Redruth, England News

Crews from Redruth and Camborne are still at the scene. They used specialist breathing equipment, a hose reel and carbon dioxide extinguisher to tackle the flames.

George Osborne will next week commit the Government to funding another 50 per home cut in South West Water bills to relieve the burden on hard-pressed Westcountry households.

A Westcountry MP and Downing Street advisor on energy and climate change has dismissed a report that says each job the wind turbine industry creates is subsidised to the tune of 100,000.

A Westcountry MP and Downing Street advisor on energy and climate change has dismissed a report that says each job the wind turbine industry creates is subsidised to the tune of 100,000.

A Sainsbury's employee who stole A 1679.85 over a four week period from the store did so because he was being threatened.

The Government is under fire after scrapping a register naming and shaming Whitehall canteens, hospitals and prisons failing to serve British food.

LONDONERS are being rehoused in bungalows in Cornwall that locals are barred from occupying in a scheme branded a "scandal".

PAST and present Camborne town councillors have clashed over plans to spend about A 250,000 on a new handyman workshop - in Redruth.

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.

Almost 5,000 properties in the Falmouth and Penryn areas suffered power cuts along with homes in St Keverne, on The Lizard, and Redruth.

Jeff Kincaid has been employed by the South West insurer since May 18, 1973, when - aged just 17 - he started on a salary of A 49.40 a month.

Hundreds of homes in the Penryn and Redruth areas are without power and motorists are being held up by standing water on roads.

A drama described by critics as "the most significant English language play of the 20th century" is being revived by a Cornish theatre company to mark its 60th anniversary.

CORNWALL Fire and Rescue Service has unveiled its 1 million plans for Hayle's new fire station which will be shared with the ambulance service and the police.

Two of the burnt-out vehicles at West Tolgus, near Redruth, that firefighters have been called upon to deal with, despite the recent anti-arson campaign, Operation Anvil.

A CORNISH film producer who masterminded a A 1.5 million VAT fraud has been found guilty of the offences today.

The new chairman and vice chairman of Cornwall Council have designated June as "Listening Month" and will tour Cornwall to find out first hand from local people how they are coping with increased financial pressures.

A drama described by critics as "the most significant English language play of the 20th century" is being revived by a Cornish theatre company to mark its 60th anniversary.

The proposal is to relocate the existing Camborne and Redruth community fire stations to two new sites in Tolvaddon and Hayle.

Former Camborne town council members with their awards, from left, Helene and Stuart Cullimore, John Beare, Jean Charman and Charlotte Trengrove.