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GLL, the charitable social enterprise that operates leisure and sports facilities across Cornwall on behalf of Cornwall Council, has been invited to join Public Health England’s drive to boost the uptake of the Covid vaccination amongst young people....

Residents at five Cornwall Care homes were more than happy to take part in Singing in the Summer concerts recently. Delivered by Wales-based Forget-me-not Chorus charity, the series of outdoor concerts follow virtual singing sessions that have...

Eleven-year-old Mia Richardson has been appointed Cornwall Care’s first Young Ambassador after raising an astonishing £22,361 for the charity.  Mia’s marathon effort began last April when she decided to spend lockdown running the distance between Land’s End and...

“I’m passionate about Camborne. It’s an amazing community and I love working here.” So says Michelle Jay who manages the Children’s Hospice South West shop in Commercial Square, Camborne. Like other retailers in the town, she is full of praise for local residents and...

Paralympian table tennis player Dave Wetherill has launched the Cornwall Card at Newquay Trampoline and Play Park.  Busy with final preparations before travelling to Tokyo, the Torpoint-based athlete joined GLL Head of Service James Curry, Councillor Richard...

BID Camborne Chair Sharron Lipscombe-Manley, who also runs a delicatessen in the town centre, says it’s milestone moment. “It’s a huge step forward for the success of our high street and something that many people have been waiting for. We do understand, though, that...

Anyone wanting to become a qualified National Pool Lifeguard is being given the opportunity to join a course being run at Newquay Leisure World from Tuesday 20th to Sunday 25th July inclusive. Successful candidates will be offered a fixed term contract for...

Three Better leisure centres in Cornwall will be offering holiday activity sessions for children from 26 July to 20 August. The Time2Move holiday programme is open to all young people and free for those aged 5 to 16 on free school meals.  Delivered in partnership...

British Lithium has applied for two more patents following extensive research and development. Coming less than two months after the company filed its first patent, the latest applications are part of an innovative hydro-metallurgical process that uses salt, rather...

Mountford House nursing home in Truro has had its Gold Standard Framework (GSF) accreditation for end-of-life care renewed and achieved GSF Platinum home status. Rigorous assessment takes place every three years and specialist training over 9 months, as well as...

The multi award-winning owner of a self-catering property in Tregonetha, near Padstow, has been praised for his ‘kindness and care’ in immediately returning a booking deposit to guests having to cancel a stay this autumn. Stephen Chidgey prides himself on always going...

Swimming lessons for school children in Cornwall will be focusing on enjoying water safely this week. Pupils from more than seventy schools county-wide are currently receiving intensive key stage 2 swimming training at Better leisure centres. 19 – 26 June marks...

In the week that saw £23.7m Town Deal funding announced for Camborne, local MP and Cabinet Minister George Eustice met BID manager Anna Pascoe, Camborne Town Deal Acting Chair Val Dalley and members of the public at the weekly Camborne market. The BID team had taken a...

Local MP Steve Double toured the pilot plant being built by British Lithium near St Austell. The pilot plant will be the first in the UK to make lithium carbonate directly from rocks mined in Cornwall.  As the Conservative Member of Parliament for St Austell and...

Julie McNaughton, 49, from Gwinear, is doing English and Maths GCSE this year. She’s a senior Cornwall Care home manager who has never liked exams but needs to pass them for her assistant practitioner course. “I lost my original certificates,” says Julie. “I think...

After three years of intensive research and development, Cornwall-based British Lithium has invented a low-energy, chemical-free process for physically separating the mica in granite that contains lithium.  Innovate UK funded part of the necessary research and...

St Austell-based singer Mand Bennett has been keeping herself busy during lockdown by entertaining audiences online and raising money for Cornwall Care’s Penberthy home in Newquay. The self-employed singer was doing gigs in pubs, clubs and other venues before the...

The G7 United Kingdom official website has gone live and is already attracting a global audience thanks to Affinity, the Cornwall-based company that developed it.  Working from offices in Truro and with a 16-year history in digital delivery,...