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What's On's Lee Trewhela presents weekly guide on Sky's Cornwall Channel
WHAT'S ON editor Lee Trewhela has recorded his first weekly guide for the Cornwall Channel on Sky 212 and Freesat 401. You can see Lee's regular look at the arts and what's on and where to go around...
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Festive season lights go up
MEMBERS of Bodmin's Christmas Lights Committee spent Sunday morning putting the festive illuminations up in the town centre ready for Friday night's big switch-on by MP Dan Rogerson.The festivities...
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Missing man found and fined in court for order breach
A MILLBROOK man who sparked a police appeal after he went missing for several days has been found.Andrew Robson, 22, disappeared after police were called when he went to his estranged partner's address...
View ArticleGoal for disabled
BODMIN could be home to Cornwall's first disability sports centre after ambitious plans were put forward.Bodmin Dragons dis-Ability FC is behind the proposals to build the hub at the town's leisure...
View ArticleMan, 41 denies attack in street
A DISPUTE between former Delabole neighbours ended with one man's head in a bloody mess and the other accused of assaulting him.Kenneth Gledhill, of The Sidings, Pengelly, is accused of attacking Henry...
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I can't bear to leave a new friend behind
DELIGH-TED: Seven-year-old Jamie Birch was among the visitors to Lostwithiel this weekend for the Cornwall Christmas Bear Fair. See page 21 for the full story.
View ArticleField 'to be sold for new homes'
CORNWALL Council is set to sell off a former school playing field in Wadebridge to make way for a new housing estate.The local authority's planning department has been negotiating with housing...
View ArticleDisabled athlete's dream is crushed
A DISABLED woman says her dreams of competing as a swimmer at the Paralympics have been shattered after bosses ruled she was not eligible to compete.Michelle Murphy-Wright, 25, was told by the Amateur...
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We are not alone - the name of Plymouth is known worldwide
Old Plymouth Society member Neill Mitchell offers some intriguing insights to the cultural and potential promotional links between Plymouth and its many cousins across the world.Between 1913 and 1914...
View ArticleCornwall council tax rise of £24 to meet saving target
Council tax bills in Cornwall are to rise by 1.97% next year as the authority struggles to meet a savings target of £24 million.After an impassioned debate at County Hall in Truro yesterday, members...
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Historic town to host Christmas spree in run-up to festive season
A Dartmoor town promises to be a riot of Christmas colour for its festive late-night shopping event next month.More than 50 Christmas trees will have been decorated and will be adorning shops in...
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Centre circle to centre stage: footballing history remade
A Westcountry theatre has well and truly caught football fever.As Brazil gets ready to host the World Cup in July 2014, Exeter's Northcott Theatre will stage a large-scale community musical, The Day We...
View ArticleAction promised on children held in police cells
A health minister has said it is "completely unacceptable" that mentally ill children are being detained in police cells after the issue was raised by a Westcountry MP.Health Minister Daniel Poulter...
View ArticleOffshore wind farm victim of 'attrition'
The Atlantic Array is "likely" to be just the first of many offshore wind farms shelved as Government policies wage a war of "attrition" on investors, industry experts have warned.Supporters of green...
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COUNCIL LIVE: webcast and live blog of 10am Cornwall Council Cabinet meeting
Cornwall Council's Cabinet is today considering the future of charges for adult social care, proposals to sell Carn Brea Leisure Centre's running track, Falmouth Academy's plan to create sports...
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More than 3,000 die in South West because of cold weather
More than 3,000 people died in the South West last winter because of the cold – a rise of 27%.According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), excess winter deaths in England and Wales rose by...
View ArticleSolar farm proposal splits opinion in village as parish council objects
PLANS for a solar farm in St Erth are causing a stir.Land at Bunkers Hill has been earmarked as a potential site for a 6.2MV solar farm, which, along with mounted solar panels, would include power...
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The rabbit hole beckons ...
LEWIS Carroll's ever popular fantasy tale Alice In Wonderland is the latest production to be put on by the Lockwood-Urban Dance and Theatre School.The show is being staged at St John's Hall, Penzance,...
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Local plan must be bold to let locals buy homes – MP
MP ANDREW George says "bold and ambitious" proposals must be included in the new St Ives Neighbourhood Plan if local people are to be able to afford to own a home in the town.And he has urged those...
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Festive fun and free parking are a winning combination
CHRISTMAS in St Ives this year is set to be bigger and better than ever as the second St Ives in December, organised by the town's chamber of trade and commerce gets under way.Cheap and free parking...
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