Ambush Predator (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
"I`m gonna fix that rat thats what I`m gonna do, I`m gonna fix that rat" Staff at the outlet in Newquay, Cornwall, chased after the rat with a broom and a cardboard box as shocked diners looked on. And it wasn't even a good-looking rat, much to the disgust of one customer: She said: 'The rat was about a foot long, it looked really mangey and had lost most of its hair .' I guess its diet didn't...
Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Congratulations to John Oxenham, sorry, Councillor John Oxenham, Steve Gilbert, Hamish and the hardworking team in St Austell & Newquay who have tonight taken this seat from the Conservatives with a 13% swing. This really is a slap on the back for the team there, especially the Liberal Democrats Westminster PPC, Steve Gilbert and a slap in the face for the Conservative candidate Caroline Righton...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Lib Dems in St Austell and Newquay are celebrating another win: John Oxenham has been elected Liberal Democrat councillor for St Austell Bay in the first ever Cornwall Council by-election. This comes two weeks after their victory in the Newquay South by-election. The result this time – with an estimated swing of 13% from the Conservatives to [...]
The Happy Salmon (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Two twitter conversations this morning got me thinking about first my history teachers when I was at school and being thankful for having such good history teachers. (It's Thanksgiving in US today hence the being thankful thoughts.) This all started because of Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain. I was very lucky to have 3 totally different but brilliant history teachers during my secondary...
dgthekneelo (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
I had to post up a picture of local (to me, south east cornwall) surfer gabi rowe. I have to declare an interest I work with her mum, and have given coaching advice, whether taken or not is another thing, as gabi has had a huge impact on her surfing aided by her coach kelly o'tool, and training as part of the GB squad. yesterday she surfed in the last event on the ukprosurf tour at the animal sponsored...
TYWKIWDBI (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
One would suspect that there aren't many echinoderms in the world that have names. This one has been named "Stan." He is extremely unusual because he has eight arms. Stan, as he’s been named, was caught off the coast of Cornwall in a local fisherman’s crab pot and was promptly delivered to the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay for their opinion. Following a thorough medical examination...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
A former county councillor is "annoyed" that Newquay's pissoirs will cost Cornwall Council £6,000 a year despite them being closed.
Webphemera (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Not sure what one is? Take a look at this article which explains it. What makes it all the more unusual, however, is it features one called Stan, who is very unusual indeed! It would make me a very bad man indeed to reproduce the picture of Stan here - go take a look on the article... From the article: Stan, as he’s been named, was caught off the coast of Cornwall in a local fisherman’s...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Can £3m pounds buy you the perfect wave? Alf Alderson goes to Bournemouth to test Europe's first artificial surf reef Surfing can bring in big money. A 2008 survey in north Devon found that the sport was worth £52m a year to the local economy; Newquay property developers use surfing to lure buyers to beachside homes above Fistral, which sell for up to £1m; and at nearby Watergate...
Holiday Parks UK (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
If you are setting off to Cornwall this year for a short break or holiday and like surfing then you will want to make your base around the Newquay area. Fistral Beach is one of the most famous if not the most famous surfing beaches in the UK and this is where you can enjoy the best surf and surfing holidays. The Fistral Beach Accommodation can be varied and as you would expect during the peak season...
The Adventures of a Cornish Walker (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
After these three days walking we had a rest day, I certainly needed it! I hadn't done any walking preparation this time so it took me a while to get into the swing, Tim had been doing regular walks so was on better form than me, and, no, Big A, we did not walk through the delights of Newquay itself! We're doing the walk.. but we're not daft! We have granted ourselves a Cornish Walker's Poetic Licence!...
The PH Group Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
On the Tuesday 6th of October Jennefer Voskuilen presented the most recent Keune Trend Collection at Yoshimi Academy in Newquay, Cornwall. The event attended by over 50 stylists and salon owners from the Southwest introduced cuts and colours from the “Azure Chic by Night Collection” which was inspired by the French Riviera. Jennefer who is one [...]
Keighley and Ilkley Liberal Democrat Website (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A scandalously poor value first has been reached in rail travel in this country. Cross Country Trains ha sintroduced a first-class return walk-up fare from Cornwall to the Highlands. It is obvious that ridiculously high fares are encouraging ...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Cross the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2, ride the London tubes for a year – or take the train to Scotland Inaudible Tannoy announcements. Limp sandwiches. Interminable delays. The British public have much to endure on the nation's rail network, but nothing raises hackles more than fare hikes. Rail users, then, must surely be weeping tears of despair at news of the first-ever £1,000 train...
Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Finally, Steve Gilbert and the Cornwall Liberal Democrats hear from Caroline Righton, after she finally breaks her silence, the Conservative candidate caught up in the middle of a Twitter/email smear campaign against Steve Gilbert . Well, not entirely. As reported over on Matt Davies blog (do you know how much it hurts to link to a Spurs fan') Caroline Righton has finally broken her silence, now the...
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