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Some Good News For Newquay Airport

Following the announcement that Flybe may sell it’s landing slots at Gatwick, and the problems that would cause to passengers destined for London from Newquay, it is somewhat excellent news that another company is prepared to fly two new routes from Newquay, which would give a much needed boost to the airport. The Luton based [...]

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More Events In Newquay

Further to our post regarding Beach Break Live, below are more details of events on the world famous Fistral Beach. English Surfing Championships to be held in Cornwall in May http://pillowmagazine.com For the second year in a row the event has been organised by first year Cornwall College Newquay students from the Surf Science and Technology Foundation Degree. English Surfing Championships. The English [...]

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Parking Charges Cause Confusion

It was recently revealed that Newquay Airport has terminated the free five minute waiting time at the passenger drop-off point. The decision has resulted in confusion among motorists who were not aware of the changes. Several near misses have been reported and one passenger, who passed through the airport terminal, proclaimed he thought the airport [...]

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SAR Flight For Newquay

Any time after April 2015, Bristow Helicopters Limited, should move into a new Rescue Helicopter Base at Newquay International Airport. The company first operated rescue helicopters in the UK by basing a flight at the vacated RAF base at Manston, in Kent, in 1971. When the RAF moved back there Bristow was able to move to the [...]

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Beach Break Live Chooses Newquay As Venue

Eve Wooldridge, Newquay’s BID manager, has let it be known that The Beach Break Live festival, which has been held in South Wales for the last three years, will be held in Newquay from June 20th to 24th.  The events, which will take place as part of a new music festival, will include rooftop raves [...]

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Rogue Traders Prey On Elderly Again

It is assumed that very few elderly people will read this, so it is hoped that younger persons who do, will alert those at risk because it has been revealed that criminal traders are offering Park Home owners a quotation to carry out work on their property. It is most likely that these low-life will [...]

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Cyber Criminal Activity

Bit defender has discovered a bogus Chrome add-on that professes to enable you to change the colour of your Facebook page. If you provide it with your Facebook log-in details, the add-on steals your authentic cookies, generates blogs using your e-mail address and posts links to these fake blogs on your Facebook wall. You should [...]

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Christmas Activities in Newquay And St Columb Minor

Friday, 30th November is the big day for Newquay when the town’s Mayor, Kevin Towill, assists with the countdown to the big switch on of the Christmas Lights at 1900. The event is organised by Newquay’s BID. Commencing at 1200 a Festive Food & Craft Market will be open until 2000 at the Hotel Victoria, [...]

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Local Businessman To Foot Bill For Repairs

Robert Hartley, the owner of Trevornick Holiday Park and Hollywell Golf Club, has come to the rescue of a church in sore need of repairs. Robert has brought together a team from the holiday park and has already begun work on the ancient place of worship in Cubert. The tower’s base is dated at approximately [...]

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Newquay Christmas Events

Newquay Business Improvement District, BID for short, has put together a Christmas Programme Guide for the town, listing all the activities and events which will be taking place over the festive season. We have put the first week of December on here, watch out for the following week on this site . OK! So let’s [...]

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Splendid Sum Raised By Curves

Curves, a nationwide chain of women’s health and fitness clubs, opened a new club on the Trellogan Industrial Estate at Newquay, just over a year ago. Under the leadership of Wendy and Corena, the club offers women of all age groups and abilities the opportunity to get fit, lose weight and stay healthy. Curves members [...]

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Rumours of Nandos Coming to Newquay

Traveling from Newquay to Plymouth, merely for a bite of Portuguese style peri peri chicken, will soon be a thing of the past for the hundreds of people who do just that! By all accounts, Nando’s is looking for premises in our town in which to set up their business. Unwilling to give anything away [...]

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Neanderthal Lived In Newquay

Earlier this year we reported that work was about to commence on building 174 properties on the site at Tregunnel Hill. Now, well into the operation, Archaeologists have exposed evidence associated with human occupation on the site, dating back 5,500 years into the early Neolithic period. To date, the dig has produced a polished stone [...]

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Ex Lawyer to Harvest Seaweed

Falmouth resident, Rory MacPhee, who was once a lawyer in the maritime industry, has secured a licence for himself to enable him to harvest seaweed for consumption by the public.  It is the first time a commercial licence has been granted in England, though not for Scotland whose inhabitants have commercially harvested seaweed for decades, [...]

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Lewinnick Coffee Morning Raises Charity Funds

The Lewinnick Lodge is a not only a hotel, but a restaurant and a pub as well. It is splendidly situated on the Northern slope of the Pentire Headland, Newquay. With spectacular views out across the restless Atlantic Ocean and North toward Trevose Head from the restaurant and bar, it is definitely a pleasure to [...]

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