Community centre packed out for horticultural show
A community centre was transformed into a hive of activity for a spring show at the weekend.The St Day Horticultural Society Spring Show on Saturday attracted a strong number of entries at across...
View ArticleRNLI lifeguards set to return to selected Cornish beaches for...
RNLI lifeguards have been busy training as they prepare to return to Cornwall's beaches this weekend.Lifeguards are set to return to a number of beaches across the county as patrols begin for the...
View ArticleWeeth Community Primary School head proud of impressive Ofsted...
THE HEAD teacher of a Camborne primary school has said that she is "exceptionally proud" of her school's recent glowing Ofsted report.Weeth Community Primary School was rated 'good' in all five...
View ArticleTruro company doing amazing things with small spaces has big...
A CORNISH company that does unique things with small spaces has big plans for expansion after securing a large grant.Iso Spaces in Truro, which converts shipping containers into bars, stages, food...
View ArticleDriver took keys from ignition and blocked in motorist she had...
A SUSPICIOUS motorist followed a car that she saw being driven badly, took the keys from the ignition and blocked it from moving with her own car.Tracey Fletcher, 52, of Clinton Road, Redruth, was...
View ArticleMullion gorse fires tackled by firefighters
Firefighters spent the night tackling large gorse fires in Mullion.Crews from Mullion, St Keverne and Helston were sent to deal with a blaze, measuring around 10 hectares, near Mullion Holiday Park.The...
View ArticleA30 expected to be one of the worst Easter traffic blackspots as...
The A30 is expected to be one of the worst Easter traffic blackspots, with motorists warned to expect "a long, mad, bad Friday on the roads". The warning comes after the RAC estimated that almost 17...
View ArticleBrussels airport hit by two explosions; several dead and wounded
Two explosions have reportedly been heard at a Brussels airport. According to the Belgian fire service, there are several dead and wounded. It is not yet clear what caused the explosions, but there are...
View ArticleHayle man charged in connection with Carnhell Green attempted...
A man has been charged following an attempted armed robbery at Carnhell Post Office, near Camborne last week.Anthon Van Der Hoven, 48, from Hayle, has been charged with attempted robbery and being in...
View ArticleWoman who made 63 fake calls to police is jailed - after Bodmin...
A woman who made more than 60 nuisance calls to the police has been jailed after part of her case was heard in her cell.The unusual step to hold the hearing beneath Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday...
View ArticleUsing Brussels attack to call for Brexit backfires for columnist...
As emergency services still try to deal with this morning's explosions in Brussels, one newspaper columnist has sparked a row by using the attacks to call for Britain to leave the EU. Allison Pearson,...
View ArticleSuicide bomber responsible for Brussels airport blast; 13 dead
The deadly explosion at Brussels Airport this morning were carried out by a suicide bomber, Belgian's federal prosecutor has told local media. Belgian broadcaster RTBF quoted a public prosecutor saying...
View ArticleWhere is Clet? Wildlife experts produce map showing epic...
Just where is Clet, the world's loneliest bottlenose dolphin? Known for his distinctive dorsal fin, Clet hasn't been spotted since August last year, after travelling hundreds of miles up and down the...
View ArticleCoastline Housing staff donate a little eggstra to local food...
STAFF at a housing provider have donated more than 100 Easter eggs to the Camborne Pool Redruth (CPR) Food Bank.Colleagues at Redruth-based Coatline Housing have supported CPR Food Bank for several...
View ArticleRedruth's historic Murdoch House to receive extensive facelift...
THE FIRST house ever to be lit by gas is set to receive an extensive facelift thanks to a generous grant from the Big Lottery Fund.The historic Murdoch House was the site at which William Murdoch, the...
View ArticleGiant Cornish flag flies proudly over Heartlands for belated St...
IT MAY have been a week late but there was no shortage of Cornish patriotism evident at Heartlands for a special St Piran's Day celebration.The event took place on Saturday, more than a week after St...
View ArticleSt Day & Carharrack School head pays tribute to parent group...
A HEAD teacher has praised the gallant fundraising efforts of a group of mothers after her school proudly opened its new state-of-the-art library.The new library at St Day & Carharrack Community...
View ArticlePolice are searching for wanted man Keith Bowden who could be...
Police are hunting a 52-year-old man who could be anywhere in Cornwall and is wanted on a recall to prison after breaching his home detention curfew. Keith Bowden, pictured, was sentenced to...
View ArticleRedruth's Peter Hore bowls his way to world championship victory
A REDRUTH man is on top of the world after he and his teammate bowled away the competition to be crowned World Short Mat Bowls Pairs Champions.Peter Hore, 29, of the Holmans club in Camborne, has...
View ArticleFinal ceremony disbands navy 771 search and rescue squadron at...
AFTER 42 years of rescue operations from RNAS Culdrose at Helston, 771 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) was formally decommissioned at a special parade this afternoon.The squadron has conducting more than...
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