Cyder Farm, near Perranporth, from Friday, September 27, to Sunday, September...
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