Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

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Shop owners in Penryn are being invited to a meeting with the aim of setting up a new 'Shop Watch' scheme, similar to the well known 'Pub Watch'.

POLICE and fire fighters are investigating the cause of a fire in Bradworthy which destroyed a car and van as well as nearby guttering and fencing.

Helston Museum is preparing to open the first in a series of exhibitions looking back at the history of the town in World War One.

As the end of the school year closed in, it was time for Helston and Lizard members of the joint school council SKIP to elect their members.

Councillors in Penryn have fully supported the demolition of an existing store and the creation of new extensions to an existing utility room at Fuschia, on Chapel Lane.

Clowns, mime artists, jazz bands and more will be back on the streets of Camborne this August as 'Fun Fridays' in Camborne returns "bigger than ever".

Keith Woolstenholmes married Judith Carrington at Ramsey St Mary's Parish Church on July 13, 1974, after meeting at school.

Famous seafood chef Nathan Outlaw will be wading in to help launch the UK's first ever Fishermen's Mission charity shop in Helston today.

The subsea system, named India Cloud Xchange , will allow the company to bypass existing terrestrial routes between Mumbai and Chennai - a route which is prone to outages - by circumventing the country's coastline to link India's west coast directly to Singapore.

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As nautical disasters go, the trouble of the Tokio Express off the coast of Cornwall is a teensy, tiny affair.

RNAS Culdrose has announced how it plans to ease traffic on the roads around Helston during this year's Air Day.

This special one-off event marked the second civic service for mayor Mike Thomas since he took up the office in May. Mr Thomas, joined by his wife Briege as mayoress, led a parade to the parish church of St Michael's, where the commemoration service was held.

The coroner has recorded an open verdict at the inquest of a Falmouth bouncer who was found dead at his home on Valentine 's Day.

A Helston man banned from driving in 2001 until he passed an extended driving test had taken the test again, Truro magistrates heard, but failed.

St Keverne Parish Hall needs to find an extra A 35,000 so that essential repairs can be carried out.

Cornwall Council has opened a consultation on the installation of a new 'toucan' crossing at the Kernick roundabout on the A39 for bicycles and pedestrians travelling between Mabe and Penryn.

Production of Rowe's pasties was halted this week following a major fire at its Falmouth factory, just days before the peak holiday season.

It follows the death of the two cats in the Trelowarren Street area of Camborne, between last Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19. Sergeant Phil Binnie, from Camborne Police Station, said: "Following veterinary examination both cats were found to have traces of anti-freeze in their bodies.