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Brewin Dolphin football match raises fund for young hearts charity
Investment managers from Brewin Dolphin took to the football pitch recently and proved that spending your days immersed in finance doesn’t mean you can’t enthral a crowd with your footie skills. Taking on the might of the Plymouth Argyle Legends, Brewin Dolphin’s All...
‘Uncharted Waters’ is TEDxTruro theme
Details for the 2019 TEDxTruro event have just been announced. Taking place at Truro & Penwith College on Friday 25 October, the theme for this year’s talks will be ‘Uncharted Waters.’. “Speakers will be sharing their stories about overcoming obstacles, breaking...
Exciting new trampoline and play park in Newquay
An exciting new trampoline and play park is due to open in Newquay on Friday 19 July. Funded by GLL, who have invested £2.8 million in its construction, this brand-new all-weather attraction features a trampolining area with two dive towers and an assault course,...
Trevern takes part in technology trial
Watching Wilf tap his feet to Frank Sinatra’s ‘I’ve got you under my skin’ and listening to Sue happily singing ‘All things bright and beautiful’, it’s clear that the Amazon Echo Spot device in Trevern Nursing Home, Falmouth, is having an impact. Nor is it just about...
Award nominations and outstanding Visit England assessment for Old Barn
The Old Barn self-catering cottage in Tregonetha has received a 97% score in Visit England’s recent 5-star gold assessment and been nominated for two more national awards. The latest accolades follow regular gold awards in Cornwall Tourism Awards and the South West...
Good food nomination for Callestick Farm
The newly refurbished tea room at Callestick Farm, where Callestick Farm ice cream is made, has been nominated for a national Good Food Award for the second year in succession. Recognised as ‘the blue ribbon for delicious dishes’, the awards are based on taste,...
Tea room anniversary refurbishment is proving a massive hit
A newly refurbished tea room in Callestick, between Newquay and Truro, is seeing a significant increase in visitor numbers. Part of the Callestick Farm Ice Cream attraction, the tea room was given a complete makeover during the winter months and now boasts new counter...
New town guide opens up a world of opportunities
In a nod to the miners of days gone by - who travelled from the town to many different areas all over the world - Camborne’s new town guide includes a postcard with a purpose. Visitors to the area are being asked to send their postcard back to Camborne once they’ve...
Two new Special Olympics groups for St Austell
Up to 100 people with learning disabilities and autism in the St Austell area are attending weekly sessions at St Austell Leisure Centre thanks to a collaboration between GLL, which runs the centre, Cornwall Sports Partnership, which provided the funding, and Cornwall...
Successful completion of car parking negotiations win wide support for Bodmin Jail
The successful conclusion of complex negotiations to develop a new car park for Bodmin Jail has won wide support from key bodies. Cornwall Council Chief Executive Kate Kennally, Visit Cornwall’s Malcolm Bell, Cornwall Chamber of Commerce CEO Kim Conchie, Chair of...
Adopt an object launched
Imagine having a vested interest in the largest, most strikingly beautiful liroconite crystal in the world or a magnificent Bronze Age gold lunulae? Perhaps a Bernard Leach pot would be more to your taste or the medicine chest of Richard Lander, the son of a Truro...
Summer has begun at the Princess Pavilion
Extended opening hours and free entertainment herald the start of summer at the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth this month. Now open between 10am and 11pm, Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays, visitors can enjoy a variety of choir, jazz and band nights for...
Doorman with a difference
By Sue Bradbury James Pellow was into the third day of his new job at The Royal Duchy Hotel in Falmouth when director Peter Brend senior walked in. Thirty-four years later, it’s a moment James will never forget. “I’d only just been employed and never expected Mr Brend...
Camborne shops prepare for Trevithick Day
Trevithick Day, on Saturday 27 April, is a highlight of Camborne’s year when residents dance through the streets and visitors flock to take part in the annual celebration of Richard Trevithick’s engineering genius. Local businesses also join in the fun and merriment –...
Second Queen’s Award for Precision Dippings Manufacturing
Precision Dippings Manufacturing (PDM), based in Yate near Bristol, has won a second Queen’s Award for Enterprise – this time for International Trade. Having first won in the Innovation category in 2016...
Good news for tourism?
Richard Beaman reports a significant increase in bookings that could herald a bumper visitor year These are undoubtedly chaotic, tumultuous times. Every day seems to bring fresh confusion as our politicians argue about what should happen next in terms of Brexit but,...
Launch of online shop heralds major expansion
DM Orthotics (DMO) has made its life-changing medical product range more accessible by launching an online shop. The move marks a significant milestone for the company which has garnered a worldwide reputation for bespoke, made-to-measure orthoses that are clinically...
New exhibition gives autism a voice
Lokii Rayne was diagnosed with Asperger’s just before her eighteenth birthday. She came to Cornwall to study animation at Falmouth University and liked the place so much she never left. After graduating, she began to struggle with her diagnosis because no-one had...













