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A TEENAGER was jailed after threatening a young girl and carrying weapons in Falmouth for the third time in four months.Police, who were preparing to use a Taser stun gun to detain 19-year-old Alex Burgoyne, said his offending had "escalated" recently....
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A HELSTON shop worker pursued a drunken shoplifter with no regard for her own safety after he stole a £100 pair of boots.Plucky Piyatida Coram, who works at Racky's shoe store on Meneage Street, followed the thief to a nearby women's toilet.The a...
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THE new Cornwall Council could be led by the Independent group, it has emerged.The news came out following the shock defection of top Tory, Councillor Mike Eathorne-Gibbons to the Independents.The results of the elections on May 2 were inconclusive as ...
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A POLICE investigation will be carried out into the latest comments by a councillor who compared disabled children to deformed lambs killed at birth.Collin Brewer stood down from Cornwall Council after comments that disabled children "should be put dow...
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THE CRIMINAL investigation into the death of a young father from Grampound Road is continuing.Ryan Thomas died on January 16 following an incident involving an electrical pole while working in Cawsand for Western Power Distribution.A man from St Austel...
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A HEAD teacher was airlifted to hospital after an accident where she sustained "severe burns".Lisa Michell, head at Ladock Primary School, was flown by air ambulance to The Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery in Swansea.She has been transferred ...
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A BURLY care worker who callously abused elderly and vulnerable patients by sitting on them has been jailed for nine months.Obese Fiona Salmon subjected those she was supposed to be looking after to physical and mental torment.On Friday she was jailed ...
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POLICE described Fiona Salmon's "wicked practices" as "cruel and disgraceful" while praising the colleagues who initiated the action taken against her.The result was the first trial in the South West under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which came into ...
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POLICE described Fiona Salmon's "wicked practices" as "cruel and disgraceful" while praising the colleagues who initiated the action taken against her.The result was the first trial in the South West under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which came into ...
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A PROUD Carharrack dad delivered his second child at the roadside in the front seat of his Vauxhall Astra.Ant Gray was driving his wife, Rachel, to the maternity unit at Helston on Tuesday night, when 'baby' decided it was time to make an appearance.Mr...
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CLEAN living and the capacity for forgiveness are the key ingredients for a couple who celebrated 70 years of marriage.Harry and Margaret Roberts from Perranwell first got together in 1939 – the year the Second World War broke out – and mar...
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CLEAN living and the capacity for forgiveness are the key ingredients for a couple who celebrated 70 years of marriage.Harry and Margaret Roberts from Perranwell first got together in 1939 – the year the Second World War broke out – and mar...
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IT'S THAT time of year where campuses across the country are eerily quiet. No, the students haven't left yet; they're busy studying in libraries and at home for their exams. From here on it is two months of tests, exams, practicals and coursework deadl...
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IT'S THAT time of year where campuses across the country are eerily quiet. No, the students haven't left yet; they're busy studying in libraries and at home for their exams. From here on it is two months of tests, exams, practicals and coursework deadl...
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THE funeral of a record-holding Penryn rugby player who died suddenly at home takes place tomorrow.Brian Bate, who died of renal failure aged 78, played for 17 years for the town's first team and in a record 14 positions during his career.He began play...
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THE funeral of a record-holding Penryn rugby player who died suddenly at home takes place tomorrow.Brian Bate, who died of renal failure aged 78, played for 17 years for the town's first team and in a record 14 positions during his career.He began play...
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REDRUTH darts player Kevin Mitchell is celebrating after pocketing £800 in prize money after winning a national competition in Exeter.The 33-year-old fought his way through eight rounds to win the Independent Darts Organisation's Exeter Open at t...
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REDRUTH darts player Kevin Mitchell is celebrating after pocketing £800 in prize money after winning a national competition in Exeter.The 33-year-old fought his way through eight rounds to win the Independent Darts Organisation's Exeter Open at t...
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FLORA Day is a centuries-old tradition that has seen generations of Helstonians file through the town to banish winter and welcome in spring.Any local will tell you it represents more than simply wearing fine clothes and doing the Furry dance through t...
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CORNWALL Council has revealed details of all the public toilets which have been shut to cut costs.The council started closing conveniences on April 15 but refused to say which had closed despite repeated requests from the West Briton.Eventually the cou...
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GYLLYNGVASE Surf Life Saving and Triathlon Club were among the medals at last week's British Life Saving Sport Pool Championships in Somerset.A strong team of nipper and junior members from the club entered the Championships held in Millfield.The club ...
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