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Students fire their ideas in the heat of the dragons' den

Bright ideas – Peter McGahan (right), from Worldwide Financial Planning, lines up students at the<I> Dragons' Den</I>-style event at Truro College. 1003JJ02504dragonsden

Friday, March 19, 2010

TEN groups of higher education students from Truro College were pitted against one another for cash and other prizes worth more than £1,000 at a Dragons' Den-style event.

They faced dragons Lucy Morgan from Follett Stock solicitors; Peter McGahan, from Worldwide...

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Mentally ill woman's needs not recognised

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A YOUNG, mentally ill Camborne woman, who was sentenced to an indefinite sentence in hospital after killing a man, was a victim whose vulnerability...

Pensioner surprised to find dean is selling her new home

Nan Spalding at her new home at Robartes Court in Truro. 1003JJ04702nan

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A 91-YEAR-old former nurse is frantic with worry after finding out her rented home is up for sale – on the day she moved in. Nan Spalding was...

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Gay dance night 'may have upset Christians'

Jason Hudson outside the Miners' and Mechanics' Institute in St Agnes after his Good Friday gay dance event was cancelled. Ref:1003GH00905complaint

Thursday, March 18, 2010

MANAGERS of a charity-run community hall have turned down a request to stage a gay disco over fears the event could offend religious groups on Good...

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Olympic heptathlete will join charity bike ride across county

Thursday, March 18, 2010

OLYMPIC heptathlete Denise Lewis is joining a bid to ride across Cornwall in May and wants other cyclists to come along. The Pedal for Pounds bike...

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Good Lord, that's a big job

Thursday, March 18, 2010

EXPERTS have revealed that hundreds of extra stones will need to be replaced after damage Truro Cathedral's iconic spire was discovered to be worse...

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Police raid second £100,000 cannabis plants 'factory'

Police conduct a thorough search of the premises looking for drugs. 1003GH03704drugsraid

Thursday, March 18, 2010

AN ILLEGAL drugs factory in Redruth was raided on Tuesday by police who seized cannabis plants with a 'conservative' value of £100,000. More than...

Shops and other public spaces around Cornwall will become public galleries during Design Week

The team behind Design Week. Back row, left to right: Patrick Gottellier and Jono Wardle of UCF and Andrea Siodmok (DOTT). Front, Sasha Dobrota of Cornwall Council, Neil Tinson (Cornwall Design Forum) and Miranda Bird, Region of Culture. 1003TW01901DesignWeek 1003TW01901DesignWeek

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

FALMOUTH, Penryn, Truro and Redruth are to be transformed into unique public exhibition spaces, as Cornwall prepares to host its first Design Week....

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St Ives and Isles of Scilly will be last to count

Cornwallâs Returning Officer Kevin Lavery

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

FIVE out of the six parliamentary constituencies across Cornwall will hold their election counts after close of polls on the Thursday evening, it was...

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Former Carrick leader switches his allegiances

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

A FORMER senior Liberal Democrat councillor has crossed the political divide and pledged his support for the Conservatives. Fred Greenslade, former...

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