Truro

Truro police take proactive action against shoplifting and anti-social behaviour

Recently, Truro neighbourhood policing team were joined by partners including Safer Cornwall and Cornwall Young People to carry out a Safer Business Action Day (SaBA).

The aim of this day of action was to support continuing efforts to safeguard the community and provide reassurance to people living and working in Truro that the police are taking reports of anti-social behaviour and...

Man sentenced to 12 months for fete fraud at Truro Crown Court

A 41-year-old man has today (6 December 2013), been given a 12 month prison sentence at Truro Crown Court for committing fraud against a popular Cornish fete.

Kingsley Bennett, who pleaded guilty last month to a charge of fraud by abuse of position, was treasurer of the Poughill Revel and Cuckoo Fair near Bude between 2008 and 2010.

During this time, the court heard that he...

Samba drums thump through Truro

On the 5th of October the streets of Truro came alive with the sound of drums as children and adults alike performed in the Samba Festival. I spent the day with Launceston Community Primary School who put on two wonderful performances despite reduced numbers. This group of 8-11 year olds are well known in Launceston itself and they had decided to share their Samba with a wider audience....

Dental School’s clinic excels in Care Quality Commission inspection

Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry’s (PUPS MD) Dental Education Facility in Truro is the first of its kind in the UK to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – and the first to pass the inspection with flying colours.

The report is released today, 22 May 2013.

The Dental Education Facility in Truro is one of four in the South West (a...