Cornwall

Cornwall beach development creates new wave of controversy

Residents and developers are preparing for a new battle as a notorious scheme at Carylon Bay is revived One of Britain's longest-running planning rows has been reignited by a proposal to build some 500 flats on three of the...

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Royal 'enthusiasm' over Olympics

Updated on 08 November 2009 Source PA News The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have been described as "enthusiastic" supporters of the London 2012 and Vancouver 2010 Olympics as they visited an athletes' village in...

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Mother 'died saving son from blaze'

Police have launched a murder hunt after a devoted mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox in Bodmin, Cornwall. Police have launched a murder hunt after a devoted...

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Blast from teenage past greets Camilla on Canadian walkabout

The Duchess of Cornwall came face-to-face with her teenage past when she was reunited with a friend she had not seen for 45 years. Camilla, 62, was 17 years old and crazy about the Beatles and make-up when she last saw...

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Girls soccer: Eastchester advances in Class A after 1-1 tie with Rye is settled by penalty kicks

Second-seeded Eastchester defeated No. 1 Rye in penalty kicks to advance to Wednesday's Class A girls soccer state regional game against Cornwall at Yorktown High School at noon. Eastcheser and Rye were declared Section 1...

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Police treating fire death as murder

Police are treating the death of a woman in a house fire sparked by a firework as murder. Mary Fox, 59, became trapped in the house in Bodmin, Cornwall, after pushing her 17-year-old son to safety from an upstairs window on...

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Man rescued after tide stranding

A man walking along a beach in Cornwall had to be rescued after getting cut off by the tide. The 52-year-old man was walking from Whipsdery to Watergate, near Newquay, when he was stranded on Friday night. Falmouth Coastguards...

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Man jailed for rape in town park

A man has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for raping a 26-year-old woman in a park in Bodmin, Cornwall. Barry Luxton, 38, who is deaf, was convicted at Truro Crown Court in October for the attack in July 2008. Recorder...

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Flying Return to Australia Cheaper than a Train from Cornwall to Scotland

The damage wrought to Britain’s public services by the Tory/Labour privatisation obsession madness has been summed up with the news that a train from Cornwall to Scotland will cost £1,002, compared to a return flight to...

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Unglamorous, ordinary women find a welcome icon in Camilla

The Duchess of Cornwall gives all of us old broads hope Published on Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 11:02PM EST Earlier this week, as one of the first pictures from the visit of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, appeared...

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