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Cornwall Live - Penzance

Drunk woman who attacked police among those sentenced by magistrates in Cornwall

People aged from 19 to 59 are among those sentenced by magistrates in Cornwall recently

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

St Moritz hotel, Cornwall indoor and outdoor 'pop-up' spa

The current ‘pop-up’ indoor and outdoor spa is a new addition while the St Moritz team undertakes a £2 million rebuild of the indoor swimming pool and wellness areas

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Derek Thomas: MP champions loneliness debate in Parliament

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas led a debate in Parliament on the issue of loneliness in elderly and vulnerable people

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Labour candidates in Cornwall call for support fund promise

Labour’s Parliamentary Candidates, Jayne Kirkham for Truro & Falmouth and Perran Moon for Camborne Redruth & Hayle have called upon the Chancellor to reinstate the Household Support Fund after the Conservatives secret £9 million cut to local families was exposed. 

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Luxury Spa in Cornwall recognised as AA-recommended Spa

A luxury spa on the Lizard Peninsula has recently been recognised with a prestigious national award

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Beverly Morgan, 32, sentenced for assault and stalking

A Penzance woman who stalked a female victim and assaulted another has been sentenced by magistrates in Cornwall.

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Postcodes in Cornwall with hospice Christmas tree recycling

They'll collect your tree from you and then recycle it!

Cornwall Live - Penzance

Cornwall Council planning: Historic but doomed Penzance school could become site of over 100 homes

Plans for new homes, restaurant, fitness studio, 58 extra care apartments and a dementia care home on Polwithen House grounds

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Liberal Democrat's Ruth Gripper calls for NHS investment

The Liberal Democrats said the “terrifying” figures show Ministers have let Cornwall “grind to a halt” under the pressure of growing NHS backlogs, with 67,380 incomplete pathways on NHS waiting lists. 

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Devon and Cornwall Police award Growing Links POCA funds

 The community interest company had recently applied for Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) funding in order to help them purchase gardening equipment. 

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Cornwall fishing for tuna in English waters to be allowed

Recreational anglers will have broader access to a catch-and-release Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery in English waters, the government has announced today

Cornwall Live - Penzance

Raft of failings slammed after local lad dies on boat in Newlyn Harbour

A report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) into the tragedy that resulted when a fire extinguishing system accidentally went off has been released four years on

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Houses in Cornwall developed for families with housing need

Twenty-five brand new council houses on a high-quality housing development in Padstow have been completed and allocated to local families in housing need.

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Drivers warned ahead of A30 closure in Cornwall this weekend

NATIONAL Highways is reminding drivers to plan their journeys ahead of this weekend’s A30 road closure in Cornwall.

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Luxury hotel in Cornwall grant funding for community groups

Owners of a top Cornish hotel are urging local community groups to submit grant applications before next week’s annual deadline.

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Cornwall New County Hall work on solar panels in car park

The council says the canopy of 543 solar panels that will cover the entire New County Hall visitors’ carpark will significantly reduce running costs for the building.

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Report into fatal incident at Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall

An apprentice engineer died when a FirePro condensed aerosol fire-extinguishing system was inadvertently activated

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

New police enquiry office opens in south west Cornwall

People in the south east of Cornwall can now report crime in person or simply ask for help at a local police station’s new Public Enquiry Office.

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

Flood warning issued for Cornwall rivers Fal Helford

Warnings are in place in parts of Cornwall with flooding possible at the Upper River Tamar, River Lynher, Helford and Fal Rivers, and West Cornwall Rivers.

Falmouth Packet | West Cornwall

This week's action in Restronguet Sailing Club race report

BEN Lumby took his team out to Oyster and in the RIBS in gusty, wet, and potentially worsening weather on Sunday.