A former Constantine GP will be competing in the Bude Shoreline Triathlon at the end of the month to raise money for two village organisations. Adrian Roberts will be joining other competitors as he embarks on a 500m sheltered sea swim, an 11 mile
A Flushing boatyard has stepped in to complete vital repairs to help keep two all-weather lifeboats out at sea, saving lives. Falmouth Boat Construction has completed the repair of ‘The Baltic Exchange III’, an RNLI Tamar class lifeboat. This
Visitors to Falmouth Art Gallery last week may have been surprised to find dozens of children getting messy and creative as they took part in half-term workshops. “We have been swarming with people,” said Charlotte Davis, the gallery’s access and
A green fingered grower from Porthallow will be opening her garden gate on Sunday to welcome guests for a charity fundraiser. Dorothy Pelling opens her garden to the public only once a year as a way to raise funds for Cancer research UK. While
St Mary’s Church in Falmouth is be hosting a five-day Flower and Music Festival. The event, which runs until Monday, June 17, is designed around the theme Inspiration Women. Flower displays on show include “Joan of Arc” by St Gluvias Church
The manager at Helston fire station has been given an MBE for services to the community and to young people in Cornwall. Keith Stringer was awarded the honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Jill Stein, who co-owns The Seafood Restaurant
PREMIER League giants Aston Villa are poised to sign 16-year old Constantine centre forward Liam Prynn from Torquay United for a reported fee of £50,000. Prynn, a student at Penryn College and a product of the Gulls’ centre of excellence, impressed
A fire at a large former dive school is believed to have been started maliciously. At 3:50am this morning several 999 calls were recieved to the large building on fire near Jewsons in Hayle. The original caller stated the shed on fire was large
Armed Forces Day Cornwall has the full support of the county’s Royal Navy and RAF bases with both contributing to the day’s packed programme. The RNAS Culdrose Band will lead the parade of veterans as it leaves Church Street car park at 11am and
A Cornish woman has become only the second in the UK to have revolutionary surgery which saw a telescope smaller than a pea implanted into her eye. Ophthalmologists at Duchy Hospital in Truro successfully performed the new procedure which is aimed
A van driver whose bad driving landed him in court admitted, "“I cannot defend it.” Daniel Preston's driving was considered unreasonable towards other road users by getting too close to them. He pleaded guilty to the offence at Truro Magistrates
Cornwall Council has said sorry after the accidental damage to a roadside memorial of a woman killed in a crash. The memorial to Sarah Chinn from Grampound, was damaged as the verges along the road were cut. Sarah was in an accident on the
Redruth is ready to celebrate its most famous resident, inventor William Murdoch. Murdoch’s major innovation was the use of coal gas in lighting as a replacement for oil and tallow. The house where Murdoch lived in Redruth was the first house in
