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NEWLYN'S harbour commission is on the brink of collapse after a shock secret ballot saw three members dismissed. Nick Howell, John Lambourn and Juliet Taylor were all kicked off the port authority on Tuesday afternoon in a last-minute vote that has been slammed as a breach of the commission's guidelines.
read moreFishing in West Cornwall19/09/10
Fishing in Cornwall has traditionally been one of the main elements of the economy. Pilchard fishing and processing was a thriving industry in Cornwall from around 1750 to around 1880, ...
read moreThe West Cornwall landscape is dotted with ancient monuments, stone circles, hill forts, standing stones and more. In fact, West Cornwall has one of the largest concentration of ancient sites in the entire of Europe, owed in large part to the landscape.
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