Cornish Times

2 days ago | cornish-times.co.uk | Lesley-Anne Kelly

It means that of Cornwall's 536 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 400 (75%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.

3 days ago | cornish-times.co.uk | Lesley-Anne Kelly

Credit by (Victoria Jones) (PA Archive)A Cornwall restaurant has been handed a new four-out-of-five food hygiene rating. Also in the newsDunelm Cafe Pausa, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at Cafe Pausa, Dunelm Mill, Newquay Road, Truro was given the score after assessment on April 22, the Food Standards Agency's website shows. It means that of Cornwall's 1,617 restaurants, cafes and canteens with ratings, 1,340 (83%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings. More About:

4 days ago | cornish-times.co.uk | Andrew Townsend

CONTRACTORS working on the major resurfacing of a main road in Cornwall have had to change their plans following “six separate vehicle incursions into the work site”. Cormac are undertaking the resurfacing on the A391 distributor road on the east side of St Austell on behalf of Cornwall Council. Initially, the plan was to keep the Carclaze, Boscoppa, and Bethel roundabouts on the A391 open between 7am and 7pm during the first phase of the project.

4 days ago | cornish-times.co.uk | Andrew Townsend

MINERALS giant Imerys has announced a new investment of nearly £18-million at a mining pit in the Clay Country. The company will be upgrading its clay processing facilities at the massive Littlejohns works near Roche. A new “dry” mining plant, which will use less water and electricity, is due to constructed by the end of 2026. Meanwhile, an existing facility will be removed to allow access to additional china clay reserves, thus significantly extending the life of the operations at the pit.

5 days ago | cornish-times.co.uk | Andrew Townsend

THE mammoth task of removing the remains of a lock gate from the entrance to a heritage harbour in Cornwall has been successfully completed. Also in the newsPhotographer Paul Williams, who watched the operation unfold, said: “It was a triumph for the exhausted harbour crew and engineers at Charlestown harbour as the 41-ton lock gate, installed in 1971 and out of action for the past seven months following storm damage, was finally removed.