AN old RNLI collection box used by a Cornish lifeboat station has been given a new lease of life by a BBC TV programme.Dating back to the early 1900s, the box can now be used again to collect donations for the life-saving charity.
The RNLI has been sav…
Cornish dairy farmers look set to be trailblazers for a new alternative green fuel as part of a Cornwall Council pilot scheme believed to be the first of its type in the world.
Together with Cormac, which looks after its fleet of vehicles, the authorit…
Pranksters have been blamed for removing a road sign after a massive articulated lorry got stuck down a tiny village country lane.
Residents in the hamlet of Menna on the outskirts of St Dennis, near St Austell, had to find back roads to get in or out …
While cooling fans, garden sprinklers and hastily tied topknots are our main lines of defence against the sweltering heat wave that’s currency roasting the UK, ice creams and ice lollies are the first port of call for chilling from the inside out.
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Today is the anniversary of the start of three days of anarchy which saw the alleged death of a child, campers being run over and the sort of apocalyptic sights more akin to a Mad Max film than a rural idyll in Cornwall.
On the weekend of July 28 to 30…
A lorry driver has been caught on camera getting stuck between homes in a Cornish village.
The driver, who told a passerby he was on his way to a local primary school, almost got stuck in the village of Mullion on the Lizard Peninsula.
It is a familiar…
The driver of a lorry which got dangerously close to homes in a Cornish village has been congratulated by residents for keeping calm under pressure.
It’s a familiar sight in Cornwall at this time of year – unsuspecting drivers who are ill-prepared for …
There are a few theories as to why drive-in cinema has never taken off in the UK – at least, before this endless summer of Covid: it’s too rainy; we have plenty of actual cinemas; it’s too rainy. Personally, I think it’s that while we love movies, we –…
A TEENAGER who dragged PC Andrew Harper to his death behind his getaway car claims he would have tried to save him if he had known. Henry Long, 19, who admits manslaughter but denies murder, said the officer’s death was ‘disgraceful’ and he cannot slee…
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CORNWALL Pride will be celebrated with a difference this weekend, in what organisers are calling ‘the only online Pride on tour in the world’.Those behind it say it was born from the idea that Pride “should come to you, especially in one of the most ru…
A savvy couple hosted their own outdoor wedding complete with food truck, camels and 60 guests for less than £3,500.
Bride Sharron walked down the aisle in a £28 wedding dress, after finding the perfect one on eBay along with other bargains.
The 32-yea…
A Cornish man and woman, who were both in their 60s, have died in a collision near Launceston.
Emergency services were called to the A388 near the Lezant turn off at 10am on Wednesday 13 May following reports of a crash involving a minibus and a Heavy…
A SAVVY couple spent just £3500 on an outdoor wedding with a picnic, food truck and camels – and the bride’s dress cost just £28.
Pregnant Sharron, 32, and Chris Whyte, 36, didn’t want the traditional church wedding with the big whi…
New measures at the UK border to guard against a second wave of coronavirus infections have been announced by the Home Secretary, which include 14 days’ self-isolation for anyone entering the UK, bar a short list of exemptions.
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