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The Old Barn, a self-catering holiday property in Tregonetha, has been included in a list of the 10 best places to stay in Cornwall by Britain's Finest. Selected by prolific travel journalist Adrian Mourby, the Old Barn is described as ‘a place to come back to after a...

Derek Stanley has won first prize with his ‘Rook in Sunrise’ photo in this year’s Fowey Literary Festival Wall Calendar competition. The haunting image was taken near the lifeboat station in Fowey to represent Daphne du Maurier’s famous horror story The Birds. It now...

Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall are introducing £1 children’s swims before 10am this half term. Run by GLL on behalf of Cornwall Council, the ten centres are in Launceston, Bude, Bodmin, St Austell, Helston, Liskeard, Newquay, Truro, St Ives and Saltash. As...

The Advanced Propulsion Centre has announced British Lithium as a winner in its Scale Up Readiness Validation (SuRV) competition. The Cornwall-based company has won £2m in government funding as part of the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF), a programme that...

With three new independent shops opening and another expanding, the top of Trelowarren Street in Camborne is a good place to do business. That’s according to the people who are now running The Styling Lounge, Chrissie Pearce Studios, Holmes and Gardens and Jojangles....

Better leisure centres across Cornwall are making the cost of keeping fit and healthy as affordable as possible by offering all local residents a free Cornwall Card until the end of September 2022. The card provides discounts on all activities, including swimming,...

Following months of repair work in the wake of February’s Storm Eunice damage, Bude Leisure Centre will be fully re-opened on Monday 8 August. The storm ripped off a large section of the roof - affecting the pool hall, studios, gym and changing rooms. The pool has...

When Sarah Hitchens 38, first started working at Cornwall Care’s Trevarna nursing home in St Austell she was just 17. Her mum, Mary Whitehead was employed as a carer there and, eager to earn her own living, Sarah wanted to try it out as a job too. Twenty-one years...

Camborne Town Deal has reached another important milestone with the announcement that a state-of-the-art cultural and community hub is going to be developed in two former council offices on Basset Road, close to the town centre. Cornwall Council originally intended to...

Hayden Webber has just completed his six months on the Government’s Kickstart scheme at Newquay Leisure World and has now been offered a permanent contract. He began his placement in February and has since learned different aspects of the leisure industry – including...

Two highly experienced lithium industry professionals have joined Cornwall-based British Lithium. Ben Cordier, who formerly led a process development and design team for Johnson Matthey’s Battery Materials business, has been appointed Head of Process Research and...

Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall will be offering all day Sunday swims for adults and children at a reduced cost of just £3 from 31 July to Sunday 4 September. The only exception is Newquay Leisure World which will be offering its discounted swim sessions on...

Camborne Fridays just got even more fun with twice the amount of free street entertainment booked. Organised and funded by BID Camborne, this year’s summer programme includes a penny farthing bike with bubbles, stilt walking, face painting, storytelling, balloon...

Ground-breaking research into effective treatment of Scoliosis has been co-authored by Martin Matthews, managing director of Redruth-based DM Orthotics. Entitled ‘The classification of Scoliosis braces’ and published in the European Spine Journal, the paper’s results...

Camborne Contemporary Crafts Hub (CCCH) is offering more chances to get creative with the launch of new courses. Run by Create CIC and one of eight Camborne Town Deal projects, the hub started classes in glass, ceramics and jewellery making in the Donald Thomas Centre...

Twelve-year-old Mia Richardson has officially opened the new summerhouse her fundraising efforts for Blackwood House have bought. Mia has been a regular visitor to the Cornwall Care home in Camborne for many years. Her mother, Bernie, works there as activity...

Smiles and fun are what Dawn Rudgewick-Brown looks forward to when going to work at Cornwall Care’s Trevern home in Falmouth. The newly appointed activity coordinator has hit the ground running since joining in February. She has organised a big fundraising raffle,...

After more than twelve years working as an equity partner at Creaseys in Tunbridge Wells, James Pearce is bringing his considerable wealth of experience to Cornwall-based accountants Lang Bennetts. James joins Becky Thomas, Daniel Orasnjak and Helen Hood as a partner,...