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voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
Natasha Wilkinson receiving the Bianca Trew Award, from Emily Myatt, associate director and dean of the University Centre Truro and Penwith. (Picture: University Centre Truro and Penwith)A MATURE student who used her own challenging personal experiences as part of academic research says she is determined to make a difference in her chosen career.
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4 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
Eddie Farwell, the co-founder of Children's Hospice South West. (Picture: Children's Hospice South West)A MEMORIAL service is to be held to celebrate the life and work of Eddie Farwell, the co-founder of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) which runs the Little Harbour hospice at St Austell. Eddie died earlier this year following a diagnosis of motor neurone disease and a private funeral was held.
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4 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
LIVE music has been filling the air at a heritage harbour in Cornwall. Also in the newsOne of the latest groups to sing at Charlestown Harbour, near St Austell, was the Dreckly Boys. The group, under musical director Alister Berry, performed shanties and ballads while hundreds of people watched on. Charlestown Harbour’s season of live music for this year began in the spring with the first group performing being the Lemonaires, from Mylor Bridge, near Falmouth.
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5 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Kirstie Newton
Cornish Good Afternoon Choirs (Good Afternoon Choirs)Three Good Afternoon Choirs in Cornwall have welcomed new leaders. Barry Hawken and Martin Palmer are both highly experienced musicians and choir leaders who are keen to lead singers on an exciting musical journey. Also in the newsThe Truro choir rehearses on Mondays at Truro Methodist Church; it is now conducted by Barry and accompanied by Hannah Hawken.
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5 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Ben Howe
U-turn signage at A30 Hayle (Vision Zero South West)SIGNS encouraging road users to report U-turns have been installed at a collision hotspot in Cornwall. Vision Zero South West and National Highways have erected signs along the Hayle Bypass section of the A30, where collisions caused by U-turns have resulted in several fatal and serious collisions.
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5 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Kirstie Newton
POLICE confirm a pedestrian was seriously hurt after being in collision with two vehicles near Truro during the evening of Friday, May 30. Also in the newsEmergency services were called at around 11.15pm following the incident on the old A30 between Three Burrows and Blackwater. A 30-year-old woman from Truro was walking on the road when she was struck by a Yamaha motorcycle and a Fiat Panda. She sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital where she remains.
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5 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Ben Howe
SAINSBURY’S has announced plans to build a brand-new supermarket at Ponsharden in Falmouth. The retailer has been discussing its proposals with Cornwall Council’s planning department and it is preparing to submit a planning application for a sensitively designed scheme. If approved, the new store would replace its current Falmouth Superstore. In advance of this, an engagement event is taking place in the car park of Sainsbury’s Falmouth today (Tuesday, June 3, from 3pm).
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5 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Kirstie Newton
Truro Cathedral viewed from the estuary (Voice Newspapers)A student from the University of Exeter is appealing for help with her Master's dissertation regarding plastic pollution in the Truro Estuary. As part of her MSc in Sustainable Development at the University of Exeter’s Penryn campus, Bronwyn Thurston has devised a short questionnaire to gather insights from local residents which can be found here.
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5 days ago | 
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Andrew Townsend
A PROMINENT, if temporary, feature has appeared on the St Austell skyline. Also in the newsA tower crane has been erected at the St Austell campus of Cornwall College as part of the huge scheme to transform the site off Tregonissey Road. The work to modernise the campus, which started last year and is being funded by the government, is being carried out in a number of phases to minimise disruption to teaching and training.
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voicenewspapers.co.uk | Kirstie Newton
Mayor of Truro Chris Wells presents a print of Truro Cathedral to two Morlaix representatives (Truro-Morlaix Twinning Association)A GROUP of 17 people from Truro’s twin town of Morlaix recently enjoyed a sunny long weekend in the city, hosted by local families from the Truro-Morlaix Twinning Association. The visit began with a reception at the offices of Truro City Council.