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West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Appeal for more funding to combat invasive species
Emily Beament explains why conservationists are claiming British wildlife is facing increasing threats
2 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Railway royalty visits Cornwall to aid STEM education centre's fundraiser
RECORD-BREAKING historic locomotive Tornado has steamed into Cornwall to help raise the remaining funds required to launch a new engineering training centre in St Blazey.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Beating of the Bounds is back after health and safety row
A THREATENED 450-year-old tradition has been maintained after a health and safety row prompted an insurance U-turn.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Poorest are hit the hardest
IN September it was reported that Cornwall Council had failed to collect almost £14m in council tax, even more than in the preceding three years.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Photojournalist leaves 'rich archive of images' documenting the life and history of Cornwall
A CORNWALL-BASED photojournalist has died at the age of 80 after a short illness.
4 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Cornwall caught on camera by our talented readers
We receive far more submissions for our regular Big Picture feature in the letters and opinion section than we can accommodate, so today we're taking the opportunity to feature a selection of hitherto unused images which richly deserve their moment in the spotlight.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Warning is issued after battery fire starts in bin lorry
FOOTAGE of a bin lorry fire in Cornwall has led to a warning being issued over the proper disposal of rechargeable batteries.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
GERANIUM MANIA
YOU'LL BE SPOILED FOR CHOICE WITH THESE EASY, VERSATILE, BOLD BEAUTIES
2 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Plan for nine houses
PRE-APPLICATION advice is being sought for a proposed development of up to nine dwellings on a site adjacent to Gweal Brooth in Helston Road, Germoe, between Penzance and Porthleven.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Ban for woman who neglected dogs and chickens
A WOMAN has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after pleading guilty to two welfare offences.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
ORIGINAL FEATURES
Lying in the hamlet of Greenbottom, between the villages of Chacewater and Three-milestone, Swallows Roost is an individually designed and beautifully presented home within a former chapel conversion.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Increase in awards entries
THE 2025 Cornwall Tourism Awards have now officially closed, with entries up 6.6% on last year.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
What happens when the dollar's not in the middle?
FOR most of our lifetimes global trade has worked like this: if you were selling oil in Brazil or importing fertiliser in India then you priced it in dollars.
3 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Service for hospice co-founder
A MEMORIAL service to celebrate the life and work of Eddie Farwell, co-founder and retiring CEO of the Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), will take place at Exeter Cathedral on Tuesday, June 17.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Residents near busy A390 angry at more 'noisy' overnight roadworks
VILLAGERS have complained they are again being kept awake by noise from overnight work on the busy A-road which runs through their community.
2 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Nine-month-old agency is regional award finalist
FALMOUTH digital marketing startup, Cove Marketing, has been named as a regional finalist in the fourth UK Startup Awards.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
West Briton Youths need work; work needs doing. Why is it so hard?
WHILE the announcement of any funding from central government for the South West - of which Cornwall is a (small) part - is welcome, it's hard to get too excited about the offer of “up to” £25m for Skills Boot-camps which, Labour tells us, are part of its plans to “steer the economy forward” with reforms which will “refocus the skills landscape towards young, domestic talent\".
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Protest calls for Cornwall Council to stop 'upsetting' use of 'bully' bailiffs
A PROTEST will be held outside Lys Kernow/County Hall in Truro this month in a bid to persuade Cornwall Council to stop using private bailiffs to collect council tax debt.
2 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Cornwall finish with a flourish in Hampshire
RUGBY UNION
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Air Cadet instructors recognised for going above and beyond
>> TWO staff members from 147 (Camborne and District) Squadron, RAF Air Cadets, have been honoured for creating a programme which has transformed their cadets' experience.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Man attacked victim with pickaxe and shovel after wheelbarrow row
A MAN who attacked two of his neighbours - one with a pickaxe - after being confronted over a wheelbarrow dispute will probably not serve a day in prison, a court has heard.
2 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Corporate insolvencies are at their highest since last July
THE regional chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 has responded to the latest data on insolvencies in England and Wales.
1 min |
June 05, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Rodda's turns to robotics
A CORNISH clotted cream maker is planning to use robotics in its factory for the first time in its 135-year history.
1 min |
May 29, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Residents campaign to stop council removing 'accessible' beach steps
VILLAGERS are fighting plans to remove a set of steps which have been used for more than 30 years to reach their local beach.
3 min |
May 29, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Fishing industry is left reeling by new UK-EU trade deal
CORNISH fishing leaders have savaged the UK-EU trade deal announced last week saying \"it's now a wonder what else can Keir Starmer do to make more of a mess of our industry'.
2 min |
May 29, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
It's not just Labour that doesn't care about our fisheries
FOR a nation surrounded by water Britain really doesn’t seem to care that much about its fishing industry.
1 min |
May 29, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Exploring the mystery and years of history at Cornwall's oldest pubs
CORNWALL is a treasure trove of high-quality pubs; whether you're after a pint and a chat with friends, a hearty family meal, or simply a cold beverage in a beer garden on a warm summer's day, there's plenty to choose from.
6 min |
May 29, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
City's Christmas lights switch-on cancelled
TRURO is not going to have a dedicated Christmas light switch-on for 2025, it’s been announced.
2 min |
May 29, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Three teams share top of the table as visiting clubs enjoy soggy day
On a day of grey skies and patchy drizzle, there was a dramatic fourth round of games in the Bond Timber Cornwall Premier where all five home clubs lost.
3 min |
May 29, 2025
West Briton (Truro and Mid Cornwall)
Community interest company named the best place to work in Cornwall
COMMUNITY interest company Active Plus has been ranked the best place to work in Cornwall.
1 min |