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Katy Finnimore is, by her own admission, an awful artist. Originally with aspirations to work in the legal sector and now a fundraiser with Cornwall Care, she’s the last person you’d expect to be creating pictures. Yet that is exactly what Katy, from Pensilva, is...

When it comes to food, residents at Penberthy care home in Newquay enjoy the very best. Recent St George’s Day and royal birthday celebrations saw them tuck into a feast of patriotic goodies – thanks to the home’s dedicated culinary team. Led by chef Pete Stone who...

With re-opening set for the week commencing 17 May, Newquay Trampoline and Play Park is planning a recruitment evening from 5-8pm on Monday 10 May. The state-of-the-art attraction features a trampolining area with two dive towers and an assault course, together with...

A Bodmin woman who says she would be confined to bed without the help of a suit and socks manufactured by Redruth-based DM Orthotics, is keen for more people to understand the condition she lives with. Gill Nicholls, 40, was finally diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos...

A large number of schools in Cornwall are getting pupils back into the water at local leisure centres after an absence of more than twelve months. 59 schools have so far signed up for lessons run by GLL, a not-for-profit social enterprise that operates under the...

An appeal against Cornwall Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a retail park at Polstrong on the outskirts of Camborne has been dismissed. The application was submitted by Quora, a Newark and Nottingham based company that specialises in commercial and...

With gyms and indoor swimming pools opening from today, Monday 12 April, GLL has a wide variety of recruitment vacancies throughout its leisure centre network in Cornwall. Posts on offer include general managers, recreation assistants, fitness class instructors, swim...

A businessman whose long and distinguished career on the world stage has included regular meetings with national and international heads of state, has joined British Lithium as a non-executive director. Having established Newquay-based and family-run Legacy Properties...

A Project A-Void grant of £5000 has helped a local holiday let company attract G7 summit business to Camborne. SRU Ltd runs four properties in the town that offer en-suite accommodation to visitors. Now, thanks to recent renovations by Camborne based building firm...

Schools throughout Cornwall are being offered the opportunity of Covid secure swimming lessons in local leisure centres from Monday 19 April. GLL, which operates under the Better brand, is the not-for-profit social enterprise that runs the centres on behalf of...

Cornwall Care will be marking the National Day of Reflection on Tuesday 23 March with events and activities involving staff and residents. The charity, which employs around 1500 people, runs sixteen homes and a community outreach service. Adult social care has been...

St Austell-based Research by British Lithium Limited has been awarded over £2.9 by the Government’s Sustainable Innovation Fund (SIF). The funding will allow British Lithium to progress its plans for a pilot plant to prove the sustainability and commercial benefits of...

A new product range launched by specialist company DM Orthotics (DMO) is designed to help children and adults with sensory difficulties. Made from elastomeric fabric and worn next to the skin with seams on the outside to reduce tactile sensitivity, the DMO Sensory...

Following the Government’s announcement about its lockdown exit roadmap, Cornish leisure centres are preparing to re-open – but without any certainty on dates. Outdoor sports, including tennis and outdoor fitness classes, might resume from 29 March if official...

To mark St Piran’s Day, Camborne’s re-worked version of Trelawny is being translated into Cornish. Written last summer by BID Camborne manager Anna Pascoe and sung online by the Ingleheart Singers, the new wording of Cornwall’s famous anthem highlights the need to...

When keen knitter Sheila Humphreys, from St Cleer, heard about twiddle muffs, she knew she had to help out and make some. Designed specifically for people with dementia, twiddle muffs keep restless hands busy, whilst also keeping them snug and warm. “I was chatting...

St Austell-based British Lithium Limited (BLL) has embarked on its fourth and largest round of drilling to define the extent of the lithium carbonate resource already identified in previous exploration work last year. Seventeen large diameter...

Lockdown is probably driving us all a little crazy, so what better way to escape than going up, up and away with Cornwall Care.  In keeping with their 25th anniversary fundraising theme of Reach for the Moon, the charity is running a virtual balloon race...