Ben Ainslie, who grew up in Cornwall, is chosen to carry the flag for the British team at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.
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Ainslie chosen as GB flagbearer
Holiday club is another hit
MORE THAN 50 children enjoyed this year's Children's Holiday Club in Polruan.Led by Lanteglos-by-Fowey Church and people from the local community, the club is now in its fifth year and has been building on its success.This year's themes, the Olympics a...
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Tehidy Road Post Office celebrates London 2012 with Team GB Gold Medal stamps
Tehidy Road Post Office, Camborne, has been helping people get their hands on Olympic Team GB Gold Medal Stamps ater being choosen as one of five offices in Cornwall, and one of the 500 nationwide
specially selected to receive the stamps within 24...
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Ben Ainslie is a Cornish Hero: The public have their say
PEOPLE in Falmouth have had their say on the victory by Ben Ainslie, as he picked up his fourth Olympic gold..
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The Cornish Olympian who bagged two golds
Rower Helen Glover will be rightly remembered for winning a gold medal at London 2012, but who can remember Cornwall's other Olympic winners?Ed Coode, another rower, won gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He is now a solicitor with the family law fir...
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Cornwall’s golden boy Ben Ainslie to return a hero
AFTER winning his fourth consecutive gold medal Ben Ainslie has become the greatest Olympic sailor of all time.The 35-year-old grew up in Cornwall and trained at Restronguet. He said it may be his last Olympics, after "the hardest two weeks" of his lif...
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Victory tour for Penzance Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover
OLYMPIC gold medallist Helen Glover will be welcomed home with an open top bus tour through Newlyn and Penzance.It is hoped thousands will line the route of the Victory Bus tour, organised by Penzance Town Council and Humphry Davy School with support f...
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Welcome home to West’s Olympic heroes
To celebrate their Olympic glory, Mary King and her horse Imperial Cavalier will ride through their home town of Sidmouth to honour team GB's silver eventing medal.The 51-year-old, who was competing at her sixth Olympic Games in London, propelled the t...
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Huge demand for Penzance Olympic rower stamps
Royal Mail has admitted it was “blown away” by the demand for stamps featuring Penzance Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover.
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Royal Mail celebrates Ben’s golden moment with stamp and mail box
Stamps honouring Olympic sailing hero Ben Ainslie and his historic fourth successive gold medal were rushed onto sale in Cornwall yesterday.The 34-year-old, who learned to sail at Restronguet, near Falmouth, sailed into Olympic history at the weekend i...
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Mylor post box goes gold for Olympic champion sailor Ben Ainslie
Yesterday Ben Ainslie became the most successful Olympic sailor of all time.
Today the former Truro School boy, who learned to sail off Falmouth, was honoured by Royal Mail with a gold post box at the Pandora Inn in Mylor.
Royal Mail promised to pain...
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Pandora Inn gets gold post box for Ben Ainslie Olympic win
The post box at the Pandora Inn is being painted gold this morning in tribute to sailor Ben Ainslie’s Olympic gold medal win yesterday.
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Celebrations as Ben Ainslie clinches fourth gold medal
A dazzling display of Olympic brilliance saw Westcountry sailor Ben Ainslie power his way into the record books.The 34-year-old who began his phenomenal career in Cornwall is now the most successful sailor in Olympic history.Yesterday at Weymouth, Ben...
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Ainslie defines Olympic greatness
Four-time gold medallist Ben Ainslie's fierce determination and ruthlessness mark him out as an Olympic great
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Ainslie sails his way into history with fourth Olympic gold
HE MAY be more than 100 miles from London but Ben Ainslie, was in no mood to miss out on Great Britain's gold rush as he became the most successful Olympic sailor of all time today.
The former Truro School boy, who learnt to sail off Falmouth, h...
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Ainslie sails his way into history with fourth Olympic gold
HE MAY be more than 100 miles from London but Ben Ainslie, was in no mood to miss out on Great Britain's gold rush as he became the most successful Olympic sailor of all time today.
The former Truro School boy, who learnt to sail off Falmouth,...
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Praise for Olympic star Ainslie
People living in Cornwall and Hampshire talk about their "friendly and easy going" Olympic star Ben Ainslie.
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Ainslie wins fourth Olympic gold
Britain's Ben Ainslie clinches his fourth successive gold medal to become the most decorated Olympic sailor in history.
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Falmouth hotel gets into the Olympic spirit
Sparkling wine, flag waving and even an Olympic Torch helped get Falmouth into the spirit of the Games on Friday.
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Penzance Olympic gold medal winner Helen Glover thanks supporters
Penzance's Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover has posted a message on The Cornishman Facebook page to thank all her supporters back home.The 26-year-old rower and her partner Heather Stanning made history earlier this week as they became the first GB ...
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Culdrose sailor’s key role in protecting Olympics
A Culdrose sailor is playing a key role in protecting this month’s Olympic Games.
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