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Thug who drank two bottles of gin before attacking Truro pensioner spared jail ift.tt/VDpGSJQ
Thug who drank two bottles of gin before attacking Truro pensioner spared jail

Thug who drank two bottles of gin before attacking Truro pensioner spared jail

A Truro man who launched a drunken, unprovoked attack on a stranger near the station has been handed a suspended sentence.

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Ruan High Lanes road to close for two days for poling works ift.tt/Pe8zyNn
Ruan High Lanes road to close for two days for poling works

Ruan High Lanes road to close for two days for poling works

A road in Ruan High Lanes is set for a two-day daytime closure.

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Police appeal to find 37-year-old man wanted for emergency prison recall ift.tt/3mkDLhA
Police appeal to find 37-year-old man wanted for emergency prison recall

Police appeal to find 37-year-old man wanted for emergency prison recall

A 37-year-old Truro man is wanted on an emergency prison recall. Gareth Healey has links to Reading and may have travelled to Exeter, police said.

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Devoran road to close for two days for poling works ift.tt/EzP6tla
Devoran road to close for two days for poling works

Devoran road to close for two days for poling works

A road in Devoran is expected to be temporarily closed for two days.

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A39 in Penryn set to close for maintenance works ift.tt/oQwXTtF
A39 in Penryn set to close for maintenance works

A39 in Penryn set to close for maintenance works

A main road in Penryn will be closed overnight for maintenance.

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Cornwall festivals granted thousands more places despite neighbour’s ‘hell’ claim ift.tt/TNlpFZe
Cornwall festivals granted thousands more places despite neighbour’s ‘hell’ claim

Cornwall festivals granted thousands more places despite neighbour’s ‘hell’ claim

Two music events in Cornwall will see their capacities increased by thousands due to growing popularity.

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Falmouth mussel fisherman told to pay £5,000 after hitting man with cider bottle ift.tt/a3POoBQ
Falmouth mussel fisherman told to pay £5,000 after hitting man with cider bottle

Falmouth mussel fisherman told to pay £5,000 after hitting man with cider bottle

A mussel fisherman from Falmouth has been sentenced after hitting someone on the head with a cider bottle after a night out.

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Moonlight Memory Walk raises over £30k for children’s hospice ift.tt/NbCUH4h
Moonlight Memory Walk raises over £30k for children’s hospice

Moonlight Memory Walk raises over £30k for children’s hospice

Hundreds of people gathered for a moving moonlit walk to remember loved ones and support a children’s hospice.

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Cornish village’s pioneering BBC broadcast celebrated 100 years on ift.tt/pQdqUN7
Cornish village’s pioneering BBC broadcast celebrated 100 years on

Cornish village’s pioneering BBC broadcast celebrated 100 years on

An ambitious theatre project is set to celebrate a century of broadcasting history.

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Cornish artist unveils magical sea piskies exhibition ift.tt/eu8Y0iw
Cornish artist unveils magical sea piskies exhibition

Cornish artist unveils magical sea piskies exhibition

A magical crew of Cornish sea piskies has sailed into the spotlight in a new art exhibition.

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Hope for future of Porthtowan Beach Café as restoration work begins ift.tt/Scpy5CN
Hope for future of Porthtowan Beach Café as restoration work begins

Hope for future of Porthtowan Beach Café as restoration work begins

There is fresh hope for a popular Porthtowan café after contractors were given the go-ahead to begin work bringing the business back to life.

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Falmouth café owner launches ‘save us or lose us’ fundraiser after quiet trading days ift.tt/gHBdpQ6
Falmouth café owner launches ‘save us or lose us’ fundraiser after quiet trading days

Falmouth café owner launches ‘save us or lose us’ fundraiser after quiet trading days

A Falmouth café owner has launched a fundraiser and appealed for local support after warning the independent business could otherwise be lost.

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Cornwall to use £1.41m funding to tackle poor mobile coverage across the Duchy ift.tt/s2NekQq
Cornwall to use £1.41m funding to tackle poor mobile coverage across the Duchy

Cornwall to use £1.41m funding to tackle poor mobile coverage across the Duchy

Cornwall’s mobile coverage may be far worse than official figures suggest.

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Care home and lakes trust in court charged with corporate manslaughter ift.tt/nLrWT43
Care home and lakes trust in court charged with corporate manslaughter

Care home and lakes trust in court charged with corporate manslaughter

A care home and a charitable trust have appeared in court charged with corporate manslaughter after two people using wheelchairs drowned when their boat capsized on a day trip.

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A3078 in St Just in Roseland to close for six hours for poling works ift.tt/EKdpYDr
A3078 in St Just in Roseland to close for six hours for poling works

A3078 in St Just in Roseland to close for six hours for poling works

A busy road in St Just in Roseland will be closed for a day.

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Portscatho road set to close for 4 days for poling works ift.tt/hauHVWm
Portscatho road set to close for 4 days for poling works

Portscatho road set to close for 4 days for poling works

A road in Portscatho will close for four days for poling works.

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CCTV shows moment estate owner punched a man on dancefloor resulting in two fractures ift.tt/x1c5zPJ
CCTV shows moment estate owner punched a man on dancefloor resulting in two fractures

CCTV shows moment estate owner punched a man on dancefloor resulting in two fractures

This is the moment a punch from the owner of the Penrose Estate near Helston floored a man at a wedding reception in Porthleven.

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Major update after burst sewer causes chaos on Penryn road ift.tt/Is2Hx5o
Major update after burst sewer causes chaos on Penryn road

Major update after burst sewer causes chaos on Penryn road

A new section of sewer pipe has been installed beneath Commercial Road in Penryn as work continues to reopen the busy route following another burst.

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Cornwall communities observe Armistice Day silence at war memorials ift.tt/z6yTuL0
Cornwall communities observe Armistice Day silence at war memorials

Cornwall communities observe Armistice Day silence at war memorials

Cornwall fell silent to mark Armistice Day this morning at 11am.

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Police appeal after cyclist seriously injured near A30 at Indian Queens ift.tt/lBZTEa9
Police appeal after cyclist seriously injured near A30 at Indian Queens

Police appeal after cyclist seriously injured near A30 at Indian Queens

A cyclist in his 70s was seriously injured after a collision with a car beneath the A30 at Indian Queens.

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