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  • Cormac workers forced to tarmac around parked car

    Cormac workers in Mylor Bridge have been forced to tarmac around a parked vehicle. Residents of Passage Hill were given notice and asked to move their cars before the work started yesterday. But one failed to take heed of the requests and has caused

  • Three people rescued near Coverack after boat loses power

    Three people aboard a boat off Coverack Beach had to be towed back to shore after losing power yesterday. Lizard Lifeboat launched just before 3.45pm after receiving a call for assistance. The urgent call came in when the boat was stranded 300

  • Hate crime is focus of police's awareness week

    Devon and Cornwall Police is staging a week of action, events and activities to raise awareness of hate crime and encourage communities to report it. Engaging with schoolchildren, a "chatter bus" and videos created by university students are among

  • A39 partially blocked after lorry accident

    Update: Police have confirmed that the road is now clear.  The A39 is partially blocked both ways after a lorry accident this morning.  It happened between Arch Hill in Truro and Playing Place.  One person sustained a minor injury. 

  • Fun day of surf lessons for Penryn schoolchildren

    Penryn schoolchildren enjoyed a fun day of surfing lessons in Praa Sands. The children from Penryn Primary Academy enjoyed the lessons from Global Boarders Surf Company. Whilst learning the signs of the sea and how to stay safe at the beach the

  • Jeweller raises thousands for children's hospice charity

    Victoria Walker, a jeweller based at Princes House in Truro, is delighted to have raised £4368.84 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) from raffling one of her bestselling lockets. Victoria has been designing and hand making delicate, kinetic

  • Falmouth and Truro MP presses for fairer funding

    Cornwall’s MPs have met with the Secretary of State for Education to ask for fairer funding for Cornish schools. Gavin Williamson met with Sarah Newton, MP for Truro and Falmouth; Steve Double, MP for St Austell and Newquay and North Cornwall MP