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  • Best-selling author to give talk on latest novel in Helston

    Bestselling Cornwall-based novelist Patrick Gale will visit CAST in Helston next week to read from his latest novel Take Nothing With You. The event on Friday, April 26 will be introduced by Colin Midson, creative director of the Port Eliot Festival

  • Woman "stuck on river bank" in Penryn needs treatment

    An "ongoing incident" is taking place in Penryn this afternoon after a woman was found on the foreshore needing treatment. Falmouth Coastguard Rescue Team were drafted in to support the South Western Ambulance Service, which was called just after

  • New store creates 18 jobs in Threemilestone

    The Co-op is set to serve up its newest food store in Threemilestone on Wednesday following a £610,000 investment. The new store, located on Chyvelar Road, will provide 18 full and part time jobs and offer a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables

  • Fire in Penryn this morning classed as "accidental"

    FIREFIGHTERS attended an incident in Penryn this morning. One appliance from Falmouth Community Fire Station responded to the fire in Kernick Road. On arrival a shed fire was discovered around 8am. Crew wore breathing apparatus used one hose

  • 'Major problem' on taxi seat sizes

    CORNWALL Council is set to consult with vehicle manufacturers over the size of seats in vehicles in order to set new licensing guidelines. The council is also set to have further talks with cabbies over the minimum amount of legroom needed for back

  • No local elections in Cornwall

    ALL over the country candidates from all political parties and persuasions are encouraging people to vote for them in local council elections. But while many parts of the country will be going to the polls on May 2 to elect councillors to 270 councils

  • Council will clamp down on dog breeders

    Licensing officers say they are monitoring an “explosion” in the number of people breeding dogs without a licence and advertising them for sale on social media. Cornwall Council officers highlighted the issue during a briefing for councillors on