Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

The Santa Seat as it's becoming known, is in Cross Street and is the town's most popular decoration.

A cannon that stands outside Helston Museum looks likely to remain in situ, the Packet has learnt, after the ancient weapon was found to be a listed artefact in a conservation area.

A new report from the South West Green Party exposes the fact that massive payments to large corporations are being made under the Common Agricultural Policy .

A retired policeman says he's owes his life to a car accident after treatment for a suspected broken neck revealed he was in fact suffering from cancer.

A REDRUTH man fractured his girlfriend's eye socket during a drunken argument that was part of a series of assaults.

A FORMER Redruth charity shop worker has been jailed for 17 years after he stabbed a teenage boy 15 times in a cold-blooded and ruthless attack.

Documents reveal Celtique Energie has been privately touting 'dedicated fracking' to investors for Sussex oil and gas drilling - while publicly describing fracking plans as 'hypothetical'.

Low taxes are a great incentive for business. Tax expert Chris Thorpe of Haines Watts, says he believes now it is time that the United Kingdom became a tax haven, like Ireland When Adam Smith wrote his Wealth of Nations in 1776, the concern that taxes could discourage business was a live issue.

In the mean time, a replacement bus service will be running between St Austell and Newquay.

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.