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Truro City game and other matches hit by the rain
The heavy rain has caused a number of postponements in Cornish football today.The highest profile casualty was Truro City's home Blue Square South game with Eastleigh.The match looked set to go ahead...
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Zumba Zestifal in Falmouth
Zumba fanatics gathered on The Moor in Falmouth this afternoon for an open air dance extravaganza. The Zumba Zestifal was organised by Core Fitness as part of the third annual Falmouth Spring Festival....
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South West may miss out on 20,000 jobs in green energy sector
The South West could lose out on almost 20,000 new jobs in renewable energy unless growth accelerates in the sector, industry experts warn.At present the region is on course to miss a key Government...
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BLOG: BEHIND THE SCENES AT BUDE SEA POOL
It's been a busy couple of months, working behind the scenes to keep the historic tidal swimming pool at Bude in North Cornwall open. I'm Rowena Hoseason, one of the founder members of the Friends of...
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Firefighters break into Camborne vehicle - to get child out
Five firefighters from Camborne were faced with the unusual situation of needing to break into a vehicle on Wesley Street in Camborne on Saturday afternoon.The firefighters were responding to a call...
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Traffic accident leaves person trapped in vehicle
A two vehicle crash on Boslowick road, Falmouth, left one person trapped in a vehicle.Five firefighters from Falmouth attended the incident and released the person, using crash rescue equipment. A hose...
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Torpoint hit back to win at St Blazey
St Blazey 1, Torpoint Athletic 2TORPOINT Athletic produced a battling display to claim a hard fought and deserved win at Blaise Park on Saturday, writes Lee Hall.The Premier Division clash was one of...
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Firefighters respond to fake Camborne fire
Firefighters from Camborne Community Fire Station responded to a hoax call about a bin fire outside a shop on Trelowarren Street in Camborne just before midnight on Saturday. "On arrival at the...
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Young boy sustained 'life threatening injuries' in Holswothy crash
A young child sustained what Devon & Cornwall Police describe as 'life threatening injuries' when a car crashed on the A3072 between Bude and Holsworthy. The crash, which happened yesterday...
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Run Falmouth 2013 attracts hundreds
Hundreds of people took part in the Run Falmouth half marathon this morning, organised by Cornwall Hospice Care. Participants gathered on The Moor for a warm up before setting off on a coastal course...
View ArticleAnthology aims to showcase talents of Cornish poets
An anthology of work by poets living in Cornwall is to be launched during an evening of verse readings this week.Murder Of Krows has been compiled by Duncan Yeates and Abigail Wyatt and features work...
View ArticlePlymouth Horoscopes with Claire Petulengro, Monday, March 18
Not long to go now before you get your answer Aries, but I can see that the patience you're having to show is agony. Dealing with a younger person's problem today kills time and helps out. Ring now to...
View ArticleCountry notebook
If one is described as a Christian by counting the visits made to a Sunday church or chapel service, then I feature very low on the religious scale. Mind you when I was a litle tacker in the 1950s,...
View ArticleExhibition will celebrate life and work of an extraordinary woman
One of the best known, colourful, unconventional and popular characters ever to live deep in the Westcountry hills is to be the focus of a new exhibition opening on Exmoor later this monthThe life and...
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A hard life – but a fulfilling one, lived in a Westcountry wilderness
A book by Hope Bourne lies open on my desk and inside is a note written in September 1988 to my journalist father, Peter Hesp, which says: "You ask about a possible interview – the answer, sadly, must...
View ArticleRenewable energy is no way to keep the lights shining
With the decommissioning of the UK's coal and nuclear power stations, the big renewable energy bluff will finally be exposed as we begin to suffer power cuts. What is amazing is that articles by so...
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So can man's activities really over-ride natural factors?
The Global Warming Policy Foundation's newsletter has come my way and I recommend anyone remotely interested in the issue to visit their site thegwpf.org. This particular paper has relevant...
View ArticleConservation charities warn against merger
Conservationists have warned of a wildlife and landscape "disaster" if two countryside agencies are merged.The claim comes amid a Government review which could combine Natural England and the...
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Almost 2,500 leave the Westcountry's military estates
London EditorAlmost 2,500 military and civilian personnel have departed the Westcountry's major bases since the coalition came to power, the Western Morning News can reveal.The figures emerged as the...
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Town and parish councils to take over toilets from Cornwall Council
AROUND 110 public toilets throughout Cornwall will be managed and maintained by town and parish councils in Cornwall from next month, according to Cornwall Council.The move follows localism discussions...
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