SET sail to the Maritime Museum in Falmouth this Easter for crafts and even craftier smugglers. This Easter Weekend cast your very own mini chocolate Easter egg and make a brilliant bunny or chick mask. Plus as a special treat for Easter Monday
Cornwall Council Trading Standards has been working with Devon and Cornwall Police to investigate exactly what is inside ‘legal highs’. The local team took part in a sampling programme where legal highs were purchased from a variety of outlets
Motorists in Helston could save money after Cornwall Council extended its trial of reduced price car parking season tickets until the end of April. The trial, originally meant to run until March 31, gives car owners the opportunity to buy an annual
Police have a plan in place to "prevent and disrupt any illegal rave activity" across the two counties this coming Easter weekend. Each year police have to remove a number of illegal raves which diverts valuable resources away from regular policing
All Cornwall’s beaches have reached the top standard for water quality, according to this year’s Good Beach Guide. Produced by the Marine Conservation Society, the guide says that the quality of the bathing water in all the 82 beaches in Cornwall
The Brew House on the |harbour front in Porthleven has re-opened for 2014 with an exclusive coffee available for a limited amount of time. Open daily from 10am to 5pm, The Brew House is an extension of Origin Coffee’s roaster in Helston. Offering
Planning permission has been granted for a new development of 46 retirement apartments in Falmouth. McCarthy & Stone has been given the go-ahead to build the one and two bedroom privately owned retirement properties for those aged 60 and above
Some rather |unexpected ‘Easter’ eggs have turned up at Paradise Park in Hayle. Curator David Woolcock explains “Three eggs have appeared and are being protected by a Velociraptor.” The Park is running an Easter Egg Hunt throughout the |holidays
Cornwall's fire chief was joined by a cabinet member as building work started on two new fire stations. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service chief fire officer Des Tidbury and Cornwall Council cabinet member for homes and communities Geoff Brown cut
Falmouth ladies finished their season as County Champions on Saturday, completing the season undefeated. The team had been due to play premier league side Bude in the final of the County Cup but a flurry of illness left Bude with only eight players
Methodist services in St Keverne will be held in the church hall from now on. The church council voted last week to stop using the Methodist chapel building for the majority of services and instead hold the weekly 11am Sunday worship in the adjacent
Children from Mawnan School were excited to see the crew from Falmouth Fire Station turn up at their school last week. The firefighters were presenting the PTA with a cheque for £250, as one of many recipients to benefit from the firework display
The Marine Conservation Society is recommending more beaches than ever in the South West of England this year with 173 out of 195 (88.7%) receiving the top standard for excellent water quality. Called "good news" after the region was particularly
Coastguard rescuers are warning owners to keep dogs on leads after a collie took a tumble over a cliff near Mawnan on Sunday. A team from Falmouth Coastguard Rescue Team were called out on April 13 after a report that the pet called Carrie had
A Falmouth woman has denied harassing her estranged husband. Karen Altenberg, aged 40, of St John’s Court, Brook Place, Falmouth, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates’ Court to harassing her estranged husband James Altenberg by going to an address
The Falmouth and District Footpaths Preservation Society is appealing for new members. The society was established many years ago to help two national organisations in the preservation of all public rights of way in Falmouth and district. For
A German version of Falmouth's town map has been created to cater for the thousands of cruise ship passengers which disembark in the port each year. Falmouth Business Improvement District manager, Richard Wilcox, has worked in partnership with
A mother from Roche has been handed an 81 day suspended prison sentence for failing to ensure her child went to school. The court was told on Friday, 11 April that the woman's 13-year-old daughter had a history of non attendance, with 114 unauthorised
A bid to remove dead Christmas trees by residents furious at the 'destruction' of the beach at Porthtown has been stopped by by Cornwall Council. An event planned to remove the trees was stopped after a council officer said the authority would
Armed police were called to Helston early on Sunday evening after reports of a man threatening a neighbour with a sword Local officers were called just before 5pm to Kingsley Way, where a 50-year-old man had allegedly been threatened. Firearms
Scaffolding is going up at Truro Cathedral’s NW tower to start repairing the storm damage caused by February's gales. A stone mullion, a decorative stone column in a high level arch, was dislodged and fell to the ground and cathedral authorities
Councillors in Penryn will continue in their attempts to reduce the bill for outstanding rent on Permarin car park. The council was hit with £1603 charge for underpaid rent in August after Cornwall Council had failed to carry out its annual reviews
Devon and Cornwall Police are urging people to be aware of opportunist thieves looking for valuables left in vehicles during the holiday period. Officers are recommending that people take care by keeping car windows closed and doors locked, and
While not quite sending coal to Newcastle, Truro and Falmouth MP Sarah Newton, alongside other trade talks, will be celebrating the sale of Cornish tea to China on a visit to the country. Sarah will be visiting China next week to fly the flag for
