A 'story' claiming that a 'cannibal rat infested Russian ghost ship' is bearing down on the Cornish coast has been rubbished by the experts, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Despite reports that sound more like a 70's horror movie, the MCA say
The owner of a Falmouth butcher has been left “frustrated” and “disappointed” after thieves broke into his shop over the weekend. Myatts Butchers in Market Street was broken into between 5.30pm on Saturday and 6.20am on Monday morning. Police
The wet and very windy weather is set to continue in Cornwall and Devon, with the Met Office warning of gales and torrential downpours on Sunday. The 'Yellow Alert' is due to a weather sysytem set to cross the UK from the west during Sunday.
Anyone who has ever driven on a beach knows it is tricky at best, which is just what the driver of this £250,000+ Ferrari supercar discovered at a Cornish beach recently. The garishly coloured green Ferrari 458 became stuck in the wet sand at Watergate
Penryn Athletic's game against Wadebridge in division one west of the South West Peninsula League has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Bodieve Park. And more of the weekend's football matches look set to fall foul of the weather, with
Its all change at The Old Plough Inn in Shortlanesend in Truro as it welcomes new landlords Ian Crewes and Mark Harry. The pair formally took over this week, but will welcome patrons new and old to the inn on Friday for their “official” opening
After remaining vacant for a year, new life is finally being breathed into the bar formerly known as Nancy’s in Falmouth’s town centre. The first floor of the premises in Killigrew Street, a bar/art gallery, has been open since before Christmas
The RSPCA has co-ordinated the dramatic rescue of a young female calf who fell a hundred feet over a cliff into an inaccessible cove below the Lizard lighthouse in Cornwall following a large landslip. The heifer, a seven month old Dexter, who miraculously
Eleven of the 13 new benches installed in Helston town centre at the start of the year are already coming loose – leading to the town council withholding payment until the issue has been resolved. Members were told that the problem could be that
The official count of the money collected during the Cornish Harmony Choir’s Christmas Eve performance in Falmouth was carried out last week and confirmed that £1,110.13 had been donated. The choir’s committee will be topping that total up from
The Lander Gallery in Truro will show the work of Wadebridge artist, Joanna Commings, as part of its special New Year sale. The sale, which runs until March 4, features her painting Across to Stepper Point - viewed from Daymer Bay near Rock in
Comtemporary arts will be on show at a public exhibition at Truro Cathedral until January 26. Showcasing some of the best new local crafting skills, the |artefacts have been designed by final year students at Falmouth University. Students on
Adam Thouless, of Bosmeor Road in Falmouth, has been placed under curfew on Saturday and Sunday nights for the next six weeks after he admitted an offence of criminal damage when before magistrates last week. The 22-year-old had pleaded guilty
Falmouth Bay Residents’ Association (FBRA) will be holding its annual general |meeting at the Membly Hall Hotel on Sunday afternoon when its guest speaker will be John Hick, chairman of Falmouth Tall Ships Association. Also due to attend are Falmouth
The first in a series of projects improving access to the Penrose Estate at Helston has been completed using new grant funding. Walkers around Carminowe Creek may have noticed a new, improved boardwalk and bridge that has been installed, replacing
Firefighters from Falmouth’s white watch will be visiting local boat yards on Saturday to give safety advice following a number of incidents involving vessels out of the water and laid up. Ff Dave Coombes is leading the initiative and said: “We
Excitement is mounting as we inch closer to the first announcement for the Eden Sessions 2014. Keep checking the website, and pick up your copy of Weekender this Wednesday to see who will be this years first headline act. Leave us a comment with
SETH Lakeman heads to Cornwall next month as part of his tour of Cathedrals, and he’ll be popping in to Truro’s Music Nostalgiato to sign copies of his new album. Seth is taking his new songs on the road this year playing Cathedrals across the
WITH a bio that describes the band as “a little like the audible equivalent of gout. They seem to come back” you can’t fail to love Zapoppin'. And they are indeed back with their fifth full length album, although by their own admission, its quite
THE Princess Pavilion has announced that Adam Ant will no longer be playing at the venue this April. The Ant camp have said: “For logistical reasons beyond our control several dates on Adam Ant’s 12 B.D UK Tour and all five dates on the scheduled
IN 2014 Steve Knightley, Show of Hands’ acclaimed front man, is a man on a mission – to play as many village halls and “untapped” grass roots community venues in England as he can muster. Steve starts the mini tour of Cornwall, performing at Kingsand
So the wet weather is certainly dampening a whole lot more than spirits, but it’s nothing a healthy dose of dry-humoured panto fun can’t sort out. Cue a three-day run at the Falmouth Pavilion from Neverland and Back from Thursday, February 20 to
A new one-woman musical written by Boff Whaley and directed by Justin Audibert comes to the Poly on February 5. Set in February 1918, and after several decades of protest and four years of bloody war, Parliament is poised to grant what the suffragettes
Back to league action this weekend, the Cornish Pirates travel to play London Scottish at the Athletic Ground, Richmond, for what is an important Greene King IPA Championship encounter. As fifth plays sixth and both teams strive to achieve a victory
IF you have the January blues, be sure to book yourself in for a night of comedy with Russell Kane at Hall for Cornwall. In his current tour, Kane is intrigued by small things. What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it - being tiny but fierce
WELL meaning people in Falmouth who succumb to beggars’ pleas for cash, are being advised by the police to support the town’s Big Issue sellers instead. PC Andy Hocking has even gone as far as stating that people giving to one man in particular
The younger children at Falmouth Primary Academy have taken up residence in “the village” after their regular classrooms were made off limits by building work being carried out on site. The entire building on the infants’ side of the site has been
There are delays and difficulties on the roads this morning after heavy rain last night. A large standing pool of water has formed on the road outside the rugby club in Falmouth on Chard Terrace. On the A30 at Carland Cross eastbound between
A thriving village football club in Redruth is about to get the expansion its ever-increasing popularity deserves after receiving thousands of pounds to help update its facilities. Illogan Junior Football Club were the lucky recipients of £3,000
A fire at a bus depot in Liskeard has been blamed on an arson attack. Three fire engines, two from Liskeard and one from Callington attended a reported bus fire at Trevecca ind estate justafter 6.30am this morning. The first appliance found
A THRIVING village football club in Redruth is about to get the expansion its ever-increasing popularity deserves after receiving thousands of pounds to help update its facilities. Illogan Junior Football Club were the lucky recipients of £3,000
The Fair, a sporting painting by Sir Alfred James Munnings which captures the hustle and bustle of a rural horse fair has sold for £182,500 at Bonhams. It was purchased direct from the artist pre-1916 for the sum of £35 and has been passed down
Funding bids from 14 organisations in Helston will be considered at a special meeting of the town council. The groups have all applied for cash from the sale proceeds of 3 Penrose Road, the town’s former community centre. Last November councillors
