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Gran, 79, who 'can't see for toffee' picks up giant snake after mistaking it for twig

Gill Peters accidentally picked up an albino snake, after mistaking it for a twig in her garden in Truro, Cornwall, due to her bad vision saying that she "can't see for toffee"

Daily Mirror

Parents warned as creepy stranger tries to get child in his car by saying ‘mum sent me’

Parents and carers in Bodmin, Cornwall have been urged to go through safety and travel procedures with their children after a man tried to lure a child into his car

Daily Mirror

Cornwall’s Eden Project plans new sustainably-built hotel with geothermal swimming pools

Co-founder Tim Smit wants to use local materials only for the build

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Fern Britton shares a rare snap of her kids in Cornwall after Phil Vickery split

Fern Britton, 65, has been taking in the fresh air in Cornwall after moving from her home in Buckinghamshire which she shared with TV chef Phil Vickery. The presenter is starring in a show all about her new home by the sea

Daily Mirror

Plans for 'Great South West' to become UK’s green powerhouse launched at House of Lords

Business leaders gathered at a special event in Westminster to hear how the £1.5m plans could help create tens of thousands of jobs and drive major investment into Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Somerset and Dorset

Birmingham Post

Two 15-year-old thugs AVOID jail for sickening 'wild animal' attack on homeless man

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT Rough sleeper Mark Webb was punched, kicked, stamped on and smashed over the head with a bottle by a group of five youths in Truro, Cornwall last February

Daily Mirror

Mining firm Cornish Metals makes discovery while drilling at South Crofty mine in Cornwall

The mine dates back hundreds of years and was acquired by the AIM-listed company in 2016

Birmingham Post

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Wednesday briefing: Does failure to launch spell the end of the UK’s space ambitions?

In today’s newsletter: The first rocket mission from the UK didn’t reach orbit, but industry leaders explain why the burgeoning field is ready for liftoff – and what comes next

The Guardian - UK

Beachgoer slapped with fine for taking too long to buy a ticket in gridlocked car park

Lindsay Bull and her family, from Sheffield, were on holiday in Cornwall when they took a trip to Fistral beach in Newquay, having to drive for some time before finding a space and parking

Daily Mirror

'Space is hard': What comes next for Cornwall's space race and the operators involved

The fact that the first UK space launch ended in failure is not the end of the story - it is just the beginning.

Birmingham Post

First UK rocket launch fails after 'anomaly' prevents it from reaching orbit

A Virgin Orbit plane, carrying the rocket, took off on Monday night from Cornwall Airport with hundreds of people watching and over 75,000 viewing a live stream

Chronicle Live

Boris Johnson photoshopped out of Grant Shapps tweet with failed UK rocket

The image tweeted by the Business Secretary appears to show him enjoying a solitary visit to Spaceport in Cornwall. In fact, he was accompanying Boris Johnson on the trip - and the former Prime Minister was originally front and centre in the photograph

Daily Mirror

Historic UK Rocket Mission Ends in Failure

An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an "anomaly" as it neared its goal. A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 carrying the 70-foot (21-meter) rocket took off from a spaceport in Cornwall, southwest England, at 2202 GMT, AFP…

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Rocket blasts off from Cornwall in first-ever orbital space mission launched from UK soil

Named in tribute to The Rolling Stones’ hit, the mission involves a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft and Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket. Several satellites were blasted into space tonight

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UK's first rocket launch causes 'gridlocked' traffic as spectators rush to Cornwall

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl rocket is due to launch from Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport near Newquay tonight with hundreds of people flocking to the site for the historic event

Evening Standard

Virgin Orbit: UK space launch crew ‘gutted’ after historic rocket launch suffers ‘anomaly’

Organisers of the Start Me Up mission said the rocket - with a variety of civil and defence applications - failed to orbit

The Guardian - UK

Festival atmosphere as Cornwall prepares for historic space launch

Virgin Orbit’s Start Me Up mission to conduct first rocket launch of satellites from British soil

Daily Mirror

'I'm a divorce expert - research shows where you live might play into your breakup'

James Brien claims his research on divorces shows the best place for a long-lasting marriage is Cornwall while it's a different picture for those in the South East

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Belfast Live

Will UK's first orbital rocket launch be visible from Northern Ireland?

'Start Me Up' in Cornwall involves a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft - 'Cosmic Girl which will take off horizontally carrying LauncherOne.

Birmingham Post

UK’s first space launch from Cornwall 'strategically significant' for Britain

Final preparations are now underway for blast off from Cornwall Airport near Newquay

Liverpool Echo

Notebooks and burner phones exposed extent of national crime ring trading kilos of cocaine

Jamie Walsh kept ledgers showing thousands owed to him by his customers and thousands that he owed out to his suppliers

Bristol Post

Cornish horror film Enys Men gets preview screening in Bristol

The film is a follow up to Mark Jenkin's BAFTA-winning movie Bait

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry claims he was taunted about Diana's death by comrades in Army training

The Duke of Sussex says captors told him Princess Diana was pregnant with a 'Muslim baby' when she died during an Army training exercise on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall

Birmingham Post

List of first UK space satellites, the firms behind them and what they're for

Cornwall is in the spotlight as the site of the UK's first ever space launch - we take a look at the UK tech firms behind the satellites making history

The Guardian - UK

‘Interest is off the scale’: Cornish cinema fans snub Avatar for local folk horror

Mark Jenkin’s unsettling Enys Men, follow-up to his cult movie Bait, plays to packed-out houses before nationwide launch

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