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Director plots film on Mousehole invasion

A FILM director has outlined his idea for a multi-million pound production based on a true-life Cornish historical event which he hopes to shoot in Mount's Bay next year.

The screenplay for 1595 is an Elizabethan period drama set around the Spanish invasion of Mousehole and with a storyline based on a Magnificent Seven-style...

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Food, not houses: Trust sets record straight

THE LAND’S End Peninsula Community Land Trust (LEPCLT) is hoping to produce food, not houses, at Bosavern Farm in St Just, it has confirmed. The Trust said it wished to clarify an...

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Shire delight – it's the heavy mob

Tom James at the plough with father John ploughing with Bob and Gem.

THE FIRST ploughing match in Cornwall open only to competitors using heavy horses was staged in Penwith at the weekend. Organisers hope...

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Alex stars as Backbeat Beatle Stuart

Alex Robertson as Stuart Sutcliffe (third from right), with Andrew Knott as John Lennon, Daniel Healy as Paul McCartney, Jamie Blackley as George Harrison, Oliver Bennett as Pete Best and Isabella Calthorpe as Astrid Kircherr at rehearsals in Glasgow.

ACTOR Alex Robertson has spent the past six weeks living the Beatles dream. After several television appearances, he landed the part of...

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Asda claims backing for rugby club plan

ASDA claims the vast majority of visitors to an exhibition of their proposals for a supermarket at Hayle's rugby club have backed the plan. The supermarket giant and Hayle RFC unveiled the...

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'Still not too late' to battle closure of centre for elderly

A LAST-DITCH attempt has been made to rally St Ives townsfolk in defence of the elderly day care centre ahead of its closure. St Ives Day Care Centre, which has been running for 40 year,...

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Third time unlucky for bus operator

A ST IVES bus operator has been told he can no longer run local services after a third public inquiry by the Traffic Commissioner. Nicholas Colin Eastwood, of Victory Heights, had the...

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Sport

Fury at Penlee as Magpies go down

Buckland Athletic went 10 points clear at the top of the premier division of the Carlsberg SWPL with a 3-2 win at Cullompton.

With Bodmin Town's game at Dartmouth postponed because of a waterlogged pitch, Tavistock took advantage to move up to third place with a controversial 3-0 win at Penzance.

It was Penzance's first home defeat...

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City draw after dream start

Oxford City 2, Truro City 2 City had to settle for a point at Oxford City's Court Place Farm Stadium, despite the home side having to play for more than a half with only 10 men. City got off...

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Pirates face up to toughest opener

Mark Ireland gets the ball away against London Welsh and, inset, new signing Ian Nimmo. Ref: 1003CIOSP04907PIRATES

BRISTOL v CORNISH PIRATES – RFU Championship play-offs Pool A – Friday March 19 (7.45pm at the Memorial Ground) THE Cornish...

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Neck injury could end Sam's career

Sam Heard: hoping to have a scan in the next couple of weeks.

REDRUTH prop Sam Heard fears his playing days may be over after admitting the recurrence of a long-standing neck injury is "career...

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Pirates face a daunting start to the play-offs

THE Championship play-offs for the Cornish Pirates begin tomorrow evening when they face a daunting trip to the Memorial Ground to take...

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PAOLO NUTINI will play the Eden Sessions' stage on Tuesday, July 13, joining Jack Johnson (June 26 – sold out), Mika (June 27), Doves and Mumford & Sons (July 2 – sold out) and Calvin Harris and Audio Bullys (July 3).

Paolo launched his career with 2006 quadruple-platinum debut These Streets, including the Top 10...

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