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A new website has been launched to promote Cornwall, from investment opportunities, ground-breaking businesses, and the networks that support them, to world-renowned educational institutions. Cornwall.uk also aims to position Cornwall as the global leader for low-carbon experiences for visitors and residents, moving to a more sustainable, year-round visitor economy. Cornwall Council is working…
Hayle-born hero Rick Rescorla, who helped more than 2,500 people escape from the World Trade Centre on 11th September 2001, will be remembered at a special event in his home town to mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack. The Rick Rescorla memorial, by Hayle Harbour Rick, who was head of security at Morgan […] The post Hayle hero will be remembered on 9/11 anniversary first appeared on…
Police are seeking witnesses and information after two people were injured in a motorcycle collision at Connor Downs. Emergency services were called to Gwinear Road at around 2.45pm on Sunday following a collision involving a black Yamaha motor tricycle. The vehicle left the carriageway and came to rest in a nearby field. The rider, a […] The post Witnesses to motorcycle collision sought first…
A new date has been set for the St Ives Biathlon, which had to be cancelled in June due to adverse weather conditions. The start of a previous biathlon. Photograph: Dan Byers Photography The event, organised by St Ives Surf Life Saving Club, will now take place on Saturday, 12th September. “Due to the weather […] The post New date announced for St Ives Biathlon first appeared on St Ives Local .
A Passion for Penwith and its People is the title of a selling showcase of collectible paintings by Mousehole-based naïve artist Joan Gillchrest, who died in 2008. Her passion for Penwith and its inhabitants is vividly expressed in the lovingly-curated exhibition of oil-on-board paintings depicting the rugged, sometimes humorous Cornish fishing life of Mousehole, Newlyn, […] The post Celebrating…
Almost 600 Coastguards have called for a vote of no confidence in the chief executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). GMB Union wrote to the MCA chair Lord Stevens in July to “formally express our lack of confidence in the leadership of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency under chief executive Virginia McVea”. Since then, […] The post Coastguards have no confidence in chief executive…
Police officers are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was assaulted and a pensioner who tried to help was knocked to the ground. The incident took place on Friday, 24th July, at around 7.45pm at Gwithian Towans car park. A 14-year-old local boy is reported to have been attacked by a group of three boys. […] The post Teenager and pensioner attacked at Gwithian first appeared on St Ives Local…
Cornwall Council’s Cabinet has agreed to the government’s plan to make Cornwall a single Foundation Strategic Authority. Cornwall Council would take on the strategic authority role itself, so there would be no new organisation or elected mayor. More decisions about Cornwall could be taken in Cornwall, said the council. Cllr Leigh Frost, leader of Cornwall […] The post Cornwall Council set to take…
St Ives was bathed in summer sun as the life of John Knill was commemorated in a parade and ceremony that takes place every five years. Fiddler Katrina Geraghty leads the young girls in a dance around Knill’s Steeple. Photographs: Darren Norbury/St Ives Local The ceremony commemorated the wishes of John Knill, a former customs […] The post Remembering John Knill on a fine summer’s day first…
Police are asking for help to trace a man in his 60s who allegedly assaulted a 12-year-old boy — who had a broken elbow — while he was walking a dog. The victim, who visibly had his arm in a sling, was walking his dog, with his father, toward Porthkidney beach, Lelant, on Monday, 6th […] The post Police investigating reports of assaults involving dog walkers first appeared on St Ives Local .
