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Hotels left empty as cost of Cornwall's winter storms adds up
Tourism bosses are now counting the cost of the winter storms as Tuesday marks a month since the region's rail link was severed. Network Rail last week revealed the shocking trail of destruction along...
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More than 130 women in danger of being murdered or seriously injured by...
More than 130 women in Devon and Cornwall were at risk of being murdered or seriously injured in cases of domestic violence by partners or former partners, police figures show. The force released a...
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Scillonians at Westminster to lobby for better transport links
A group of Scillonians heavily involved with transport issues to and from the islands will be pressing for subsidised transport links to the mainland before a House of Commons transport committee later...
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Main line between Penzance and St Erth is open again after flooding
The line between Penzance and St Erth is now open and trains are running to and from Penzance, following flooding at the station. The line was closed for two weeks and passengers have been taken to and...
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Further delays for Land's End airport runway improvements
WORK to resurface Land's End airport and to refurbish the terminal buildings at St Mary's has once again been put on hold.The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company...
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Petition aims to save trees at Treloyhan Manor hotel site
A FACEBOOK page and petition have been launched to persuade councillors to reject an application to fell 70 trees and level an area of green space to create plots for 16 homes in St Ives.Last week The...
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Sacked worker Dene Tregidgo from Falmouth fraudulently bought tools worth...
A SACKED car dealership worker fraudulently used his former employer's account to buy hundreds of pounds' worth of tools to sell on.At Truro Magistrates' Court, Dene Tregidgo, 22, of Esperanza Court,...
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Motorist punched by drink-driver Michael Haugh
A DRINK-DRIVER who was going the wrong way down a one-way street in St Columb Major punched another motorist after insisting that he must reverse.Fisherman Michael Haugh, 50, was given a suspended...
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Pregnant victim hit by partner Matthew Bradfield, 38, of St Austell
A PREGNANT woman was butted twice by her partner at an address in Par.Matthew Bradfield, aged 38, of Elizabeth Road, St Austell, attacked Gemma Saunders during "a lost weekend" of drinking, Bodmin...
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Council 'wasted' £22k on Coyte Farm studies
CORNWALL Council has come under fire for "wasting taxpayers' money" after it revealed more than £22,000 of public money was spent on studies looking at the impact the £110 million retail development at...
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The Cribs, Peace and 2manydjs added to Boardmasters
THE CRIBS, 2manydjs DJ set, Duke Dumont, Roni Size, Peace, Boy & Bear, Yuck, Current Swell, Decade and Southern have all been announced to perform at the UK's biggest surf and music festival,...
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Parking fines waived after Penzance beach-clean helpers are ticketed
Cornwall Council is to waive the fines handed out to a number of public-spirited residents who were helping to clean up Penzance's promenade on Sunday. Four motorists had a nasty shock when they...
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Road closed by landslip
HUGE waves washed away part of the road between two North Cornwall villages on Monday night.Residents in Port Gaverne have been cut off from driving to nearby Port Isaac because of the landslip.The...
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Mayor meets youth council candidates
ST AUSTELL mayor Steve Double went back to school to meet the candidates for St Austell Town Council's Youth Council.Mr Double visited Poltair School on Wednesday where he was impressed by the four...
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A WEBSITE has been launched in St Blazey that could put planning power back "in the hands of local residents".It is hoped the website, www.stblaisenp.co.uk will give the community the opportunity to...
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House fire 'was arson'
A FIRE at a house in Lostwithiel is suspected of being started deliberately.Firefighters from Lostwithiel, Fowey and Bodmin were called to the property in Castle View at around 9.45pm on Sunday...
View ArticleHigh Court overrules turbines' permission
TWO wind turbines erected in Golant, which sparked anger in the village, face an uncertain future after the High Court overruled an appeal decision to allow them to be built at South Torfrey...
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Pair's treadmill training
RUNNERS Phil Midgley, from Wadebridge, and Bodmin's Lee Hoskin have been training in style for the Brighton Marathon.The pair are raising money for Breast Cancer Care and as part of their fitness...
View ArticleLandslide defeat over turbine plan
AN APPLICATION to erect a 130ft wind turbine near Launceston has been refused by councillors.Champion sheep breeder Gwen Renfree, who lives at Quethiock, wanted to put a single 39.6m-high (131ft) 75kW...
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Tragic Colin 'lost in system'
THE BODY of a St Austell man may have lain undiscovered in his home for almost a month, an inquest has heard.Colin Keith Williams, aged 57, was found dead at his St Austell home on April 9 last year,...
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