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Bodmin and Bideford must meet again after weekend of FA Cup stalemates
Carlsberg South West Peninsula League sides Bodmin Town and Plymouth Parkway find themselves in today's draw for the second qualifying round of the FA Cup, after Saturday's draws against opposition...
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Truro City boss and staff pledge to stay on at troubled club
Truro City manager Lee Hodges and his coaching staff of Dave Newton, Ian Leigh and Deba Sidhu have confirmed that they will stay with the financially troubled club for at least another month.The...
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The Cream of Cornish Ladies Gig Rowers take on Team GB Olympic Medallists
No less than 10 Team GB Rowing Olympic medallists will be competing off St Mawes Harbour against crews of top Cornish gig rowers in a nail biting challenge on Wednesday 12th September. All three of...
View ArticlePenzance: Question Time
PENZANCE will be the focus of a special Question Time-style event taking place at The Ritz in the town next Thursday.The topical debate will enable members of the public to quiz a panel of community...
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Cornwall Council offers to back first phase of work on ferry link
Cornwall Council leaders have written to Government ministers offering to back proposals to dredge Penzance harbour as a sign that it backs securing a sea link with the Isles of Scilly.Earlier this...
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Exeter Chiefs captain Hayes keen to get stuck into a tough run of fixtures
Exeter Chiefs captain Tom Hayes cannot wait to get back to Sandy Park and try and put the disappointment of last Sunday's narrow loss at London Welsh behind him.The Chiefs looked on course for victory...
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Ranulph bids to conquer Antarctica – in the winter
British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes said yesterday that "everyone's grandmother" is now climbing Mount Everest so his new challenge is attempting a record-breaking trek across Antarctica in winter.The...
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Artist's creative cocktail of booze and Beethoven
In a letter to his mother, while serving as a commando during the Second World War, Roger Hilton wondered whether the story of his life would one day be made into a book or a film.His mother must have...
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Owing to the fact that my father was 46, and my mother 37 when I was born, great aunts and uncles were a relatively rare breed when I was a little tacker in the 1950s. On my father's side, the breed...
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Former Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw is returning to his old stamping ground. The Exeter Labour MP has been confirmed as the new member on the influential Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee,...
View ArticleClear and clever delivery unravels a complex story
Let's hear it for Stephanie Flanders. Scarily intelligent but with a really clear delivery that helps unravel the most complex of economic issues.And the viewer will need all the help they can get with...
View ArticleWhat are the rules?
You'll be automatically enrolled if you're not already in a workplace pension scheme, if you're aged 22 or over and you earn at least £675 per month (which equates to £8,105 per year).The Government...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: JOHN*
John has pensionable earnings of £12,000 a year (£1,000 each month). This is his gross basic salary.His employer's pension scheme uses the following percentages to calculate the contributions: John...
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Police investigate armed robbery at Fraddon garage
Police are appealing for witness following a robbery overnight at the Shell Garage at Fraddon just off the A30 near Kingsley Village. Officers were called to reports of a male with a handgun who made...
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Marazion's Festival of Sport to return
THE organisers of Marazion's first Festival of Sport have vowed to return next year.Competitors can already sign up for the 2013 sporting challenge brought by Human Race.Marketing manager Dan Lipman...
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Q&A: The English Baccalaureate Certificate
GCSE exams are to be replaced by a qualification known as the English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBacc), the education secretary Michael Gove has announced. In what onlookers are calling the biggest...
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Man trapped as car collides head-on with lorry, closing A38 at Glynn Valley
Emergency services are currently battling to free a man trapped in a car which collided with a lorry on the A38 this morning. The A38 at Glynn Valley is currently closed in both directions after a...
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Payouts for neighbours of wind farms 'is just bribery'
London EditorProposed government "benefits" to woo homeowners opposed to wind turbines near their homes has been dismissed as "pure bribery" by countryside campaigners.Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary...
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South West region is axed by the Government
Ministers have read the last rites to Labour's "South West" region by scrubbing the "arbitrary" concept from official Government statistics.Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced...
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Firemen tackle garage blaze near oil store near Padstow
Five fire engines were sent to tackle a burning garage in North Cornwall yesterday afternoon, amid fears flames could spread to a store of heating oil.Fire officers received a flurry of calls from...
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