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The University of Exeter Cornwall Campus has played host to some of the world's lobster experts at an event organised by the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow. The event formed part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) Legacy Programm...
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More than a quarter of lifejackets checked at a special clinic in Fowey were not providing proper protection, the RNLI has said. Experts checked 183 lifejackets at the clinic in Fowey last weekend. Of those checked, 13 had to be condemned an...
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Marine life rescue teams have been battling to keep a whale alive after it was found stranded on Castle Beach in Falmouth earlier today.
Initial reports suggested the stricken animal was a dolphin but marine mammal medics identified it as a young pil...
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UPDATE: Alan Knight, chairman of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, has confirmed that the stranded pilot whale has now been put down.
He said: "Unfortunately, the team that was on the beach found its body condition to be really quite bad. It was obviously quite hungry and its muscle mass had just dropped...
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A group of dieters from Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth have lost more than 200kg between them, and raised money for Children's Hospice South West in the process.Pendennis introduced a diet club earlier this year, organized by the in-house occupational ...
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A unique partnership of Cornish museums has scooped funding of more than £250,000 from Arts Council England. The For Cornwall partnership of Falmouth Art Gallery, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Penlee House Gallery and Museum and Por...
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Members of 849 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, paid their respects to six members of their aircrew who lost their lives in a helicopter crash during the early stages of the Iraq war, at an emotional ceremony to mark the 10th ann...
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The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is launching a new series of courses in partnership with the Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis.The first weekend course at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth runs over Saturday March 30 and Sunday March 31. Roy Gollop...
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Hundreds of people took part in the Run Falmouth half marathon this morning, organised by Cornwall Hospice Care. Participants gathered on The Moor for a warm up before setting off on a coastal course that took them through the town and surrounding...
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Zumba fanatics gathered on The Moor in Falmouth this afternoon for an open air dance extravaganza. The Zumba Zestifal was organised by Core Fitness as part of the third annual Falmouth Spring Festival. Young and old donned bright yellow T-shi...
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A team of 14 cyclists from RNAS Culdrose will set off on a 400 mile journey to the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in Staffordshire next Monday. Members of 849 Naval Air Squadron from the air base near Helston are taking part in the ride to mark...
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RNAS Culdrose, near Helston, has won a coveted award in recognition of its work to promote flight safety. The Bambara Flight Safety Trophy is presented each year to the ship, squadron or unit which does the most to promote and endorse safety in th...
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The University of Exeter is inviting members of the public to help it build an archive documenting the history of the Tremough Campus in Cornwall. The Tremough Campus is shared and jointly managed by the University of Exeter and Falmouth Universit...
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The people of Falmouth took to the streets today to celebrate St Piran's Day.
Local school children, musicians, performers and dignitaries paraded through the town to mark the feast day of the patron saint of tin miners.
To see a gallery of St Piran's Day celebrations across Cornwall, click here.
The Falmouth event was one of...
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Reigning champion Billy Deakin was the big winner in the second annual World Pasty Championships, held at the Eden Project in Cornwall today. Mr Deakin, from Mount Hawke, Cornwall regained the champion spot in the Cornish Pasty Amateur category of...
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A young electrician from Penzance has reached the finals of a competition to name Britain's bet building services apprentice. James Grant, 23, was one of 10 finalists in the JTL National Apprenticeship Awards 2012, held at the Tower of London this...
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A mystery message in a bottle has been discovered on Swanpool Beach in Falmouth. Pip Carlton-Barnes found the bottle on the wall at Swanpool Beach as she was walking on the beach yesterday. The bottle contains tightly-rolled messages tied wit...
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Sailors from 771 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose near Heslton, have helped brew a special beer to mark 60 years of the Royal Navy Search and Rescue Service (SAR). Rebel Brewery of Penryn, near Falmouth, are producing the beer as p...
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Wives and girlfriends pitched in and washed cars to help St Ives RNLI lifeboat station raise more than £2,500 towards the station's new launch and recovery vehicle. The car wash was part of the station's SOS fundraising day, which took place...
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Helicopters from RNAS Culdrose are preparing to join NATO forces in the Mediterranean to take part in a large scale anti-submarine exercise. Members of 829 and 814 Naval Air Squadrons, based at the station near Helston, will head to Sicily at the ...
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A volunteer at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall has been shortlisted for VisitEngland's Tourism Superstar 2013, and needs votes from the public to win the title. Colin Spargo is competing against staff from visitor attractions all over the c...
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