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Cornwall shared services plan put on hold to allow full debate
Councillors in Cornwall have voted overwhelmingly to put the brakes on a multi-million deal with telecom giant BT to jointly run services.The day-long meeting at County Hall, Truro, was calm in...
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Navy's first female senior observer reaches another milestone at RNAS Culdrose
The Royal Navy's first ever female senior observer, based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, has reached another aviation milestone by clocking up 3000 flying hours. Lieutenant Commander Kay Burbidge is the...
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Cornwall Council votes to increase pay 20%
Councillors in Cornwall have called for their numbers to be slashed and pay doubled for those who remain in power.Yesterday, Cornwall Council voted in favour of bumping up their pay packets by £2,472 a...
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Stiffer sentence for woman in car chase death
A woman who started a high-speed car chase which ended in the death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl had her sentence more than doubled yesterday.Three Court of Appeal judges upped the original 18-month...
View ArticleAnton Coaker: Ask for an oak beam and that's what you will get
Having pooh-pooed technology back-along, my interest has been re-engaged. See, there's this ad on telly for some website. It says it'll find my nearest fast food outfit of any given type, and however...
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Bus strike threat as talks go on over 7.1 per cent two-year deal
Bus chiefs and unions were last night locked in last-minute talks to break a pay dispute that could spark strikes across Devon and Cornwall tomorrow.At the time of going to press managers from First...
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'I came home from Olympics with a medal- and was hit by depression'
A British Olympic swimmer admits she shut her medal from the Beijing Games away in a drawer and could not look at it after becoming "depressed" with post-Olympics life.Cassie Patten, from Cornwall,...
View ArticleIn my opinion: Police commissioner should swear allegiance to crown
The forthcoming role of Police and Crime Commissioner election is unlawful.You will know that successful candidates will be required to swear an oath of office and impartiality. This oath includes...
View ArticleMarines join forces with French on beach 'invasion'
Royal Marines have joined forces with their French counterparts to stage a mock invasion of a beach in Corsica.The operation Corsican Lion, part of the three-month Cougar 2012 exercise, involved Royal...
View ArticleWest shoots get the low down on legal and commercial concerns
Shooting estate owners, agents and professionals who provide services to the game shooting industry gathered at the Dorset estate of Richard and Liz Frampton Hobbs on Tuesday night for a seminar.A...
View ArticleEarly HRT use 'may cut Alzheimer risk'
Women who begin taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) within five years of the menopause may reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Scientists monitored 1,768 women aged 65 and over...
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Book Bus volunteers spread the joy of reading
A vehicle rolls through the grasslands of Africa, stirring up a cloud of dust.As soon as the wheels stop, it is besieged by children hungry for the special cargo – books.The chant goes up from the...
View ArticleSupermarkets set to cut price for petrol
Motorists will benefit from lower supermarket petrol prices from today. First Asda announced that it would be cutting up to 2p off a litre of petrol – but not diesel – from this morning. Then rival...
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Plans for big incinerator on the edge of Dartmoor turned down
Plans to build a £200 million waste incinerator – likened to a Martian invader from the science fiction classic War of the Worlds – in ancient Devon woodland, have been turned down.Councillors decided...
View Article£300,000 gift helps treat cancer patients
Facilities for cancer patients at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital have been boosted thanks to a £300,000 donation.A new mould room has opened at the hospital's Beacon Centre enabling customised...
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National Trust brings the craft of boat building back to the Tamar
The Tamar used to be one of the busiest waterways in the region until the giant copper mines and hundreds of tiny market gardens closed.But now the old-fashioned banging and rasping sounds of...
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Truro Poundland Satanist will be in his crypt on Hallowe'en
SATANISM is being kept alive and well in Truro – by a father of three who works at Poundland.While children will be out trick or treating this Hallowe'en the day will be marked very differently in Phil...
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'Bold' Redruth soldier Sergeant Aaron Curtis buried with full honours
A CITY came to a standstill for a funeral with full military honours for a young soldier from Redruth who showed "inspirational courage".Sergeant Aaron Curtis, a 32-year-old father of two, was...
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Marlene, 72, plucked from Lizard clifftop after breaking a hip
A PENSIONER has praised the professionalism and compassion of the emergency services and others who helped when she fell and broke her hip walking on the Lizard.Marlene Combellack, 72, fell while...
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Safety measures urged on 'Cornwall's deadliest road' near Falmouth
QUESTIONS are being asked over whether a stretch of road near Falmouth is the "most deadly in Cornwall" following the sixth death in eight years.Officials have admitted the 2km section between...
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