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Pupils shun Jamie's meals

Pupils shun  chef Jamie's healthier dinners

PUPILS are shunning the revamped healthy school dinners championed by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, with just a third of Westcountry pupils opting for the meals.

Ministers had pledged to increase substantially the numbers eating them in the wake of the TV chef's campaign to ban canteen staples like turkey twizzlers and chips.

But...

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Competition for jobs soars

Competition for jobs soars in rural areas

THE number of people competing for each job is rising faster in rural areas. Council leaders yesterday called on the Government to...

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Police appeal over missing holidaymaker

POLICE are searching for a 45-year-old woman from London who went missing from a Cornish hotel last week. Amanda Hicks was last seen on Friday, July 3 in Mullion near Helston driving a...

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Fire causes £10k damage in Camborne

Fire causes £10k damage in Camborne

AN EXTREMELY serious arson attack has caused £10,000 damage to a block of flats in Camborne. Police and fire crews were called to Hanov...


ITV's Lisa facing expenses probe

ITV's Lisa facing expenses probe

WESTCOUNTRY Tonight presenter Lisa Aziz has been suspended for allegedly fiddling her expenses. One of the claims was reportedly a...


We're too crowded - poll

West communities 'are too crowded' – poll

OVERPOPULATION is ruining the quality of life for nearly half of people living in the South West, according to a new poll. When respon...

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Eden row over 'carbon polluter'

Eden    row over link to 'major carbon polluter'

THE Eden Project has been criticised by environmentalists over its links with French nuclear energy giant EDF and its UK subsidiary EDF...


Consumers 'must abandon big retailers'

Consumers urged to abandon big  retailers

SUSTAINABILITY campaigners have warned consumers and food producers to abandon large retailers to save the environment. The organisatio...

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Green energy boost to economy

GREEN ENERGY BOOST TO ECONOMY

RENEWABLE energy, power-saving technology and the expertise that goes with it is now worth half a billion pounds to the Westcountry...

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Paddy: Cliff-fencing plea rejected

Plea for cliff safety fencing rejected

DISTRAUGHT relatives of the 16-year-old boy photographed drinking in Newquay hours before he fell from a cliff have revealed that autho...

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Huntsmen launch charm offensive

Huntsmen launch charm offensive

HUNTSMEN are undergoing media training to overhaul their image as "arrogant, aloof and out-of-touch". The charm offensive is being...

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Razorlight at Eden. Picture by Jo Wood

Razorlight flickers not shines

Razorlight Eden Sessions Review by Lee Trewhela A STUNNING light show may have ended proceedings with the biomes sparkling to perfection but there was...

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Take That musical shines

Cornwall &amp; Devon Media's Jo Wood meets the cast of <I>Never Forget</I>.  Pic: Jonathan Jacobs. Ref:0907JJ00901forget

Never Forget Hall for Cornwall Review by Jo Wood IN A veritable disco ball of dancing, singing and '90s lycra, Never Forget, the musica...

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Stars in taut thriller

Who's deceiving who...? Rupert Hill and Michelle Collins come to the Hall for Cornwall later this month.

TWO of the UK's most popular television actors star in the taut psychological thriller, Deceptions, which comes to Hall for Cornwall...

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More cool sounds at the Eden Sessions

More cool sounds   at the Eden Sessions

THE Eden Project is excited to announce two new collaborations that will form part of the ever extending line-up for the Eden Sessions...

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Michael's folk roots

Michael's folk roots

THERE can't be many other musicians who've returned to Cornwall on such a regular basis as Michael Chapman – 1966 was the first...

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Premier League refs warm up in Cornwall

Chris Foy (left) and Steve Bennett at St Blazey this week.  Ref: 0907mr011referees01.

FOOTBALL'S top referees have been in Cornwall this week, training in preparation for the new Premier League season, which kicks off on August 15.

A spokesman for Cornwall FA told thisiscornwall.co.uk: "The Premier League refs were here for a short stay. They were based at the Carlyon Bay Hotel and used local facilities including Par...

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Tuesday D-Day for Mount's Bay

Tuesday D-Day for Mount's Bay

THE fate of Mount's Bay RFC is likely to be decided next week when club officials will meet their Redruth counterparts&n...

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Falmouth get their star man

Tom Smith with the FA Vase at Wembley in May 2007.

FALMOUTH Town yesterday completed one of the transfer coups of the summer with the signing of Truro City defender Tom Smith. Despite...

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Mount's Bay consider link up with rivals

Mount's Bay consider link up with rivals

MOUNT'S Bay could call on their Cornish rivals in one last ditch attempt to avoid going out of existence, writes Lee Hall. An EGM has...

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Labuschagne in pledge to try to replace Heino

Labuschagne in pledge to try to replace Heino

NEW Cornish Pirates signing Roderick Labuschagne realises he has a tough act to follow when he pulls on the shirt at the start of the...

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