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Last stop for surf bus as cash dries up
North Devon's Surf and Cycle Bus has reached the end of the road because of funding shortfall.The Surf Bus, as it is known by regular passengers, was launched in 2011 as part of a two-year pilot...
View ArticleJump City looking good to make light work of handicap chase
Taunton host their Family Fun Day Easter meeting this afternoon when the first race is due off at 2.10pm.Sponsored by Totepool, the meeting boasts a whopping £100k in prize money, the biggest ever on...
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Soaring energy bills push household costs to new high
Housing budgets are being put under more strain as the cost of owning and running a home reached its highest level in five years.Soaring energy bills have wiped out the benefits of lower mortgage rates...
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LIVE: Stadium for Cornwall planning decision
Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee meet today to decide whether to approve controversial plans to build a 10,000 seat stadium in Cornwall at Threemilestone. Follow the meeting live from...
View ArticleHelp save the bees - talks in Cornwall this weekend
BRIGIT STRAWBRIDGE will give a talk about bees, their decline and what we can do to help them on Friday evening at The Lugger, Penzance (www.transitionpenwith.org.uk) and on Saturday at 11am and 2pm in...
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Colourful show from hip new comedy gunslinger Rob Auton at The Ritz, Penzance
SILLY BOYS present funny man Rob Auton's 2012 Edinburgh Fringe hit, The Yellow Show, in Penzance for one night only on Saturday, April 27, at The Ritz from 8pm. A founding member of Bang Said The Gun...
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Firefighters tackle car fire in St Austell
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a car ablaze in Trenance Road, St Austell, last night.Two crew members donned breathing equipment and used two jet hoses to tackle the flames at about 9.30pm.
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Truro Tesco to close for five days
The Tesco store in Truro will close for five days from Saturday.Bosses said the Garras Wharf store would close for improvements from 7pm on Saturday to 8am on Friday, April 12.During the closure the...
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Arsonists target St Austell rubbish bin
ARSON is the suspected cause of a rubbish bin blaze in St Austell yesterday evening.A fire engine was called to the incident in Truro Road at about 8pm. Crew members used a jet hose to tackle the...
View ArticleYoung Fox who learned to become a ballet dancer before turning into a rat
I Was A Rat! is Philip Pullman's enchanting story for younger readers about Roger, a scruffy page boy who turns up one evening on the doorstep of old married couple Bob and Joan."I was a rat!" he...
View ArticleThere's something hypnotic about the snake-like charms of Lulu
REVIEWTheatre Royal, PlymouthLulu is an ice queen in sequins in this 1920s opera by Austrian composer Alban Berg, staged like a 3D surrealist painting, its centrepiece a huge squishy bed apparently...
View ArticleEx-policeman facing charges of exposure
A former police officer has appeared at Torquay Magistrates Court to face four charges of indecent exposure, one of which is alleged to have taken place in a police station.David Salsbury, from...
View ArticleSomerset man held in Savile investigation
A 65-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating allegations that emerged after the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. The man was held in Somerset yesterday on suspicion of sexual offences,...
View ArticleArsonists blamed for mile-wide moor blaze
Arsonists have been blamed for starting a moorland blaze that spread for over a mile. The fierce fire, which could be seen for miles around, is thought to have been started deliberately near North...
View ArticleTonnes of raw pork spills on to busy road
Several tonnes of raw meat spilled out of a lorry and on to a busy road. Five tonnes of fresh pork was cleared off Newquay Road leading out of Truro on Wednesday after the meat fell through a faulty...
View ArticleDrunk man 'believed he had been robbed'
A man, who was unable to find his wallet because he was intoxicated rang 999 to say he had been mugged. The 28-year-old Ilfracombe man rang police around 8pm on Wednesday to report the 'theft'. Police...
View ArticleSeeing is believing – or is it? Time to come along and judge for yourself
Derren Brown: part illusionist, part psychologist, all showman.He is best known for his grand mind-bending stunts and trickery on a series of Channel 4 TV shows.He has played "Russian roulette" live,...
View ArticleDuchy stadium plan is backed
The presence of a top-class sports stadium in Cornwall has come one step closer to reality after proposals overcame a major planning hurdle yesterday.Plans for the 10,000 capacity multi-purpose Stadium...
View ArticleWestcountry councils sitting on stockpiles of £653m
Westcountry councils have been urged to dip into their "piggy banks" in the face of austerity after it emerged authorities in the region are sitting on a cash stockpile of almost £655 million.Local...
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Plymouth Albion pay the price as Aaron Carpenter heads to Cornish Pirates
Aaron Carpenter has revealed he would have considered taking a pay cut to stay with Plymouth Albion.However, the Canadian World Cup player, who has a wife and young child to look after, said Albion...
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