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VIDEO & PICTURES: Archbishop of Canterbury visit to Truro
The Archbishop of Canterbury was met with brilliant sunshine and singing children on the streets of Truro this morning.The Most Reverend Justin Welby came to Truro as part of his Journey in Prayer tour...
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VIDEO: Youngsters paint Falmouth yellow for the Spring Festival
Falmouth is looking decidedly more spring like after a group of primary pupils and university students helped distribute 8,000 daffodils to mark the start of the Falmouth Spring Festival.A total of 70...
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Police warn of bogus callers in Newquay
POLICE are warning people in Newquay to be wary of bogus callers after an elderly woman opened the door to a man falsely claiming to represent Cornwall Lifeline. The man, described as white, dressed in...
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LIVE: St Austell supermarket application meeting
A LONG-AWAITING meeting will see Cornwall Council make a decision on two controversial supermarket applications for St Austell. The strategic planning committee will either approve or reject the plans...
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VIDEO: Trebah Gardens hosts the annual Daffy Down Dilly Day to welcome spring
The advent of spring was welcomed at Trebah Gardens at Mawnan Smith at the weekend at the annual Daffy Down Dilly Day.The attraction hosted the annual event, with hundreds of visitors enjoying the...
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Prestigious restaurant guide launched at Fifteen, Watergate Bay
LEADING South West chefs launched the region's most prestigious dining publication, the Trencherman's Guide, at Fifteen Cornwall today.The guide showcases 122 of the very best of the region's...
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Six shotguns stolen from Duchy College, near Callington
Shotguns are among a haul of items stolen from Duchy College in Stoke Climsland in the early hours of Friday morning. In total six guns were taken from from a secure gun cabinet at the specialist...
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New courses at National Maritime Museum Cornwall in association with the Boat...
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is launching a new series of courses in partnership with the Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis.The first weekend course at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth runs...
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St Ives' Cornwall Councillors club together to fund rusting railing replacement
RUSTING railings battered by vicious seas last week on an exposed St Ives walkway are being replaced thanks to two local councillors. Joan Symons and Joan Tanner, who both sit on Cornwall Council and...
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Surprise after Australian bird of prey found stuck in Penzance tree
STARLINGS, sparrows and seagulls are familiar sights in west Cornwall but what about a bird of prey more commonly seen in the Australian bush?That was the peculiar sight that greeted BarboraKamhalova...
View ArticleAll Blacks forward Hilton to lead Cornwall again in Championship
Cornish All Blacks forward Ben Hilton will again captain Cornwall in this season's County Championship campaign.His appointment was announced at a squad training session at Truro College on Monday...
View ArticleWe'll see this coalition through and still win seats
Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon, dismisses claims that his party's days are numberedThe outcome of the Eastleigh by-election should have shown commentators and political opponents alike that the...
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Torbay needs a helping hand for post-recession transition
Torbay's reputation as a UK tourist destination is going from strength to strength – we recently came in the top five UK holiday destinations for the quality of our hotel services. The industry is...
View ArticleHinkley C gets final planning approval
Energy Secretary Ed Davey gave the go-ahead yesterday for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants in the UK.Mr Davey told MPs that he was granting planning consent for French...
View ArticleFlood risk fear as heavy rain set to lash West
Heavy rain looks set to end an unsettled week of weather and follows days of icy temperatures.Two days of persistent rain have been forecast for Thursday and Friday in Devon and Cornwall with spells of...
View ArticleReduction in offshore wind farm fails to silence protest
Campaigners opposed to a massive wind farm off the North Devon coast have said giving the proposal a "haircut" has not made it any less monstrous.RWE npower renewables have today released an update to...
View ArticleEnergy company consults on two huge solar farms
A renewable energy company is hoping to build two of its largest solar farms in the South West on sites in North Devon and North Cornwall.Lightsource Renewable Energy aims to install solar panels at a...
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Tory rebels defy Cameron to vote against Press regulation
London EditorThree South West Conservative MPs have defied David Cameron by voting against plans for regulation that critics say will end 300 years of a free Press.A deal has been struck between the...
View ArticlePublic toilets 'devolved' to local councils
Almost half of Cornwall's 247 public toilets will be devolved to town and parish councils to run from the end of April.Cornwall Council has invested around £850,000 in improving some of the 110...
View ArticleInterim chief announced for island council
A tiny island council plunged into turmoil last year has a new interim chief.The Council of the Isles of Scilly announced late yesterday afternoon that Barry Keel is to take over the top job on the...
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