Westcountry exhibitors breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, as they put the finishing touches to displays at the world's most famous flower show.And celebrities flocked to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, celebrating its centenary, for a sneak preview ahe...
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Westcountry exhibitors breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, as they put the finishing touches to displays at the world's most famous flower show.And celebrities flocked to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, celebrating its centenary, for a sneak preview ahe...
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An enterprise which started as a group of friends quilting for fun grew into a business employing 17 people. It is this year's winner of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association's Duke of Cornwall's Award.Cowslip Workshops, based near Launceston, is...
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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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A LARGE meteor was spotted in the sky above Cornwall in the early hours of this morning.
The large lump of space rock was seen by people across England and Wales.
A meteor spotter on Twitter with the handle @VirtualAstronomer, wrote "The meteor f...
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May Day Bank
Holiday Sunday at The Bowgie, the pink pub at Crantock.
Come and
enjoy a Sunday Roast at The Bowgie Inn with fantastic views of Crantock Beach.
Bowgie Inn
is a great family pub offering two different bars and a great beer garden....
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Cornwall Council has frozen ticket prices at Truro's park-and-ride until April next year.
The freeze for 2013 came on the back of three price hikes in less than two years between 2010 and 2012.
Tim Wood, head of transport at Cornwall Council, sai...
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ST IVES is awash with rumours that the Queen could make her first royal visit to the town on Friday, May 17.Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is to visit Cornwall on that date.The palace added it could not release more...
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HELICOPTERS could return to the skies of west Cornwall by next summer after an international company backed plans for a new transport link.AgustaWestland has agreed to provide helicopters for an operator to fly the 28 miles between Penzance and the Is...
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AN OPEN workspace for free- lances, creatives and entrepreneurs which is soon to welcome its first customers has given potential clients a preview of what it has to offer.Penzance's Workbox, a flexible working environment that acts "like a gym", opened...
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A LONG-serving local politician has quit Ludgvan Parish Council because of a row over a controversial cycle path overlooking St Michael's Mount.Nigel Honess, who joined the council in 1997 and spent 13 years as chairman, has resigned his position, leav...
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FREE health checks were given to people in Penzance and Newlyn last weekend.A number of people were told to seek medical advice after being checked and one woman with high blood pressure was advised by nurses to go to West Cornwall Hospital that after...
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A CAR park in west Cornwall is embroiled in an acrimonious dispute after a holidaymaker claimed to have been fined unfairly.Rob Nunn, who visited Lamorna Cove with his family on April 3, said he felt the penalty he received at the cove was unjust.He sa...
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Firefighters from Camborne dealt with an unattended bonfire in the Kings Road area of the town at 5.30pm this evening.They used pitchforks and a high pressure water jet to put the fire out.
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Almost 40 companies have reached the finals of the Cornwall Business Awards. The awards are run by Cornwall Development Company to showcase the county's brightest business talent. Etherington Meats, of Wheal Rose, has been shortlisted for Be...
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A little national recognition has come the way of a young Fowey kayaker after he was selected to train with the U16 GB kayaking development squad.Dan Palmer, a Year 11 student at Fowey Community College, made the grade following the completion of two t...
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CORNWALL Council's safeguarding children services have been highlighted for improvements which have seen them jusged as "adequate" by Government inspectors.Ofsted published its report into the service today which saw it improve from the "...
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A MAN was taken to hospital and a cash machine damaged following an assault in St Austell town centre.
The incident took place outside the Wetherspoon's Rann Wartha pub, Biddicks Court, at approximately 8.10pm on Friday, February 22.
Luckily th...
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NEWLY refurbished toilets in Newlyn and Mousehole should improve the visitor experience, according to a Cornwall councillor.Roger Harding has been closely involved in negotiations that should see the currently leased toilets in both villages returned t...
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Plymouth Albion v Cornish Pirates from 3pm at Brickfields, follow it live.
Plymouth Albion v Cornish Pirates
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A VANDAL has cut through a set of Christmas tree lights, causing over £100 of damage.The Royal British Legion in Heamoor has been left with the bill after it was discovered that the lights had been cut through in four different places.Staff at th...
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