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Clamped while fixing gas leak
A van attending a gas leak in St Austell has been clamped by a callous parking attendant — then emergency workers were forced to use sledgehammers to free their vehicles.
On Sunday, a Wales and West Utilities van and trailer was targeted by a Premier Park clamper at Old Vicarage Place while attending a gas leak.
The first van to arrive was told to park on the road by the clamper, but the second with a trailer was unable to do so without blocking the pedestrian crossing.
The van parked in the Premier Park patrolled car park and originally a car clamp was attached to the vehicle, but the Premier Park employee soon returned with two large van clamps....
Green honeymoon for Strawbridge
Daisy’s famous pre-nuptial might have agreed to a bicycle made for two, but for the star of TV’s It isn’t Easy Being Green, Tywardreath boy James Strawbridge and his new bride Holly, a two berth Eco gypsy caravan, towed by a vintage tractor, was the honeymoon transport of choice, writes Paul Williams.
The couple drew amazed looks, as well as exasperated stares, from scores of cars in their sedate wake as they made their stylish way around the start of an odyssey that sees them following the entire Cornish coastline.
James, son of heavily moustachioed father Dick, met his TV producer future wife on the set of a programme that she was working on — appropriately called Tractor Factor — two years ago....
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Youth football day success
NEWQUAY Football club opened its gates at Mount Wise and drew crowds of several hundred to enjoy the sunshine and show their support for England as activities across the ground ensured young and old alike were able to exercise and have fun.
The event, one of a number around the country inspired by the FA to galvanise support for the national side, gave the club the chance to raise important
...Gorsedd for St Austell
THE MOST important cultural event in the Cornish calendar could be coming to St Austell.
St Austell Town Council has agreed in principle for the town to stage the Cornish Gorsedd in 2015.
The annual event, which is held to promote Cornish culture, usually attracts up to 5,000 people. The Gorsedd offers an opportunity to celebrate the host town’s Cornish identity as well as promote the town to the rest of Cornwall and to visitors.
It is accompanied by a range of cultural events leading up to the main ceremonies....
Schools seek academy status
TWO St Austell schools have registered an interest in breaking away from Cornwall Council control and running their own affairs.
Penrice Community College and Sandy Hill Community Primary School are looking at the possibility after the Government offered the chance for schools across the country to become academies.
The move would allow the schools to set their own syllabus, scrap the National Curriculum, change the timings of the school day and holiday as well as set their own pay and conditions for staff.
The schools will be given a key official who will guide them through the process, which could see them break free from the local authority as early as the new school year in September because those rated as ‘outstanding’ have the potential to be fast tracked....