Police were yesterday continuing to search for a missing retired vicar whose car was found abandoned close to a Cornish clifftop.The Reverend Barry Kinsmen's vehicle was discovered near Trevone on New Year's Eve. It is understood a note was found in t...
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A St Ives taxi driver, who sexually assaulted a woman on the eve of his wedding, has been jailed for four years.Nigel Holland, aged 51, of Trelawney Avenue, St Ives, admitted sexually assaulting three women in his taxi in 2010-11.At the sentencing...
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FEARS were growing this week for the safety of one of Padstow's best-loved characters.The Reverend Barry Kinsmen's vehicle was found abandoned near Trevone on New Year's Eve.It is understood a note was found in the vehicle.Extensive searches of the are...
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AROUND 40 'old boys' braved a wet and windy evening to meet up for the annual Penzance Grammar/Humphry Davy School reunion.The shindig was held at the Queen's Hotel on December 29 where memories were jogged by a computer slideshow of old school photogr...
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A man who murdered a fellow resident at sheltered housing for homeless men in Pool has been given a mandatory life sentence.
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A woman blinded by her boyfriend helps other domestic violence victims
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Horses, goats and Mary on a donkey took to the streets of Falmouth on Sunday as part of a live nativity.
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A POOL man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Camborne father-of-two today.Somes McFarland, 28, will serve a minimum of 13 years behind the bars before the parole board can consider when it will be safe to release him into the soc...
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A 26-year-old motorcyclist was fighting for his life in hospital yesterday after a crash in West Cornwall on Wednesday evening. Emergency services were called to the A3074 St Ives Road, Carbis Bay, at 6.25pm after reports of a collision between a Yamah...
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A GROUP of friends are still in touch with one other more than 70 years after they first met as new pupils at the former Bodmin Grammar School.The ladies meet up a few times a year and this Christmas enjoyed a meal together at the Slades House In...
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A WARM-HEARTED St Austell foster carer has been named Child Care Champion.Yvonne Smith, from Boscoppa, was nominated for the Pirate FM award for her dedication to delivering after-school clubs at Pondhu Primary School for 14 years and fostering vulnera...
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TWO BROTHERS hailed as "heroes" after they dived into stormy waters to save a woman's life in Newquay have been commended for their "courageous" rescue.Martin and Dave Marney, 41 and 45, leapt into action one evening in October after spotting a woman f...
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CHRISTMAS is a time of miracles and the gift of giving and a father of four from Mylor has experienced both at once.Patrick Polglase's life was saved by dedicated hospital staff after his heart stopped beating.On Monday he returned to the Royal Cornwa...
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A MUM who was forced to turn off her son's life support machine after he was hit by a car near his home in Hayle is supporting a campaign to stop others suffering the same fate.Caleb Michael Hollow, who was said to have lit up a room with his smile, wa...
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CHRISTMAS is a time of miracles and the gift of giving and a father of four from Mylor has experienced both at once.Patrick Polglase's life was saved by dedicated hospital staff after his heart stopped beating.On Monday he returned to the Royal Cornwa...
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A Royal Navy Petty Officer has been praised for saving the life of a visitor to a Westcountry base.PO Paul 'Ticker' Tock was on duty looking after the Royal Yacht Squadron during their stay at the HMS Raleigh, the navy's training base at Torpoint in Co...
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Two brothers who leapt into rough seas to rescue a woman from drowning will today receive awards for their bravery and selflessness.Martin and David Marney spotted someone in difficulties while out walking between Little Fistral and Towan Head at Newqu...
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A TALENTED Truro schoolgirl who died earlier this year took her own life, an inquest concluded today.
14-year-old Courtney Gwynn, who attended Penair School in the city, was found hanged at her family home at Carharrack in Redruth on January 6.
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FAMILY and friends of a Pool man murdered in a violent attack at his home have paid tribute to the "generous and kind-hearted" father of two.On Friday Somes McFarland, 28, was found guilty of murdering former roofer Peter Oates, 51, following a week-lo...
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Plans to breathe new life into the Glasney Valley area have been put in motion by a new regeneration project.
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A former prolific offender who stole from homes and vehicles across South Devon has joined forces with Devon and Cornwall Police to help prevent people from being a victim this Christmas.
The 36-year-old racked up 324 offences for burglary and vehicle...
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