Penzance, England News

Afraid of the Dark is a new brand of theatrical terror that paralyzes the audience with fear.

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Golowan, Cornish for midsummer, is the festival of St. John and is held in Penzance each year in late June.

Matt Bolwell, a flanker from Wadebridge, has played for England at under-18s' level, Tom Hendrickson, centre, and fullback Max Bodilly are products of the Pirates' youth section and prop Mike Roach comes from Penzance.

The production crew worked hard to capture the landscapes that made the far west of Cornwall a magnet for painters The tangled love lives of the "Newlyn School", a colony of artists living and working on the Cornish coast in the run-up to the first world war, is the subject of this gentle period drama from British director Christopher Menaul.

Rumours are rife that Pirates of the Caribbean star and mega-hunk Johnny Depp was walking the streets of Falmouth and Penzance yesterday.

"On the morning of the 9th instant, 20 tubs of contraband spirits were picked up floating near Penberth Cove, by the coastguard men stationed at Mousehole; and on the following morning, about one o'clock, the riding officer of the same station, Mr Rendle, seized a cart with two horses, near Trengwainton Lodge, in the parish of Madron, containing 20 ... (more)

The crew at Penlee lifeboat station have been living proof of the RNLI's 24-hour working day recently when they launched afternoon, evening and overnight.

HEALTHCARE campaigners in west Cornwall say they have "grave concerns" about the continued closure of Poltair Hospital which has been shut to inpatients since October.

A DROP in bee numbers, and the impact this can have on the wider environment, has inspired a group of west Cornwall people to give the creatures a helping hand.

A GOLDSITHNNEY couple who won nearly 400,000 on the lottery have said the prize will pay to complete their Cornish dream.

From pirates to face painting, there's something fun for everyone this weekend. Don't miss your chance to celebrate summer at these outdoor events with friends and family! Friday-Sunday It's opening weekend for the Gilbert and Sullivan classic "Pirates of Penzance", presented by Opera Providence.

Having attracted former Premier League player Wayne Quinn to become their new manager, Mousehole have completed yet another coup this week following the signing of former Penzance midfielder Mark Vercesi.

THESE are better times to be a reader of all things Cornish than in many a recent decade, with a veritable torrent of titles hitting the shelves.

The performances are among the 330 concerts taking place across England to bring people of all backgrounds together to listen to music.

Cinemagoers in Mayfair will be given a taste of Cornish life this evening when a new film charting the passionate love story of celebrated artist Alfred Munnings receives its London premiere.

A FIRE at a domestic garage at Newbridge, near Penzance, threatened to spread to the attached house at around 5pm today.

Fire-fighters were called out to Market Jew Street at around 11.25pm and used a hose reel to extinguish the flames.

PENZANCE'S historic Savoy Cinema was the setting for the glittering world premiere of the west Cornwall-filmed Summer In February on Monday evening, as stars from the film, the writer and producers all came out to present the romantic drama to a VIP audience.

These days, Penzance is arty, alternative and really rather cool. The most westerly town in Britain, it's exactly 300 miles from London and at the very end of both the main railway line and the A30.