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  • New housing and work unit plans for former film studio site

    The former South West Film Studio at St Agnes could still be developed into housing and work units if developers have their way. St Agnes Properties has submitted new plans to provide office accommodation and live/work units. A previous planning application

  • Half a ton of lead stolen from Truro

    Police in Truro are investigating the theft of nearly half a ton of lead from an industrial site in the city. Thieves broke into a compound before damaging a fence in order to steal their 580-kilogram haul, which is worth around £1,300. The theft is

  • Wand making and dancing to celebrate spring

    Visitors to Chyan Community Field at Halvasso near Penryn have celebrated the arrival of summer with a Beltane festival blessed by sun. Beltane is an ancient Gaelic fertility and fire festival held in May to herald the changing of the season from spring

  • Man arrested on suspicion of burglary

    A 34-year-old man from St Agnes has been arrested on suspicion of burglary following a 999 call at 5pm yesterday. Police officers received a report that a man was breaking into a building used as a store in the Trevellas area. Officers attended the

  • Primary activities organised by sporting secondary students

    Primary school children enjoyed an afternoon of sporting activities organised by pupils at Pool Business and Enterprise College. The TOP Link Festival was held at the college as part of the sports leadership initiative that a group of students are

  • Redruth house fire was "suspicious"

    Police have declared a house fire in Redruth early this morning was "suspicious." Fire crews from Camborne and Redruth were called to the house in Chywoon Gardens at around 4.30am. An 18-year-old woman was asleep in the house and had woken to discover

  • Missing Camborne man found

    A man who had been missing from his home near Camborne for four days has been found. Darryl Pascoe, aged 33, had last been seen at his home in Troon on Monday. Yesterday police appealed for help in tracing Mr Pascoe, whose blue Nissan Cabstar had last

  • Pool students win VIP trip to London

    A team of budding stockbrokers from Pool College has enjoyed a VIP trip to London after winning a countywide competition. The six young traders from year eight enjoyed the trip of a lifetime after beating 15 other schools across Cornwall in a £100,000

  • Helston shop starts cancer services petition

    A campaign to keep vital cancer services in Cornwall is being supported by a Helston charity shop. Cancer Funding for Cornwall in Coinagehall Street is carrying a petition aimed at stopping upper gastro-intestinal, head and neck and complex gynaecological

  • Pupils organise their own school trip

    The newly formed ICT leaders group at Falmouth School have just come back from a trip to Goonhilly which they organised all by themselves. The group, which meets on Thursday afternoons, had to call Goonhilly, organise the bus, write letters home and

  • Rodney Inn B lift title

    RODNEY B are division four champions by the finest of margins in the West Cornwall Winter Pool league. They won 5-4 against Helston RBL C and 5-4 against Harbour A to win the division by winning more matches than Helston RBL D. The Legion side finished

  • League clarifies final positions

    The final positions in the West Cornwall Table Tennis League have now been resolved, writes Brian Nicholls. Not unexpectedly, Bridge A won the Premiership League, but not without a rearguard action by Falmouth Docks A who closed the gap to just a two

  • Tornadoes clinch title after nailbiting win

    Falmouth United Athletic u14s 2 Culdrose Tornadoes u14s 3 This was the nail biter that most had predicted. For Culdrose nothing less than a win would do as they started the day two points behind the leaders Alverton who had already completed their fixtures