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BBC News - Cornwall

The latest stories from the Cornwall section of the BBC News web site.


Rowers join Jubilee celebrations

Rowers and sailors from Cornwall will join hundreds of others to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

ShelterBox helps typhoon homeless

Members of Cornwall's ShelterBox charity set up camps for those devastated by Typhoon Washi in the Philippines.

Ruby Wax to headline conference

Comedian Ruby Wax takes part in an international conference about mental health in Cornwall later.

Coastguards search for fisherman

A sea search takes place for a man who fell from a Belgian fishing vessel off the north Devon coast.

Rare chicks reared at attraction

Three rare kea chicks, which are classified as a "vulnerable" species, are hand-raised by staff at a west Cornwall attraction.

Marine-friendly sea walls studied

A project to design sea walls which can be colonised by mussels and barnacles is under way

Atlantic rower's 'miracle' rescue

A rower who capsized in the Atlantic during a record attempt praises Falmouth coastguards

Mental Health phone in: Dementia

Health authorities estimate there are around 8,000 people in Cornwall with dementia

Winger Kelly signed by Truro City

Truro City's trip to Basingstoke in the Blue Square Bet South is postponed.

Pirates clash at Rotherham is off

Cornish Pirates Championship match at Rotherham is called off due to a frozen pitch.

Truro's trip to Basingstoke off

Truro City's trip to Basingstoke in the Blue Square Bet South is postponed.

Plymouth 2-2 Southend

Debutant Alex MacDonald completes a dramatic turnaround for relegation-threatened Plymouth as they hold title-chasing Southend to a draw.

Cornwall base to greet 2012 flame

The flame for the London 2012 Torch Relay will arrive in the UK from Greece at RNAS Culdrose on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall.

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VIDEO: Late Kick Off - The Knowledge

Late Kick Off's Graeme Murty and Bournemouth's Steve Fletcher return in The Knowledge.

'Mr Plymouth Argyle' returns home

Plymouth Argyle legend Paul Wotton talks about his return to the club he supported as a boy after three and a half years away.

BBC Introducing: Jessica Sweetman

Catch up with Cornwall's Jessica Sweetman who has moved to London to further her music career.

BBC Introducing: Rosie Vanier

Rosie Vanier, who became well-known in Cornwall as the lead vocalist in Rosie and the Goldbug, talks about her solo EP: Black Cats and Black Stars.

Torch relay flame in balloon ride

The Olympic torch will take to the air in a balloon at Cornwall's Eden Project after the UK relay officially starts at Land's End.

Katherine Kempe's Olympic dream

The 22-year-old talks about moving to Cornwall to make the most of the county's fencing facilities

Living with depression phone-in

BBC Radio Cornwall is running a series of phone-ins about mental health. The next will tackle depression.

Stroke Appeal reaches £179,621

BBC Radio Cornwall listeners help to raise £179,621 towards the Phoenix Stroke Appeal