Cornish Guardian

The Westernapolis individual meeting, due to have been staged at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening, has been called off because of a lack of quality riders. Co-promoters Seemond Stephens and Ashley Taylor made the decision on Monday after learni...
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Coach John Knowles believes that Padstow teenager Molly Long still has a fighting chance of making her international debut for Great Britain this summer. Molly's hopes appeared to have been cruelly dashed at the weekend when a sudden attack of asthm...
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Surf powerboat racers from all over the country will descend on Watergate Bay for the Thundercat 2013 National Championships later this month. The Extreme Academy at Watergate Bay is set to host the seventh and eighth rounds of the competition over ...
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Newquay's very own women's surfing ambassador and Animal Team Rider Corinne Evans has announced another date for her surf tour. On Saturday, top surfer Evans will be at Errant Surf School in Newquay for an under 18s girls day for aspiring girl surfers...
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Striker Dan Jennings, who scored 47 goals for Wadebridge Town last season, has joined North Cornwall rivals Camelford. It is a step up for the highly-rated Jennings from division one west of the Carlsberg South West Peninsula League to the premier d...
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A YOUNG footballer has set his sights on playing for a top Major League Soccer team after landing a football scholarship in the USA.Tom Cowling dreams of one day emulating England left back Ashley Cole – and has taken a giant leap on the road to...
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AN "ESSENTIAL" lifeline telephone service for vulnerable people will no longer be provided free of charge across the county, it has emerged.The subsidy for the service, which provides 24/7 monitoring and alarm system for elderly or vulnerable residents...
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A FISHERMAN says he may have to fork out nearly £1,000 to replace 15 lobster pots snatched by thieves.Two men in a white transit van were caught on CCTV stealing the equipment from Mevagissey harbour at about 11pm on Friday, May 24.Chris Gilbert...
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Cornwall's 'fledging' over 75 Seniors County Tennis squad ventured over the Tamar last week for their first foray into the hurly burly of inter-county tennis, writes Graham Talling. With some trepidation and completely untried, the five ancients took...
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A PRIMARY school teacher has succeeded in fulfilling his promise to repay the people who saved his life and is on course to raise £4,500 for Devon Air Ambulance.Matthew Tooke's courageous and challenging cycle ride took place just one year on fr...
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TELEVISION spy star Hermione Norris tracked down a different target in Charlestown when she took part in a celebrity antique show.The BBC One Spooks actress, who also played Karen Marsden in the comedy drama Cold Feet, and comedian John Thomson, who al...
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A PRIMARY school teacher has succeeded in fulfilling his promise to repay the people who saved his life and is on course to raise £4,500 for Devon Air Ambulance.Matthew Tooke's courageous and challenging cycle ride took place just one year on fr...
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A NEIGHBOUR of a quarry whose owners have won permission to extend and deepen it says the dust from the site is making his farm unviable.Farmer Clive Fry says the silica dust blown on to his fields from Pigsdon Quarry at Launcells, near Bude, causes da...
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A NEW eating experience with its roots deep in Cornish tradition is on the menu in Fowey as the town welcomed "the tastiest pasties in the world".TV presenter and chef James Strawbridge recently brought a new take on the humble pasty to the taste buds ...
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OBJECTORS to a controversial link road that is proposed to cut across the edge of Bodmin's Priory Park have been assured their concerns will be noted.Cornwall Council received two petitions from residents with a total of 2,030 signatures, urging it to ...
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EMERGENCY funds have been released to ensure a "disaster zone" in Newquay is ready to receive the throngs of tourists expected this summer.On Wednesday Newquay Town Council bypassed normal procedures and voted to dip into its reserves to pay for a co...
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A GROUP of pensioners turned pop stars reached the top of an on-line music chart after featuring in a hit charity single.Four sprightly ladies, aged between 79 and 94, from St Anne's Care Home, Saltash, and ten members of staff at the home are among...
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A GROUP of pensioners turned pop stars reached the top of an on-line music chart after featuring in a hit charity single.Four sprightly ladies, aged between 79 and 94, from St Anne's Care Home, Saltash, and ten members of staff at the home are among...
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A NEWQUAY man with a history of drinking petrol died after downing a cocktail of booze – and possibly anti-freeze.Neil Milburn, 45, of Pydar Close, had so much alcohol in his system that it starved the blood supply to his brain, an inquest heard....
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A NEWQUAY man with a history of drinking petrol died after downing a cocktail of booze – and possibly anti-freeze.Neil Milburn, 45, of Pydar Close, had so much alcohol in his system that it starved the blood supply to his brain, an inquest heard....
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FRESH plans to make changes to a popular North Cornwall pub, which has been closed amid controversy for the past 21 months, have been submitted to Cornwall Council.The proposals to make changes to the Bullers Arms at Marhamchurch have brought strong op...
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