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  • Seal sanctuary gets ready to launch £60,000 expansion

    Children will be able to discover even more about the inhabitants of the Cornish Seal Sanctuary at Gweek when a brand new area is launched. The sanctuary will be officially opening its new play area ‘Discovery Cove Playground’ on Monday, which

  • Big name chefs revealed for Porthleven Food Festival 2019

    Porthleven Food Festival organisers have promised its “best chef line-up” as part of this year’s theme of “Love Food.” This year’s festival wants to focus on celebrating and showcasing exciting cooking and some of the best produce from the South

  • A30 partially blocked after incident on major roundabout

    The A30 is partially blocked this morning following an incident on a major roundabout. There are reports of slow traffic approaching the Chiverton Cross roundabout in both directions. It is after a car burst into flames at the junction with

  • Body found at beauty spot

    A body has been found at a beauty spot on the north coast. Emergency services were called to Hell’s Mouth, at Gwithian, at 4.25pm yesterday. The body of a woman was seen in the water by a member of the public, who called 999. A police force

  • Chris claims double award at Trevose

    Newquay head professional Chris Gill completed a double at the Cornwall Alliance meeting at Trevose by winning both the individual and pairs events. The former West Region order of merit champion recorded five-under-par 66 over the championship

  • Legal eagle makes dolphin discovery in Falmouth waters

    Think of a creature associated with the law and a ‘legal eagle’ might spring to mind, but it was a beast of the sea rather than the sky making a splash for one Falmouth solicitor yesterday. Mark Buswell, a partner with Nalders Solicitors who manages

  • Fire breaks out behind Mullion Holiday Park for second time

    A second large blaze in as many days saw 20 firefighters called out on the Lizard Peninsula last night. Crews from Mullion, St Keverne and Falmouth were all scrambled at 5pm yesterday to an area of downs behind Mullion Holiday Park. Around

  • Calls for Falmouth firm to be penalised over ferry delays

    MP Sheryll Murray has backed calls for the firm which carried out repairs that led to major delays on the Torpoint Ferry to help fund compensation to users caught up in the chaos. The Conservative MP for South East Cornwall addressed a special meeting