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Camborne Royal British Legion's record breaking fundraiser for the Poppy Appeal
A RECORD breaking £15,000 was raised in Camborne this year for the Poppy Appeal.The magnificent total was celebrated on Friday as members of the Royal British Legion Camborne branch got...
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Counting the cost of Westcountry's worst floods for decades
Communities in the South West have been coming to terms with some of the worst storms and flooding in recent memory. Clean-up operations have begun in earnest after the region bore the brunt of...
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A fallen Penpol Terrace tree in Hayle to be replaced with artwork
A GIANT tree that was ripped out from Hayle harbourside during yesterday's storm will be replaced with artwork made from the fallen evergreen.Local shopkeepers and motorists were left shocked when it...
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Last chance for you to vote on Coyte Farm proposals
TODAY is the last chance to cast your vote on a proposed out of town shopping centre near St Austell. The £110 million development planned for Coyte Farm has polarised the St Austell community....
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Car plunges down 15 metre embankment at Rejerrah, Newquay
A COUPLE were lucky to avoid serious injury after their car rolled down a 15 metre embankment on the A3075 near Newquay last night. Firefighters were forced to cut one of the casualties out of the...
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Bill Gribble memorial ride raises almost £8,000 for children's cancer charity
A 100-mile cycle ride in memory of a teenager from a Redruth village raised almost £8,000.Keen rider Bill Gribble, 14, from Four Lanes, died from a rare cancer last year.Daniel Martin, 15, Matt Stone,...
View ArticleCamborne PCSO honoured for her work with migrant workers
A Camborne PCSO has been honoured for her "tenacity and professionalism".According to her bosses, PCSO BevFaull has been "outstanding" since she started working with migrant workers in west Cornwall in...
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Detectives hunting man with "distinctive tatto" after woman is raped in...
POLICE are hunting a man with a distinctive tattoo after a woman was raped in Callington. The woman was attacked at about ten past midnight on Saturday as she walked home alone along Launceston Road...
View ArticleDriver in Shock After Colliding With Tractor
AN ELDERLY driver has collided with a tractor.The incident happened at 4.50pm today. Ambulance and fire crews are currently on their way to the crash at Gwinear Road, Connor Downs.An Accident and...
View ArticleBrian has been culling Bambi...while campaigning to save old Mr Brock
Brian May is more famous among the younger generation for opposing the badger cull than playing lead guitar in Queen. So it was with some glee that TheSunday Times reported at the weekend that he had...
View ArticleA free press, not a free-for-all
It's a big day tomorrow – because at lunchtime, Lord Justice Leveson will reveal his proposals for the regulation of the press.And if you think that His Lordship's report is a matter which only affects...
View ArticleThe early bird catches... nothing but a bad temper
My father spent the first half of his working life milking cows. A rewarding occupation but one that involves, winter or summer, heat or cold, light or dark, getting out of bed each morning at some...
View Article£50 rebate on water bills to take effect from April
A £50 reduction to water charges for all households in Devon and Cornwall will be applied automatically to bills, it was confirmed yesterday.The Government has finalised plans for the annual rebate for...
View ArticleIn my opinion: Leaving the EU would cause huge disruption for Britain
It seems that there are some EU sceptics who equate leaving the EU with regaining our sovereignty.If we were to leave the EU, it is thought, we would just no longer pay a contribution to the EU budget...
View ArticleAnton Coaker: Good news and bad from wonderful world of sticks
As you can imagine, the forestry world is all aflutter with the ash disease. I'm not well enough informed to give you much detail, although here are the bare bones as I'm hearing it so far.The ailment...
View ArticleWill £27m Camborne, Pool and Redruth link road really create 6,000 jobs...
AS A multimillion-pound road scheme was given final approval, claims that it will bring 6,000 new jobs to Camborne, Pool and Redruth have been greeted with scepticism.Controversial plans to construct...
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Predator groomed Cornwall girl, 15, for sex using the internet
THE 15-year-old Cornish girl thought she was flirting with another teenager on one of a growing number of internet chat sites.Under invented usernames, she bantered with 'Jai', who claimed to be 18 and...
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Sacked Shelterbox boss Tom Henderson to carry on work in wife's memory
SHELTERBOX founder and former chief executive Tom Henderson has robustly rebutted allegations made by the charity which sacked him in August.Mr Henderson, who formed the Helston-based humanitarian aid...
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Lack of sandbags made Newlyn flood damage worse: councillor
FLOODING that hit more than a dozen Newlyn businesses and homes over the weekend might not have caused such devastation had people had access to sandbags, it has been claimed.On Saturday night,...
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Penryn collision involving motorbike and car disrupts morning traffic
Traffic is queuing in each way on Commercial Road in Penryn after a collision between a Car and motorcyclist this morning. The incident occurred just after 9am and emergency services are on the scene....
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