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Andrew Nile, from Fowey, isn’t sure when he first decided to get back in a swimming pool after twenty years of not going near one. It could be when one of his shop customers asked him what he would do if he fell in Fowey River, or it might have been watching a couple...

Residents and staff at Penberthy care home in Newquay enjoyed a celebration fit for a King this weekend. The kitchen team produced a delicious array of food that included a specially made coronation cake and table decorations included crowns, union jack flags and...

The 25th Fowey Festival of Arts & Literature gets underway this weekend with a packed programme of events. Celebrated pianist and organist Jonathan Delbridge launches proceedings on Friday 12 May with a wonderful evening of music in Fowey Parish Church. Newquay...

Camborne town centre businesses created their best window displays ever for this year’s Trevithick Day. That was the verdict of those judging BID Camborne’s annual Trevithick Day competition. About thirty businesses fully decorated their shopfronts, whilst others...

BID Camborne has announced that applications for a second round of business improvement grants in Camborne are now open. Project A-Void is one of eleven projects awarded a total of £23.7m in Town Deal funding from the Government – the highest amount in Cornwall. The...

Laurie Goldberg is helping people with a range of medical conditions get healthier in Bude. With 35 years’ experience of fitness and personal safety training in the police force, he has joined the GLL team as its Healthwise facilitator. High blood pressure, diabetes,...

To mark Dementia Awareness Week next month, Chyvarhas Care Home in Callington will be holding its first dementia coffee morning on Friday 19 May from 10am to 12 noon. Dementia is the general term for ongoing loss of thinking and memory abilities and can be physically...

Spring has sprung in Camborne with a loyalty card bonanza that began on St Piran’s Day and runs to Trevithick Day on 29 April. BID Camborne first launched the loyalty card scheme in April last year. Shoppers earn one stamp on the card each day when they shop at a BID...

BID Camborne is giving people the chance to win local shopping vouchers and have their favourite photos of Camborne included in future publications.  Entitled ‘Camborne at its Best’, the campaign has just been launched and runs until April. Photos need to have...

St Austell Leisure Centre has been awarded funding from the Sport England Together Fund to help people with low level health conditions get fitter. Working with the St Austell Health Hub social prescribing team, Active Cornwall and other key partners, the centre is...

St Austell Leisure Centre is holding a free swim school open day on Saturday 25 February. As well as a session for toddlers, there will a foundation taster, a swim school assessment, artistic swimming for beginners, a water polo taster and fun distance challenges for...

Natalie Dunstan and Josh Collett have joined Lang Bennetts’ growing accountancy team. Natalie has been appointed as Practice Manager – a new role that oversees Lang Bennett’s three offices in Falmouth, Truro and St Austell. Describing herself as a “Falmouth girl born...

Intensive swimming lessons, family fun swimming, junior gym, tennis, soft play and trampolining – just some of the wide range of activities available at Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall this half term. With home heating costs high, the February school...

In an area with as much coastline as Cornwall, sea safety is paramount. Lifeguards patrol many Cornish beaches during the summer months and large numbers of lives have been saved as a result. Newquay Surf Lifesaving Club has more than 300 members ranging from 5 years...

546 children throughout Cornwall enjoyed school holiday fun and food at Better leisure centres over the last 12 months thanks to the Time2Move programme. Swimming and multi-sports are included in the sessions which last for a minimum of four hours each day and include...