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Cornwall Festival of Dance goes international
There'll be an international flavour to the Cornwall Festival of Dance - when up to 300 dancers and musicians will come together - this summer. And the festival can claim a "first" with the appearance of a morris dance side from France! The festival
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Unique morris side heading for Cornwall
When two people from Cornwall visited France last autumn, they created something they believe to be unique. La Troupe de Danseurs Morris' de Couptrain is an Anglo-French morris side formed for a one-off performance at a beer festival. But the side
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Apartments on hotel site
Work on the conversion of a long-established Falmouth hotel into luxury apartments is expected to start this summer following the granting of planning permission by Carrick district council. The £8 million scheme for Redruth-based Rowe Property Developments
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Port’s Junior Cup hopes
Praze 4 Porthleven 1 PORTHLEVEN lost their unbeaten record and a place in the Western Section area final of the Junior Cup after a comprehensive defeat by Praze in a semi-final replay. However, the result was overshadowed by the death later in
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Falmouth MRCC 25 years old
The Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Falmouth, situated at Pendennis head, marks its 25th Anniversary this year and to celebrate a dinner is being held at the Falmouth Beach Hotel on April 13. Now the search is on for those who have worked there
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Narrow defeat for Falmouth
Newquay u12s 28pts Falmouth u12s 26pts This was another narrow 28-26 defeat for a battling Falmouth side by the margin of one missed conversion. Falmouth won the toss and elected to kick up the slope. They matched their bigger opponents in every
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No mobile phones while driving
Motorists face tough new penalties for breaking the law by using a hand-held mobile phone while driving from February 27. From that date, the fixed penalty will for the first time include the award of three penalty points as well as doubling the fine
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Fundraiser for Sea Sanctuary
SEA Sanctuary will be holding a car wash fundraising event at Asda in Penryn on Saturday. The Falmouth based charity, is an innovative project which aims to provide mental health care for both children and adults in the nautical surroundings of a boat
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Climber injured in fall
Falmouth Coastguard swung into action at the weekend after a male Italian climber aged between 30 and 35 fell about 150 feet at Bosigrain Cliff in West Cornwall. The casualty was unconscious, but breathing. He was not wearing any protective head gear
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Man charged after police car rammed
A 44-year-old man from Redruth has been charged with several offences after a police chase through Camborne which resulted in police car being rammed. On Friday (February 16) at round 7.40am officers in a marked police car attempted to stop a white Ford
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Better work-life in schools
Cornwall's Children's Services Authority and Trade Unions in the county have joined together in an innovative new project to help staff in Cornish schools achieve a better work-life balance. The Work-Life Balance Project, funded by the TUC, aims
