Hair Straightener Burglars' St Austell Spree
SLEEK-haired burglars went on a rampage around St Austell this week, targeting five premises and swiping 15 sets of hair straightening irons.St Austell police inspector Stuart Gibbons said the high...
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Parliament confirms badger cull still planned
Ministers have rejected calls for the Government to abandon its planned cull of badgers to tackle TB in cattle.Environment, Food and Rural Affairs minister Lord de Mauley yesterday confirmed the...
View ArticleSouth West Census: 95% 'White' 60% 'Christian', 11% unpaid carer
Jointly with the South East, the South West had the smallest proportion of "socially rented local authority" households (6%).The South West had the highest proportion (35%) of households in England...
View ArticleTop eco-award for university
Plymouth University has been judged the "most sustainable" school, college or university.It won the title of the Most Sustainable Public Sector Organisation in Education in the annual Public Sector...
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Hunt for men after incidents with girls in Redruth
Police in West Cornwall are investigating possible links between two incidents involving men approaching young girls.In the first, in Redruth, just before 10am on Monday, a ten-year-old girl was...
View ArticleNew plans for dairy farmers to form producer groups
Farming Minister and Somerton and Frome MP David Heath on why producer organisations will help the crisis-hit dairy industry. English dairy farmers will be able to form producer organisations to have...
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More than 80,000 call themselves Cornish in 2011 Census
Almost 84,000 people across the country have declared their nationally as Cornish, the 2011 Census reveals – including a lone individual living in Gateshead.While around 73,000 of them hail from...
View ArticleDrop in home owners revealed
London EditorDevon's housing crisis has been laid bare as shocking Census figures reveal the number of mortgage-holders has plummeted.In the Devon county council area, 29.8% of households are borrowing...
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Fury at plan to move obelisk
An ancient obelisk said to mark the grave of a Cornish King's nephew, whose doomed love became one of the greatest romances in history, is to be shifted to make way for "mundane" housing.The Tristan...
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Fury at decision to move stone monument
An ancient obelisk said to mark the grave of a Cornish King's nephew, whose doomed love became one of the greatest romances in history, is to be shifted to make way for "mundane" housing.The Tristan...
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Census survey shows fewer Christians and fewer home owners in Devon and Cornwall
The number of Christians in Devon and Cornwall has fallen at the same time as a sharp rise in the proportion classifying themselves as having "no religion".The changing face of the Westcountry over the...
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LIVE webcast and blog: Cornwall Council's cabinet meeting from 10am
Cornwall Council's cabinet meets today from 10.00am. To follow the events of the meeting watch the webcast and join in the debate on the blog below. Please note the blog is moderated by Cornwall...
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Farmers must fight united
It is not unknown for farmers in some of our continental neighbours to take to the streets or use tractors to blockade our roads. It is less common in this country, but that stereotype was shaken up...
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Historic Cornish chapels at risk of decay, warns English Heritage
Many historic Methodist and Nonconformist chapels in Cornwall are at risk of decay, English Heritage has warned. More than 900 chapels have been recorded across the county, but less than 250 now remain...
View ArticleHelston gets its own ice rink - and it's free!
GET your skates on - an ice rink is coming to Helston next week, and it will be totally free of charge.It is part of a Winter Wonderland event being staged by the Helston Light and Life Church at its...
View ArticleMP calls for more ethical hospital food
Hospitals should be forced to serve food that meets higher animal welfare standards, a Westcountry MP has told ministers.Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, said making it mandatory...
View ArticleMinister urged to do more for flood support
Ian Liddell-Grainger MP has written to farming minister David Heath to complain about the Government's failure to support farmers over flooding on the Somerset Levels.Mr Liddell-Grainger, MP for the...
View ArticleHidden victims of the flooding, from wading birds to hard-pressed farmers
They say it's been good weather for ducks, but out on the flooded Somerset Levels too much water can be a bad thing even for wading birds.That's the worry of conservationists who say the famous...
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Westcountry's wildlife is hit hard by flooding
When huge sheets of water cover large areas of land it is not only the humans who feel the pain – this starving owl ended up in an animal rescue centre this week after being forced off the flooded...
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Badger TB vaccine 'cuts infection risk in untreated cubs'
New evidence from a four-year field study has shown that vaccination reduces the risk of tuberculosis infection in unvaccinated badger cubs when they are in vaccinated groups.The research provides the...
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