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  • Company fined after worker injured in fall

    A CONSTRUCTION worker narrowly cheated death after falling from the third floor balcony of one of the new accommodation blocks then being built at the university campus at Tremough near Penryn. Ronald Thatcher from Helston fell over 15 feet after a temporary

  • Birdwatch Cornwall

    Cornwall residents have helped the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch reach new heights, attracting a record-breaking number of participants. In the Duchy 6,516 people took part, an 80 per cent increase on 2005! Tony Whitehead, South West Big Garden Birdwatch

  • Mysterious signs disappear

    Two road signs which appeared without consultation with a parish council have disappeared as quickly as they came. The signs went up in an attempt to keep visitors away from Restronguet Point, known locally as Millionaires' Row, as most of the properties