Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

Minster is a grade one listed building and the mother church in Boscastle but, due to a decline in congregation numbers, it has recently become a struggle to manage and maintain for a limited few.

A 41-year-old man was given a 12-month prison sentence on Friday at Truro Crown Court for committing fraud against a popular Cornish fete.

Residents in the Falmouth, Penryn area are being urged to be extra vigilant in the run up to Christmas when homes packed with gifts become a target for criminals.

HELSTON Town Band has joined forces with renowned tenor John Treleaven to make what is believed to be the first all-Cornish vocal recording of the Floral Dance.

A MAN with a history of domestic violence has been released on bail by a court to await sentence after attacking his partner at her home in St Dennis while drunk.

Late drama at the Mennaye Field saw the Cornish Pirates snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and sensationally grab a winning bonus point with two tries in second half injury time.

A wake-up call is being issued to those living in the Horsham district in and around Partidge Green by the founder of a campaign group opposing plans for 10,000 new homes between Henfield and Sayers Common.

CAMPAIGNING students from Cornwall College have stepped onto the front line in the war against sexually transmitted infections after being recruited by the NHS to launch a media crusade.

The first residents have moved into their home at a new Duchy of Cornwall development in Newquay, incorporating principles of Prince Charles' "model village" of Poundbury in Dorset.

This walk is about six miles on roads through beautiful farm and downland with visits to three Saxon-cum-Norman churches that have been left in peace to a large extent by the fussy Victorian rebuilders who destroyed much of our ecclesiastical history.

A 900,000 contract for the removal of legacy waste from the Isles of Scilly Council waste management site, known as the 'Moorwell Alp', has been awarded to a consortium.

A Cornish village's Remembrance Day parade has been saved thanks to what organisers describe as the "power of the local press working a miracle".

With fairy lights twinkling overhead and the smell of mulled wine in the air, Christmas activities in Helston stepped up a gear on Monday as the town's first outdoor skating rink opened.

CLOSED for two years, a Penzance pub has reopened its doors and is serving frothing pints and tasty meals once again.

Menfolk of Helston and the Lizard Peninsula took a moment to honour the "mo" at the weekend as they welcomed the conclusion of "Movember."

A REDRUTH man has been found guilty of attempting to murder a teenage boy in a brutal and attack who he stabbed 15 times as he lay sleeping in bed.

Surf lifesavers in Cornwall are to be trained for a frontline role helping emergency services in flooded areas anywhere in the UK.

All the cats were infested with fleas and four of the ten kittens had eye infections which had not been treated by a vet when the RSCPA learnt unemployed Deborah Jayne Thomson had housed them.

George Osborne has boasted the British economy is growing at twice the rate expected just nine months ago, and faster than any other major country.

IT'S BEEN another record year for wildlife spotters riding the Scillonian III between St Mary's and Penzance with top sightings including a leatherback turtle and a minke whale.