It was amazing to watch a full-blown panic sweep across Cornwall last week – and for no apparent reason. On Tuesday there were the first few murmurings of an impending fuel crisis after tanker drivers voted ‘yes’ to possible industrial action. On Wednesday
A&P Falmouth has lost a significant steel work contract from a major customer due to the lack of a deep water channel into the docks. As time goes on more and more contracts may be lost to other ports unless a capital dredging scheme gets the go ahead
After a year of waiting and watching the new Old Cattle Market building going up at the Boating Lake, the Helston Farmers’ Market is returning home to it’s original site, starting on Saturday, April 7. “It has been wonderful to watch the new building
A group of locals have clubbed together to save Helford’s Shipwrights Arms from closure. The 18th century thatched pub closed last October, having been up for sale since November 2008, and fell into liquidation the following year. When it became apparent
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Family issues leading to stress caused a Penzance woman to take out her frustration on someone's car she found parked in the street, causing £250 worth of damage. At Truro Magistrates' Court Maisie Dawson, 21, of Trevean Road, Penzance, pleaded guilty
Cornwall College is to offer a host of new degree courses from September thanks to a bumper allocation of student places. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) awarded the College an additional 241 places, bringing the total now available
A PENSIONER has been ordered to wear an electronic tag for three months after threatening two women who were laying a trail of flour along a public footpath ahead of a fun run event. Roger Baker, 70, of Ventongimps Mill, near Goonhavern accused Frances
Two Falmouth-based professional writers are offering local children the chance to learn the skills of their trade at a special workshop next month. Emily Barr, a bestselling author of 11 novels, has teamed up with Craig Green, author of the
RESIDENTS living near Penryn railway station have hit out over the number of workmen’s vans parked on their streets. The contractors are working on the Station Road student housing development, which should be completed this summer. When work began
A brave mother battling cancer in Helston has lost her fight for life. Malina Bowman was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2010 that she then learned had spread to her liver in May last year. The mum to young son Aaron and wife
Falmouth Sports Club (FSC) is celebrating the appointment of a new master tennis coach with free taster sessions for all. These range from four- year-old classes to ones for more seasoned players hoping to boost their game. Des O’Reilly’s top credentials
Pressure - it does one of two things, bursts pipes or makes diamonds, or at least that how the saying goes. If we have learned one thing from the weekend’s football action, it is that Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers aren’t going to have a
Aspiring Helston actors have a chance to take part in the movies this weekend, when a film crew comes to the community college to recreate an evacuation. The filming, on Saturday between 6.30pm and 11.30pm, will involve an action scene with
Figures from Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) show the service has taken the fire safety message into almost 4,000 homes and fitted more than 3,000 smoke detectors over the last 12 months. The statistics also reveal that there have been no
MARSHALLS will be patrolling Falmouth’s main taxi rank for the first time this weekend to try and bring an end to the late-night violence that has plagued The Moor in recent months. The scheme will see security guards wearing hi-visibility vests stationed
British Transport Police officers are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man they would like to speak to in connection with an incident on board a train approaching Truro railway station on Monday, March 19. Officers have released
Penzance MP, Andrew George, has urged the Chancellor George Osborne to “back off” from his threat to tax pasties, warning that “someone may get hurt” in the ensuing pasty war. He is also urging local people to respond to the Government’s “Pasty Tax
