Travelodge, Costa Coffee and KFC could be coming to Pool
A NEW development including a Travelodge, Costa Coffee and KFC could be coming to Pool.Developers have outlined proposals to build a 63-bed hotel, family pub and two drive-thru restaurants at a...
View ArticleTerm time holidays - Cornwall councillor says Government law...
THE Cornwall councillor in charge of education says the plans by the Government to change the law following a court challenge against taking children out of school for family holidays is a "knee-jerk...
View ArticleGrey partridge to be re-introduced to Cornwall
The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust is launching a project to re-introduce the grey partridge to Cornwall. The game bird flourished as humans cleared land for agriculture, but over the last 50...
View ArticleFalmouth vice chancellor's pay soars to almost £300k
A huge pay rise awarded to the vice chancellor of Falmouth University has been attacked as unacceptable by lecturers.Anne Carlisle's pay increase of nearly £60,000 saw her annual wage rise reach almost...
View ArticleThis video is a beautiful tribute to tragic Pool schoolgirl...
Friends of a schoolgirl who is believed to have taken her own life at school were expected to gather today in her memory, as a video is released in tribute to her.Dagmara Przybysz, 16, was found dead...
View ArticleRNLI rescue eleven from river taxi
Eleven people were rescued from a river taxi which ran aground.The crew of inshore lifeboat George Bearman went to the aid of 10 ferry passengers and the skipper when the ferry was stranded on the...
View Article11 pictures of people going crazy at this year's Masked Ball
Revellers are still celebrating the Masked Ball in Porthleven after a weekend of full moon madness and merriment.Thousands descended on Porthleven in all their finery for three days of partying.The...
View ArticleEmotional scenes as hundreds gather in Redruth to remember Pool...
There were emotional scenes in Redruth today when hundreds gathered to remember Dagmara Przybysz, the Polish student who was found dead at Pool Academy last week.More than 200 people, many of them...
View ArticleFine Cornish weather forecast for start of the week
CORNWALL is expected to see a fine start to the week, according to the Met Office.Today and tomorrow should see sunny and dry conditions with possible temperature highs of 15°C before more unsettled...
View ArticleWoman wearing Star Wars mask breaks Facebook Live records
FOOTAGE of a woman uncontrollably chuckling while trying on a Chewbacca mask has smashed all Facebook Live records - racking up a staggering 134 million views.Candace Payne impulsively decided to treat...
View ArticleCornish beaches awarded internationally-regarded Blue Flag awards
Beaches across Cornwall have been internationally recognised as some of the best in the world, after environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy awarded Blue Flags for 2016.The eight Blue Flags, which act...
View ArticleRedruth Rugby Club warning over toxic dog poo
A rugby club has warned dog walkers who let their dogs mess over their ground that children could become seriously ill and be blinded as a result.Redruth Rugby Football Club has erected new signs...
View ArticleVipers, lemurs and ostriches among the wild animals kept in...
LEOPARDS, pumas, jaguars, vipers and ostriches are among the dangerous animals which are kept on private properties in Cornwall.Details of the 45 dangerous animals kept on licence at private properties...
View ArticleAutomata maker Rob Higg's Stockton Flyer is off to its new home
This amazing creation by Cornish inventor Rob Higgs is not quite all singing, all dancing, but it moves, spins, whistles and blows smoke rings. The Stockton Flyer is the culmination of two years...
View ArticleWith just a month to go how you can find out more about the EU...
ON this day next month - June 23 - the UK will go to the polls to decide whether we stay in the EU or leave.Supporters of both sides have been campaigning hard to convince the public to vote in their...
View ArticleThis naked woman was snapped casually strolling through Newquay...
Stunned onlookers in Newquay watched as a woman emerged naked from a tanning salon and strolled through the town centre.The mystery woman was completely starkers as she was snapped walking along the...
View ArticleFalmouth singer Ben Killingback in Britain's Got Talent semi...
A Falmouth music student is reaching for the stars as he competes to reach the finals of Britain's Got Talent. Ben Killingback is a member of the The Collaborative Orchestra and Singers who wowed the...
View ArticleA gin that tastes of clotted cream comes to a festival celebratin...
Raise your glasses ... a festival dedicated to Cornish gins, including one that tastes of clotted cream, will take place next month. Organisers Darren Hoare and Matt Pooley, directors of MADA Events,...
View ArticlePorthleven skate project wins £75,000 Sport England grant
CHILDREN and campaigners in Porthleven cheered this afternoon when they received the news that the village skate park appeal had been awarded a £75,000 grant by Sports England. In a highly competitive...
View ArticleKayaker rushed to hospital with hypothermia from Lizard
A KAYAKER who capsized off the Lizard peninsula was pulled from the water suffering from hypothermia. Pagers alerted Falmouth lifeboat volunteer crews and both the inshore and all-weather boats were...
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