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6 days ago | 
cornish-times.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
SWIMMERS who braved the cold sea in Charlestown Harbour at Christmas have raised hundreds of pounds for a charity that keeps a watch on the coast to help save lives. Also in the newsA total of £600 from the swim has been given by the organisers, Charlestown Rowing Club, to the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI). Club chair lady Jo Zimber presented Richard Parks and Steve Lloyd from the NCI with a giant cheque.
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6 days ago | 
cornish-times.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
PEOPLE visiting an historic harbour in Cornwall are once more being given free access to the cobbled quayside. Charlestown Harbour, the UK’s only open 18th century Georgian harbour, is again inviting visitors to explore the quayside without a charge. The grade II listed inner harbour at Charlestown, near St Austell, is home to a collection of seasonal pop-ups, offering food and drink and retail therapy.
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6 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
Councillors voted to upgrade the Changing Places toilet at the Priory Car Park toilets in St Austell. Picture: Andrew Townsend (Picture: Andrew Townsend)TOWN councillors in St Austell have agreed to spend more than £15,000 on upgrading a special toilet for people with multiple disabilities. Also in the newsThe councillors heard that most of the equipment in the Changing Places toilet in Priory Car Park was no longer fit for use, largely because it was 13 years old.
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1 week ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
PEOPLE visiting an historic harbour in Cornwall are once more being given free access to the cobbled quayside. Charlestown Harbour, the UK’s only open 18th century Georgian harbour, is again inviting visitors to explore the quayside without a charge. The grade II listed inner harbour at Charlestown, near St Austell, is home to a collection of seasonal pop-ups, offering food and drink and retail therapy.
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1 week ago | 
cornish-times.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
TWO replica cannons have been placed on an historic gun battery that was built to protect a Cornish port from invasion by French forces more than 200 years ago. The replica 24 pounder Blomefield Cannons, each about 10 feet long, have been craned into the battery above Charlestown Harbour, near St Austell. In the late-18th century, when Charles Rashleigh created the harbour, he built the Charlestown Battery to offer protection against invasion.
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1 week ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
The Easter Fun Day will take place in Poltair Park. Picture: Andrew Townsend (Picture: Andrew Townsend)A FREE Easter Fun Day is being staged in St Austell on Saturday (April 19). Also in the newsThe event in Poltair Park is being organised by the town council and will run from 10am to 3pm. Among the activities will be an Easter-themed scavenger hunt, a bouncy castle and drop-in clay workshops from the Wheal Martyn museum.
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1 week ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
A TEAM from a primary school in St Austell is hoping to build on its success after reaching the national Lego League finals. Nine girls from Year 5 and Year 6 at Bishop Bronescombe Church of England School triumphed in a regional Lego League competition held at RNAS Culdrose, Helston. The team is now preparing to compete in the national finals in Harrogate, Yorkshire. A spokesperson said: “Our team was sponsored by the Soroptimists St Austell so that we could attend the regional event.
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1 week ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
Gareth and Steph Netherton are running for Cornwall Hospice Care. (Picture: Submitted)A COUPLE from St Austell will be spending Sunday, April 27, together – tackling the London Marathon. Steph and Gareth Netherton, neither of whom are regular long-distance runners, will be taking on the 26.2-mile course to raise money for Cornwall Hospice Care. They are running the marathon in memory of their close friend Roger Ryman, the former head brewer at St Austell Brewery.
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1 week ago | 
cornish-times.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
SELF-STYLED ‘Bionic Boxing Barber’ Clint Osborne is championing the cause of men’s mental health in Cornwall. To raise awareness of the Man Down charity, Clint had his head shaved outside his salon in St Austell. The head shave took place in advance of his scheduled boxing bout in Plymouth with American Derek ‘Del Boy’ Diablo. The 56-year-old barber, who has had both hips replaced, undertakes fundraising and raising awareness after his own battle with depression.
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1 week ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
The Old Grammar School Garden beside the river in Fowey. Picture: Google (Picture: Google)A PUBLIC garden in a prime spot beside the river in Fowey is at the centre of a row between the trustees of a charity and the town council. The trustees of the Fowey Grammar School Foundation (FGSF) are at loggerheads with the council over the Old Grammar School Garden on the Esplanade.
