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A dog rescue charity has finished a redevelopment which it said would allow it to help more animals.St Francis Dogs Home in Newquay, Cornwall, now has 10 new kennels and two isolation rooms which centre manager Beverly Dobson said would complement the fostering programme.She said there would be an open day on Saturday 17 January to celebrate the rebuilt kennels to help raise funds and recruit more volunteers and foster carers.The charity currently has 24 dogs in its…

BBCNational Grid said about 14,400 properties were still without power on SundayProperties across Cornwall are still without power and water three days on from Storm Goretti.A spokesperson for National Grid said, as of 10:30 GMT, 14,159 properties were without electricity, mostly in the Helston area.Sam Bottomley, from South West Water (SWW), said about 60% of the water network had been refilled but it was "impossible" to give an accurate figure of customers without water.He said teams were repairing…

The founder of a not-for-profit cafe which raises money for emotional support sessions for young women, has been honoured with an award.Sophie Alway won the West Country Women in Hospitality award for the Village Kitchen, a cafe in Redruth which helps fund the charity Georgia's Voice.Alway founded Georgia's Voice after her teenage daughter took her own life during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, and she opened the cafe 18 months ago.She said the charity had been actively supporting…

A woman who rescues stray cats says she has had to seek help from another site 300 miles away as her local centres were "at crisis" with "no space anywhere".Anna Seymour, who runs Cats Galore in Chigwell, Essex, is calling for a change to the law around neutering to try to curb the "massive influx of stray cats" she has seen."I rescued 454 cats last year, all of which were not microchipped and not neutered," she said. "It's…

A charity is looking for volunteers to help deliver its work aimed at helping children identify and report abuse.The NSPCC is appealing for people to consider volunteering for its schools service which runs "speak out, stay safe" workshops in primary schools in Cornwall, Devon, Guernsey and Jersey.The charity said its events had reached almost 155,000 children at 708 schools across south-west England and the Channel Islands in the past year.Michelle Green, NSPCC schools service manager, said: "By joining…

A cake-maker has told how she created a cake which looked like a Christmas dinner for a BBC television show.Niki Lowe, from Liskeard in Cornwall, was asked to bake a cake which looked like a roast turkey and trimmings to surprise Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer when they were filming the Gone Fishing Christmas Special in Mousehole in September.Lowe crafted a platter which included a turkey cake, along with roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, stuffing balls, peas and…

A man in his 50s has been found dead after a tree fell onto a caravan during Storm Goretti, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said emergency services were called to the Mawgan area of Helston, Cornwall, at about 07:35 GMT on Thursday after the tree fell.Officers said work took place at the scene on Friday to safely remove the tree and make further inquiries at the scene. "Tragically, a man aged in his 50s was located…

A tree collapsed on to a property in FalmouthMore than 80 trees were destroyed at St Michael's MountCornwall is rallying together after Storm Goretti battered the county on Thursday and Friday.A rare red weather warning for wind was issued from 16:00-23:00 GMT on Thursday with a further yellow warning for wind for Devon and Cornwall until 08:00 on Friday.At one point, more than 47,000 homes in the county were without power and thousands of homes were without running…

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Storm Goretti has struck, Cornwall responds and here is what happened Source link