The Devon and Cornwall Police website is reporting an arrest in St Austell’s High Street area involving the police helicopter …
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Cornish night on the BBC
The BBC sometimes earns its licence fee. Not often, it’s true, except for the intrepid Spotlight team in Plymouth …
Text-alert floods says PM
On a trip to Cornwall to see the damage caused by Wednesday’s devastating floods, David Cameron proposed using text alerts to warn residents of heavy rainfall and potential flooding …
Devonwall closer after vote
Moves to block a “Devonwall” constituency across the Tamar have been defeated in Parliament. An amendment to the Bill, supported by Cornwall’s six MPs, was lost by 315 votes to 257 …
Cornwall Council to discuss emergency budget
Cornwall Council is to hold a special meeting of its Cabinet on Wednesday, 27 October to discuss “the £110 million of savings required to meet the anticipated 30% reduction in Government funding over the next four years” …
Cornwall Council: 2000 jobs to go
Cornwall Council says it is expecting to make about 2,000 employees redundant to slice £110m from its budget over the next four years. The assumption is that Government funding will fall by 30% …
Cornwall marine strandings up
Calls to Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Marine Strandings Network have increased 75% in a year. In its 2009 report, the trust reported its strandings line had 1,782 calls compared with 1,000 in 2008 …
National Trust opens Cornish mines
The National Trust is opening Cornish Mines and Engines at Pool, near Redruth, on Sunday 12 September as part of the Heritage Open Days Weekend …
Camerons have Cornish baby
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha received a Cornish surprise today: a baby girl. Mr Cameron said he was absolutely thrilled. Asked about a name, he suggested it might be Cornish …
Bodmin A30 bad for bikers
A survey of more than 3,000 motorcylists conducted by Motorcycle News Magazine asked riders to name the most depressing road in the UK. They decided that the A30 near Bodmin was one of the worst, placing it 9th overall in the list of the UK’s top ten most depressing roads …