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Cape Town Christmas for Spirit of Mystery

SAILOR and adventurer Pete Goss celebrated the festive season on dry land with his family after Spirit of Mystery made it to Cape Town on Christmas...



Crowbar-wielding burglar steals Christmas presents

Nicola Hanks and her mother Celia Hanks, outside their home on Daglands Road in  Fowey, where they saw a man leave their home brandishing a crowbar.  Picture: Jonathan Jacobs

TWO women stood frozen in fear and disbelief at the sight of a man leaving their home brandishing a crowbar and Christmas presents...


Work completed on nature reserve thanks to volunteers

A NATURE reserve once used as a rubbish tip has been saved and preserved thanks to the hard work of people in Lostwithiel and around £50,000 of heritage lottery money. Extensive restoration...


Multi-vehicle pile-up on A38 brings traffic to standstill

The scene of the crash on the A38 this morning

COMMUTERS faced long delays in South East Cornwall this morning after a multi-vehicle pile-up on the A38 at Tideford. The road was...


£200k cannabis bust at Porthcothan

A police officer stands guard outside the old farmhouse at Porthcothan Bay, near Padstow

A drugs factory was discovered in Porthcothan after police raided a farmhouse on Sunday night. Officers found hundreds of cannabis...


Sex abuse preacher jailed

Edwin Cottingham

A PREACHER was today beginning a six-and-a-half year jail sentence after he was found guilty of sexually abusing two young girls and a...


Scheme to help improve employment prospects receives grant of £570,000

A PROJECT to reduce child poverty and improve employment prospects for parents in Cornwall has received more than half a million pounds from the European Social Fund. The Families Learning...


More women and children using soup kitchen

A SOUP kitchen for homeless and vulnerable people has reported a rise in the number of women and children using the service. Hilary Rouse, chair of the St Austell Community Kitchen (SACK),...


Gifts stolen

POLICE are appealing for information after two families' Christmas presents were reported stolen in St Austell. A car parked near the Bodmin Road car park was targeted between 1.55am and 3am...


Plans to convert old bakery into two flats

The old bakery and shop in Nanpean during its heyday.

PLANS to demolish the Old Bakery in Nanpean, which supplied people with fresh bread for more than 50 years, have been submitted. The...


Cornwall had lowest call rates to NSPCC line

Cornwall had lowest call rates to NSPCC line

CORNWALL had the lowest number of calls to a national child abuse helpline compared to all other counties in the South West. The figure...








Cornish All Blacks v WaterlooUNSTOPABLE -----Waterloo could not find a way of stopping Jason Luff as he scored a rapid hat-trick of TRIES for the Cornish All Blacks ...seen here on the way his 1st      Pic Mike Cox.

Council 'no' to Bodmin track

PLANS for a new speedway track to be built in Bodmin have been rejected by councillors. Grahame Smith and Ashley Taylor had been hoping to bring the...



Newquay grassroots sport

Wadebridge Colts' No.11 Henry Simons goes over to score with ease.  Picture by Chris Cox

Athletics NEWQUAY'S CHARLOTTE IS CORNWALL'S GOLDEN GIRL: Charlotte Cayton-Smith was Cornwall's golden hero at the third South West...


Frozen pitch forces cup postponement

The third round Throgmorton Cup tie between Wadebridge Town and Saltash Utd, due to be played at Bodieve Park on Tuesday evening, has been postponed because of a frozen pitch.The tie will...


Ludgvan in limbo as bosses resign

Resigned: Martin Kempen (left) and Matt Spencer.

Ludgvan 0, Perranporth 13 UNBEATEN Perranporth opened up a 12-point lead at the top of the table as they demolished bottom club Ludgvan...


City trio to miss big match

Truro City's BGB Southern League Division One South and West game at Thatcham Town, which was postponed at the last minute on Saturday because of a frozen pitch at Waterside Park, has been...







 

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Plan your entertainment for the months ahead

Taraji P Henson (left) stars as Queenie and Brad Pitt (right) as the young but old eponymous hero in <I>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</I>.

JANUARY

THEATRE KOMEDY OF ERRORS

A show for both adults and children packed with comedy and circus skills courtesy of Circus Berzercus, touring Cornwall from Jan 7 to Feb 7. See www.carntocove.co.uk

THEATRE CAT'S CRADLE

Your last chance to see Miracle Theatre's inventive production of Kurt Vonnegut's novel. Touring...

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One-man hypnotic blues machine

One-man hypnotic blues machine

ONE OF Australia's finest live performers, the multi award winning Ash Grunwald will return to Cornwall on March 19 to perform live at...


Concert with sax appeal

Amy Dickson.

IN THE 19th century the Belgian Adolph Sax invented four great families of instruments – saxhorns, saxtrombones, saxtubas and...


These are The Days of our lives

These are The Days of our lives

WHEN The Days hit big this year, which they undoubtedly will, we can claim them as one of ours. Just ignore the fact that this sunniest...


Billy is back

Billy is back

BILLY Ocean is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced, one who has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime. He...












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