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Action urged after flood chaos in Looe, Mevagissey and Lostwithiel
IN WHAT'S likely to have been one of the wettest years on record Cornwall's flood victims must be hoping 2013 will bring an end to the misery of the deluges.Days before Christmas homes in Looe,...
View ArticleSt Ives Taxi Driver Jailed Over Sex Assaults
A St Ives taxi driver, who sexually assaulted a woman on the eve of his wedding, has been jailed for four years.Nigel Holland, aged 51, of Trelawney Avenue, St Ives, admitted sexually assaulting three...
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When I was a little tacker in the 1950s,I always enjoyed the treat party at the manor, held by Mr and Mrs Campbell early in the new year for the children of Knowstone parish. Jelly, blancmange and...
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Growing number of people fighting a daily battle for food, shelter –...
Walking through Exeter city centre at night, it is hard to avoid seeing the people slumped in subways, crouched in street corners, and camped in car parks.The cathedral city has one of the worst rates...
View ArticleImpressive Newquay prove too strong for St Austell
Newquay 3 St Austell 2Newquay turned on an impressive second half display to take the honours in an entertaining tussle against St Austell in the Carlsberg South West Peninsula League on Friday...
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Turbines in Devon and Cornwall 'being set up to make most cash'
Large wind turbines in the Westcountry are being down-rated to run with less powerful generators to cash in on government subsidies, a scientist campaigning against wind farms claims.The...
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Flooding 'could push up the price of food'
Extreme rainfall cost farmers £1.3 billion last year and will mean a big hike in food prices if it is repeated, industry leaders have warned.The National Farmers' Union has estimated the exceptional...
View ArticleBodmin Town's match at Tavistock casualty of wet weather
Champions Bodmin Town's away match against Tavistock in the Carlsberg South West Peninsula League premier dvision was postponed on Saturday morning because of a waterlogged pitch.Although the weather...
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Newquay fire crew rescue locked in baby
A nine-month-old child who became locked in a property was rescued by firefighters this afternoon.The crew were called to East Street in Newquay just before 3pm after reports the infant was...
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Wadebridge back on track with comfortable win
Truro City Res 1 Wadebridge Town 3Wadebridge bounced back from the disappointment of surrendering a 3-1 lead with 20 minutes to go at top club Godolphin on Boxing Day to lose 5-3, with a thoroughly...
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Truro City fury at Hodges red card as they suffer stoppage time heartbreak
Welling Utd 4 Truro City 3 The controversial red carding of City player-manager Lee Hodges, for the first time in his long career, cost Truro the chance of a famous Blue Square South victory at...
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Chapman's heroics earn Falmouth Town welcome point
Falmouth Town 0, Saltash United 0SALTASH United were made to settle for a share of the points at Bickland Park on Saturday - thanks to the heroics of Falmouth Town goalkeeper Jason Chapman.The Town...
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Outbuilding in Harrowbarrow razed by fire
In the early hours of Sunday morning, smoke and the sound of fire meant that Cornwall Fire and Rescue Services were called to Harrowbarrow, near Callington. A unit from from Callington was sent to the...
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2012 saw steep drop in lead thefts from Cornwall churches
The last 12 months have seen a dramatic drop in the number of lead thefts from Cornwall's churches.While the number of thefts reported in 2011 was 14, the total for 2012 was only three.David Watson...
View ArticleThe great Euro commercial empire plan has failed
Rodney Atkinson, an author and academic with a deep knowledge of Germany, has recently produced a feasible insight into the current eurozone crisis on the Free Nations website which I believe should...
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Why companies should take up the slack when budgets are cut
At the start of December, it was announced that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport would have its budget cut by 1 per cent in 2013/14 and 2 per cent in 2014/15, and that these cuts would be...
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Council tax bills in Cornwall set to rise by almost 2% this year and by 5%...
COUNCIL tax bills could be set to rise by almost 2%under budget plans to be discussed next week.Proposals which are to be debated by Cornwall Council's Cabinet on Wednesday suggest that council tax...
View ArticleHelston Museum group formed
A NEW group has been formed to help manage Helston's Folk Museum..The South Kerrier Heritage Trust wants the public's support to safeguard the future of the amenity, once described as the "jewel in...
View ArticlePirate ship for a Princess appeal at St Francis School, Falmouth to hold...
The first fundraiser of the year towards a lasting memorial to a Falmouth schoolgirl is taking place next week.The Pirate Ship for a Princess project aims to install a life sized play boat at St...
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Line-up details announced for one of the South West's biggest party events:...
The Masked Ball, Porthleven, one of the highlights on the South West party calendar, has confirmed its first acts.Electronica artists Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) have been signed to start...
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