Campaign asks shoppers to 'Choose Cornish'
Cornish food producers are welcoming a campaign encouraging shoppers and businesses to buy local.
Future of Truro City put on hold
The future of Truro City Football Club has been put on hold at London's High Court for two weeks.
Red squirrels returning to Cornwall
Plan to reinstate a colony of red squirrels on a country estate in Cornwall
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Paintings by artist who died on the Titanic up for auction
A set of amateur water colour paintings by a Cornish artist who died on the Titanic are up for auction in Penzance. Edwy Arthur West was from Truro. The paintings came from the estate of his daughter Barbara who survived along with her mother and sister.
Auctioneer David Lay talks about the paintings.
Police appeal for assault suspect
Devon and Cornwall Police are looking to speak to a man in connection with an alleged assault in Newquay.
Frazer Rogers, 28, has failed to be picked up by officers since the incident occurred on the 5th April.
He's described as slim, white, 5ft 11in tall and with short, straight brown hair. He's known to spend time in both the Newquay and Truro areas.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts can call the police on 101.
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Plea to keep A&E Departments for real emergencies
Health authorities in Cornwall are urging people not to clog up hospital emergency departments unnecessarily over the Easter break.
As visitor numbers increase, people are being asked to carefully consider their medical needs to help reduce the pressure on services.
The Emergency Department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital sees a range of minor injuries that could have been treated by pharmacies, GPs and Minor Injury Units in community hospitals.
ROADS: A390 in Truro closed following accident
Tregolls Road in Truro is closed after an accident involving three vehicles. A lamp post and traffic signals have come down blocking the road at Trevithick Road.
Councils and emergency services are working to clear the road.
New BT Sport TV to create Truro jobs
Communications giant BT is to create more than 400 jobs in areas including Truro through the launch of its new sports TV service.
Jobs will be created in its contact centre in Truro, as well as Accrington, Canterbury, Doncaster, Warrington, Newcastle, Glasgow and Dundee.
The launch of BT Sport, which will show 38 live Barclays Premier League matches, will also safeguard the employment of almost 200 staff being retrained to work on customer support.
Archbishop walkabout in Truro
The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has been in Cornwall just days before his enthronement.
He met schoolchildren in Truro and then walked to the cathedral. He said it was important for the church to focus on issues which affected people in everyday life.
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New Archbishop visits Truro
The new Archbishop of Canterbury will visit Truro Cathedral this morning.
The Right Reverend Justin Welby is making a national 'journey in prayer' before his enthronement on 21 March. He will be welcomed by local school children who will sing for him.
School food supplier removes some products
Richard Lander School in Truro, Cornwall, has temporarily removed beef products, including Cornish pasties, from the menu as the horse meat scandal worsens. Eden Food Services, the company that supplies the school with meals, says it too is taking precautions:
– Eden Food ServicesWe are extremely confident that no contamination has occurred in any of our beef products as a result of robust due diligence processes we have in place with our suppliers. However, as an added precaution we are removing a small number of beef products from sale until we have received the satisfactory guarantees from our suppliers. ... We are taking the current concerns very seriously, but we are completely satisfied that every step has been taken to ensure the integrity of our food chain.
School bans pasties as horse meat scandal grows
Richard Lander School in Truro, Cornwall, has temporarily removed beef products, including Cornish pasties, from the menu as the horse meat scandal worsens. Eden Food Services, the company that supplies the school with meals, say they are confident no contamination has occurred.
Truro air crash remains a mystery
A report into what caused a plane to crash near Truro last August has failed to find out what caused the engine failure.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch report says the 1975 built four-seater Reims Rocket Cessna 172 lost power and crash landed at a farm airstrip on 20th August, damaging its landing gear, propeller, wing and tail.
The unnamed pilot and passenger were unhurt in the incident.