It’s not coming home anytime soon: Truro’s footballers face another year in Plymouth

By Peter Tremayne As the 2021/22 football season draws to a close there appears to be no chance of Truro’s players returning to Cornwall any time soon – with...

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A30 near Truro will be closed in both directions this weekend – expect delays

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Motorists have been warned to allow extra time for journeys on the A30 near Truro this weekend because the road will be closed in both directions...

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Three months later: still no CPS decision on youths arrested in connection with the assault of homeless man in Truro car park

By Peter Tremayne The Crown Prosecution Service has still not decided whether anyone should face charges over the assault of a homeless man in a Truro car park three...

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Cyclists fear County Hall might scrap plans for Chiverton Cross bridge

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cyclists have given themselves another week to collect names on a petition which they hope will save plans for a bridge over the Chiverton Cross junction...

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County Hall U-Turn as Cornwall Council decides it does want some Levelling Up cash after all – but how much thought has gone into the shopping list of ideas?

By Graham Smith County Hall has named four projects it is asking the government to support with “Levelling Up” cash.  Some will raise eyebrows, particularly a sports stadium at...

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Truro and Falmouth MP Cherilyn Mackrory “condemns Putin regime” despite lack of sanctions

By Julia Penhaligon The Truro and Falmouth MP Cherilyn Mackrory has reacted stoically to being left off the list of British politicians who have been banned from entering Russia...

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15 prefab “micro homes” to transform land behind Truro’s Old County Hall

Land behind Cornwall’s Old County Hall, Truro, is about to become an instant pop-up housing estate, with the arrival of 15 micro-homes.  Cornwall Council hopes its new approach, using...

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Ukrainian flag flies once more at County Hall

By Graham Smith The Ukrainian flag is once more flying outside County Hall.  Cornwall Council received the replacement yesterday (Monday) and immediately hoisted it up the vacant pole. The...

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Historic England says 60-year-old primary school building must be saved, scrambling plans for a new community centre

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Plans for a new community centre at Malabar, Truro, have been thrown into disarray by a Historic England ruling that the “brutalist” former Treyew primary school...

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Truro’s “Quiet Lanes” project still searching for supporters, as “experimental” traffic ban runs out of time

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Residents and commuters who use the “quiet lanes” to the west of Truro are waiting for Cornwall Council to conclude its latest, extended monitoring and analysis...

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