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BBCCornwall Chamber of Commerce chief executive John Brown said online discounts were hitting high street businessesBusiness leaders have been reflecting on the fortunes of high street retail amid uncertainty over the future of a discount store.On Wednesday Trago Mills said management were in talks with staff after rising costs and diminishing sales had led to six-figure deficits at its Falmouth branch.Cornwall Chamber of Commerce chief executive John Brown said "the cost of doing business is becoming unbearable" and…

Staff at a wildlife sanctuary are mourning the passing of a seal who had lived there for more than 50 years.The seal - known affectionately as Queen Sheba - had been a resident of the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek since 1975, when the sanctuary was built.She was a pup when she was rescued in 1974 by founder Ken Jones and his wife Mary, who cared for Sheba and other seals at their home in St Agnes before…