The Cornish Times News

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Town waits for TV show verdict

May 17, 2013

Liskeard will feature on national television on Tuesday (May 21) – and is also going to be on national radio later this month.
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School pupils read to dog

May 10, 2013

PUPILS at a primary school are reading to a dog once a week.
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Town honours bard and burgess aged 90

May 10, 2013

LISKEARD did honour to one of its elders, John Lewis Rapson, Bard of the Gorsedh Kernow, revered town burgess and longest-serving member of the Liskeard Old Cornwall Society on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
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Stars at cross launch

May 10, 2013

THE Cornish Cross at Saltash was due to be officially launched on Friday afternoon with TV personalities Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan in attendance to give a short speech supporting the new sculpture.
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Martial’s art with a kart brings win

May 10, 2013

A PROMISING young karter from Liskeard has started his first racing season in style – by winning a trophy, and meeting one of his Formula 1 heroes.
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New party sweeps in

May 10, 2013

THE elections have led to a major shake-up in local politics in Liskeard.
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Chilly but fun party in the streets

April 4, 2013

LISKEARD Traders' Association organised a fun day on Easter Saturday with a good number of shoppers enjoying the chilly sunshine.
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LANDSLIP tragedy

March 28, 2013

SHOCK, sadness and anger have enveloped the close-knit community of Looe in the aftermath of a landslip which claimed the life of a popular pensioner.
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Extra hours at Post Office

March 28, 2013

THE NEW-look Barbican Post Office in Looe was officially opened by MP Sheryll Murray.
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Beaches fail water quality test

March 28, 2013

BEACHES in Seaton and East Looe have failed to meet the minimum standards for bathing water quality set by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) in its 2013 Good Beach Guide.
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Postie Paul’s marathon run

March 28, 2013

A LISKEARD postman is preparing to run the London Marathon in aid of charity Beating Bowel Cancer.
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Attack on church

March 28, 2013

Police are searching for vandals who broke into a church and may have rung the bells.
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Police mount large search

March 26, 2013

POLICE officers drawn from both Devon and Cornwall were in Liskeard to carry out an intensive search for a man who has been missing from his home since December.
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Probe after college shotguns stolen

March 26, 2013

Investigations into the theft of potentially-lethal weapons from secure storage at Duchy College, Stoke Climsland, are continuing.
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Anger at felling of trees

March 26, 2013

PREPARATORY works ahead of major roadworks to be carried out on the B3247 Seaton to Hessenford road have been upsetting some local residents.
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Royal visitor

March 26, 2013

CORNWALL had a royal visitor when Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, who is married to Prince Edward, visited Ginsters in Callington.
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Liskeard is 12th in Times’ top 30 UK towns

March 26, 2013

LISKEARD was the only Cornish town to be named in The Times newspaper this week in its '30 Best Towns in Britain' feature, in which the town came in at 12th.
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Colourful celebration of new bridge

March 7, 2013

THERE was a burst of colour and music in the woodland as the Friends of Stara Woods celebrated the opening of their new footbridge – in style! brDressed up in their finery, everyone took a turn to walk, dance, or even belly dance across the new sus...
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Marines aid pony rescue

February 28, 2013

SPECIALIST rescue teams, a Royal Marine landing craft and the RSPCA were involved in a 999 operation this week after a pony became stranded on a cliff at Rame Head.
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MP’s petition on wind farms

February 28, 2013

SOUTH East Cornwall's MP has set up a petition calling for decisions over wind turbines to be kept local.
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Affordable homes plan is approved

February 28, 2013

PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for 13 new homes to be built on land to the south side of Polperro Road in West Looe.
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