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Osborne's autumn windfall aims to help thousands
The coalition Government will today jostle to appear most in touch with voters as details of free school meals for infants and a tax break for married couples are revealed.Chancellor George Osborne...
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Biker seriously injured in St Columb crash
At around 3.45pm today a car was in collision with a motorcycle on the A3059 at the junction with Newquay Road in the St Columb area. The young male motorcyclist has sustained a serious life-changing...
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MP Andrew George presents 5p petrol cut petition to Parliament
West Cornwall MP Andrew George has spoken in the House of Commons about the campaign to extend the road fuel concession to Cornwall. He called for an extension of the five pence per litre cut in road...
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Cricket's David Gower backs to SW children's charity
WITH the second Ashes test underway a former England cricket captain has given his backing to a South West charity's Christmas fundraising efforts. David Gower is urging people to support CHICKS...
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Police warning on Christmas present thefts
Police in Cornwall are reminding people to secure their homes in the lead up to Christmas when the risk of domestic burglary increases and presents on show can be a target for criminals. Chief...
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St Ives man heads up global youth network for deafblind
A ST IVES man will step into a new role with a global organisation which aims to unite deafblind people across the world. Simon Allison has set up a youth network within Deafblind International to...
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Euro-loan helps Newlyn textile firm to 150% growth in sales
A CORNWALL-BASED textile manufacturer has turned a European-backed loan into sustained growth for the future. Betty Boyns, based in Newlyn, produces vintage textile designs and kitchen items and was...
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Woman cut free from vehicle in Launceston crash
A WOMAN was cut free from the wreckage after a car and van collided at Petherwin Gate, near Launceston at 6.30pm today. Twelve firefighters in two appliances from Launceston and five firefighters in a...
View ArticleTeacher's fiancé admitted he had indecent images
A TROON man admitted possessing indecent images of children on his computer out of concern it could affect his fiance's job as a teacher.Christopher Williams, 41, appeared at Truro Crown Court on...
View ArticleOpen day plan for Ellie's Haven
A Cornish charity is staging an open day this weekend at the home it plans to convert into "a special place for special children".Ellie's Haven bought the house at Duloe, in South East Cornwall, to...
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Winning hen is Westcountry's newest soap star
Meet Britain's best looking bird – a hen which maintains its beauty by bathing in washing-up liquid.The chicken – known simply as Hen – recently saw off 6,000 rivals to take the Show Champion cup at...
View ArticleIn my opinion: Private education standards in state education will help
An international body has recently rated UK education standards as 21st in the world. Yet recently, ex-PM John Major bemoaned the fact that a high percentage of top jobs are held by ex-public school...
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WMN opinion: Living longer means more time at the coalface
When conversation around the dinner table turns to pensions, you can guarantee two things. One, it's time to leave, and two you are definitely in your forties.Yesterday the forty-somethings among us...
View ArticleSarah Pitt: Kate's Playboy shoot helps me over my birthday blues
I am facing what people call a 'significant birthday' in the New Year. I turn 40 in January, and I can't quite believe it. How did that happen? I'm sure I was only 17 the last time I stopped to think...
View Article'Benign' week for Devon and Cornwall after tail end of fierce storm
The Westcountry caught the tail of the storm which wreaked devastation around the UK with winds gusting up to 50mph on the Devon coast.The Met Office said the region missed the full force of the severe...
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Steamship returns to Falmouth for hull repair
One of the largest steamships of her type in Europe is to return to Falmouth after a renowned ship repair firm secured a major repair contract.The SS Shieldhall, which is based in Southampton, will...
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Lanreath romantic novelist Ida Pollock dies, aged 105
A Cornish writer of romantic fiction has died at the age of 105. Ida Pollock, a prolific author from Lanreath, midway between Fowey and Looe, had more than 120 books published, many of them by Mills...
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Pathfinder project will help 1,000 elderly folk in West Cornwall
An award-winning project that has helped improve the health of more than 100 people in Newquay is being extended to Penwith in the new year. People who have been supported by the Newquay Pathfinder...
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Casualty treated at Bissoe accident
Police, firefighters and an ambulance attended a road traffic collision in the Bissoe area shortly after 4pm today. A vehicle had left the road and a casualty was treated by ambulance paramedics,...
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Reopening of Penzance pub painted by Stanhope Forbes
CLOSED for two years, a Penzance pub has reopened its doors and is serving frothing pints and tasty meals once again. The Fountain Tavern in St Clare Street, once featured in a much-loved Stanhope...
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