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Thanks to funding from Camborne Town Deal, Create CIC has completed the purchase of the Donald Thomas Centre, an iconic grade 2* listed Greek Revival building in the centre of Camborne.  The centre is being transformed into Camborne Contemporary Crafts Hub – one...

The first Christmas lunch at The Poolside Café in Saltash Leisure Centre has been a sell-out. More than fifty customers joined leisure centre staff for a three-course meal organised by Dawn Couch who took over as operator of The Poolside Café earlier this year. Santa...

Camborne’s festivities began in grand style on Friday when 8-year-old Cicely pushed the giant plunger and lit up the town with Christmas lights. Thousands of people gathered to watch the big switch-on and soak up a festive atmosphere that started at 3pm with stage...

St Austell is the latest Better leisure centre in Cornwall to offer children plenty of physical activity this Christmas through the Time2Move Holiday Programme initiative. Swimming and multi-sports will be included in the sessions which last for a minimum of four...

A first edition Daphne du Maurier novel, local art works, a trip on a tug and Fowey holiday accommodation are just some of the lots in an online auction being run by the Fowey Festival team from 6pm on Friday 25 November to 6pm on Sunday 4 December. With the...

In preparation for what they are hoping will be the biggest and brightest Camborne Christmas ever, the BID Camborne team has created two seasonal competitions. The first, for children aged 11 and under, invites competitors to colour in a Camborne Christmas scene and...

British Lithium has filed two more patents as it continues to ramp up activity for the next stage of its operational development. After five years of extensive research into the most sustainable and economic process for recovering lithium from the unconventional...

Dede Stephens loves working as a volunteer at Woodland House in St Austell. The home looks after people in need of dementia care or residential support and, as a retired carer herself, Dede is more than happy to chat to residents, help out at mealtimes or do some...

Dede Stephens loves working as a volunteer at Woodland House in St Austell. The home looks after people in need of dementia care or residential support and, as a retired carer herself, Dede is more than happy to chat to residents, help out at mealtimes or do some...

Liskeard Leisure Centre is opening a new functional fitness facility on Thursday 10 November. Work to change the existing gym layout will begin on 4 November, creating a short period of disruption whilst the new area is developed. Functional fitness exercises support...

Work is underway at Newquay Leisure World to create a new, functional fitness space. Functional fitness is exercise that supports everyday life and includes movements like walking, pushing, pulling, bending, squatting and lunging to work multiple areas of the body and...

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,...