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  • Falmouth Town begin Senior Cup defence at home to Blues

    Falmouth Town will begin the defence of their Cornwall Senior Cup crown at home to the familiar faces of local rivals Helston Athletic on Saturday (kick-off 2pm). Town provided a shock when the teams last met at Helston’s Kellaway Park nearly four

  • Lithium firm nominated for trio of awards

    PENRYN-based Cornish Lithium has been nominated for three technology and mining industry awards. The first of these nominations is in the Innovation category of the inaugural Tech South West Awards that cover Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles

  • A&P Falmouth ready to work in nuclear sector

    A&P Falmouth has been granted Fit For Nuclear (F4N) status by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), as part of its diversification into the civil new build nuclear market. The Fit For Nuclear (F4N) award is granted

  • Community pulls together to rescue pub after night of floods

    A Gunwalloe pub was flooded in last night's heavy rain. Landlady Claire Murray was upstairs when a member of staff alerted her to the water cascading into the Halzephron Inn. Describing her reaction at the time, she said: "It's sort of a panic

  • The Royal Navy trainee pilot flying on the 'cresta' wave

    Another visit meeting the people who live and work behind the gates of RNAS Culdrose. Among many of the men and women training at RNAS Culdrose is budding helicopter pilot William Vinnell. He is a member of 824 Naval Air Squadron (NAS), the Merlin

  • Mayor of Falmouth quits Lib Dems

    Falmouth's mayor has quit his party in the run-up to December 12's general election. Councillor Steve Eva is now independent, preferring to focus on what is best for the town rather than being involved in national politics. He said: "In this

  • Main Falmouth road will close for eight nights

    A busy commuter road in Falmouth will close for eight nights later this month for resurfacing. Bickland Water Road will close between 7pm and 6am from Wednesday, November 20 until Friday, November 29. A spokesman for Cormac said: "The closure

  • Crash in Penryn causing traffic delays

    There were reports of slow traffic in Penryn due to an accident on Kernick Road this morning. Police attended the scene after a vehicle collided with a lamp post. The incident occurred at around 11.30am near the rugby club. No injuries

  • General election: a guide to recent votes in Cornwall

    With the UK heading back to the polls on December 12, we have taken a look at what has happened in recent votes in Cornwall. There are six parliamentary constituencies which are in or cross over into Cornwall: Camborne and Redruth, North Cornwall

  • Concern for welfare of missing Penzance man

    Police are asking the public to help them locate a missing man from Penzance. They are concerned for the welfare of 42-year-old Gavin Rose who was last seen at his home at around 3pm on Saturday November 2. Gavin is described as white, 6ft tall

  • Two crashes at same roundabout after flash hail storm

    DEVON and Cornwall Police have confirmed that contrary to initial reports, there has been two separate incidents at Chiverton roundabout this morning. Traffic reports stated that there was a five-vehicle incident, but that is not the case. 

  • Bid for glamping pods on outskirts of coastal village

    A glamping site could be extended near Coverack if the owners get planning permission. Glenn Cooke has applied to Cornwall Council to site three 6m by 3.2m glamping pods on a field adjacent to his bungalow at Wych Elm, Ponsongath, which would each