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• Newquay Band celebrates Newquay Lottery grant award

  Newquay Band has been awarded £500 by the Newquay Lottery Community Grant scheme, becoming the second group this month to receive support.

• Crantock and St Agnes choirs release Christmas song

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  A Crantock choir, formed in 2023, is raising money for the homeless charity St Petrocs with the release of a Christmas song.

• There's still time to secure a spot at Paulo's Circus' Christmas Day event

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  Kenny Darnell Jnr and members of the team will be hosting a free Christmas meal to help combat loneliness.

• Newquay shopfronts to be given a spruce up

  Thirteen businesses in Newquay are set to improve their shopfronts thanks to nearly £10,000 of funding.

• Sub Post Office to close as future of East Street branch remains uncertain

  The Post Office has confirmed that the Central Square Post Office in Newquay will be closing in January.

• Newquay schools release annual song to raise money for Foodbank

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  Several Newquay schools have teamed up once again to raise money for Newquay Foodbank this Christmas.

• Book now to recycle your Christmas tree and support Children's Hospice South West

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  With just over a week to go until Christmas, it’s not too early to start thinking about what to do with your tree in January.

• Newquay Foodbank to extend opening hours thanks to festive event

  Newquay Foodbank will open two extra days a week for the first four months of 2025, following a donation from the Cornwall Christmas Fair.

• Vandals target youth football team

  An appeal has been issued after vandals targeted Newquay AFC Youth Football Club.

• Rail line reopens

  The Newquay to Par rail line has reopened after a nearly four-week closure for scheduled works and emergency repairs on the line.

• Police trying to trace next of kin after a body was found at Great Western Beach.

  Police have now identified the man whose body was found at Great Western Beach this morning.

• Salt on power lines linked to Newquay power cuts

  The National Grid has revealed that salt deposits on overhead power lines, caused by Storm Darragh, are behind recent power outages and interruptions affecting Newquay and surrounding areas in Cornwall.

• NEWQUAY LOTTERY: Surf life saving club secures grant for lifesaving training

  Newquay Surf Life Saving Club has been awarded £500, thanks to players of the Newquay Lottery.

• Christmas shoplifting clampdown

  Newquay's Police Inspector has revealed that one person was arrested and a quantity of items recovered during a shoplifting operation at Kingsley Village in Fraddon.

• Lappa Valley raises £1,000 for Cornish child bereavement charity

  A popular tourist attraction has raised money for a Cornish child bereavement support charity through a special event.

• Call for action on opening hours at Minor Injuries Unit

  Newquay Town Councillors are calling on the NHS in Cornwall to take "immediate action" to restore the town's Minor Injuries Unit to its full operating hours.

• £15,000 worth of surfboards stolen

  Police are urging surfers to remain vigilant after thieves stole surfboards worth £15,000 from north Cornwall.

• Newquay artist wins national award with painting featuring Texaco garage

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  A Newquay artist has won a British Art Prize. Diane Griffiths' acrylic painting, Driving Home, features the Texaco garage on Trevemper Road beneath a striking night sky.

• Town councillors object to application to replace existing cliff top house

  Newquay Town Councillors have objected to an application to replace a derelict cliff-top home on Island Crescent with a new dwelling.

• Newquay will be getting a new supermarket as Nansledan continues to expand

  Construction will begin on a Tesco store on the estate's Market Street early next year.