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Was recalled car cause of road death?

Friday, March 12, 2010

AN 83-year-old man was killed in a car crash as he drove his recalled Peugeot to a dealership to be checked, it emerged last night.

Police are investigating whether the death of Liskeard town crier Frank Beer, on the A30 near Launceston, may have been caused by a...

Mandelson slams Tories' RDA plans

Mandelson hits out over Tories' RDA restructure

Friday, March 12, 2010

UNEMPLOYMENT would rise as a direct result of Tory plans to overhaul the regional development agencies, Lord Mandelson warned last night. The Business...

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Iron bar attacker jailed for 9 years

Friday, March 12, 2010

A MAN who launched a "premeditated, vicious, sustained" attack with an iron bar on an 81-year-old man in Cornwall has been jailed for nine years....

Marmie recovering after being shot

Marmie poses with the RSPCA team who are caring for him after his operation

Friday, March 12, 2010

THIS traumatised cat was counting his remaining lives as he recovered from appalling injuries inflicted by a cruel yob who blasted him at point blank...

Motorist, 83, dies in horror crash

83-year-old motorist dies in two-vehicle crash on A30

Thursday, March 11, 2010

AN 83-YEAR-OLD man has died after a horror crash on one of the Westcountry's main trunk roads. The A30 at Two Lanes, Lewannick, near Launceston in...

Local 'legend' wins prize of a lifetime

Competition winner Ed Rowe with fiancee Jo

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Hot on the heels of the announcement of this year’s Oscar winners, California Tourism today announced Falmouth legend Edward Rowe as the winner...

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Goonhilly is to be closed over Easter 'and beyond'

Thursday, March 11, 2010

BRITISH Telecom's Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station has this week confirmed that its visitor attractions will be closed "for Easter and beyond". The...

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Ella's tragic death spurs her parents on to help others

Emmillie (left) and Martyn Selley with Ella's hand and foot-prints in plaster of Paris. They are pictured with Jo Beard who plans to climb Table Mountain to raise money in Ella's Memory. 1003JR01701memory

Thursday, March 11, 2010

TODAY the West Briton launches its bid to help parents who suffer one of the worst tragedies imaginable – the loss of a child. We want to help...

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Health chief knew 'thrust' of legal advice

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A SENIOR health boss has admitted for the first time that she knew the "thrust" of crucial legal advice about a controversial cancer service transfer...

Mum says assault has destroyed her family

Thursday, March 11, 2010

THE MOTHER of a Falmouth man left severely injured after a vicious attack has hit out at the sentence handed down to his attacker. Nicholas Dunstan,...