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Harbour plan on track

A LAST-DITCH bid for controversial plans to breathe new life into Penzance harbour finally won backing last night.

Less than three months...


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Pupils chart a rewarding course

MORE than 100 schoolchildren, including those from Falmouth have received awards for their nautical achievements.

The youngsters had all...
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Penzance Harbour strategic planning committee | LIVE BLOG

We will be following the Penzance Harbour strategic planning committee LIVE from 2pm.

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Sun shines on Penzance for St Piran's Day

THE weather gods certainly smiled on Cornwall's favourite saint last Friday.

On the best day of the year so far, Penzance enjoyed wall to...


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Mourners pay final respects to fallen soldier

THE funeral of soldier, husband, father and proud Cornishman, L Cpl Darren Hicks, has taken place at Paul Church.

Fittingly, for someone so...


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'He was more than special'

THE parents of a second soldier from Penwith to be killed in Afghanistan in just over a fortnight have spoken of their immense pride in their...
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Sainsbury's withdraws application at Hayle

SAINSBURY'S has withdrawn its planning application to build a supermarket on the outskirts of Hayle.

The decision came after proposals for a...
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Council leader brands MP 'irresponsible' over harbour

The leader of Cornwall Council has accused West Cornwall MP Andrew George of acting in an "irresponsible and divisive" manner over the plans for Penzance Harbour.


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Supermarket giant withdraws store plan

SAINSBURY'S has withdrawn its planning application to build a supermarket on the outskirts of Hayle.

The decision comes after proposals for...
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Sand request is 'depressing' say campaigners

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have described a request to continue to dredge and sell sand from Hayle harbour as "depressing".

Save Our Sands...
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Trust will reveal its new design for flagship farm

THE NATIONAL Trust has redesigned its contentious plans to modernise a cowshed in Morvah as part of its flagship organic dairy herd project.

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Soap design team cleans up at school's version of Dragons' Den

HAYLE Community School pupils have staged their own version of the hit BBC TV show Dragons' Den.

Students in Year 8 were invited to come up...
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Call of the wild as youngsters find new skills in woodland classroom

PUPILS from St Maddern's School are braving the winter cold to spend one day a week learning in an outdoor classroom.

Guided by the Green...
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Students feeling shipshape after seafaring initiative

MORE than 100 students from across Cornwall celebrated reaching a range of nautical achievements at an awards ceremony on Thursday.

Pupils...
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Housing objectors await decision

OBJECTORS to an affordable housing scheme in Carbis Bay have expressed their disappointment after the plans were deferred for the second time.

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Market blaze may have been arson

ARSON cannot be ruled out as the cause of Thursday's fire at Hayle's indoor market which shut 20 on-site businesses.

Up to 70 firefighters...
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Chairman hits out at council's affirmation

THE CHAIRMAN of Penzance Chamber of Commerce has hit out at Penzance Town Council for reaffirming its stance on the multi-million pound harbour...
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Angry: Closure was an 'act of human vandalism'

THE Irish businessman who has tried to save St Mary's Haven, says its closure is an act of "human vandalism".

But he insists that options...
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Popular and loyal soldier died 'doing work he loved'

TRIBUTES have been paid in St Ives to a popular and loyal soldier who was killed when on foot patrol while he was helping to clear enemy positions...
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Sisters will be missed after crash

TRIBUTES have been paid to two "lovely" sisters who were killed in a multi-vehicle crash involving a fuel tanker on the A30 in Hayle last week.

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