Ross Tucknott: Cornwall, Sport & All Sorts

The remainder of Redruth’s season is full of tricky ties against mid-table opponents until the finale against Esher in May, starting today with a team only a point behind and with a game in hand. Whilst other teams have been loudly chasing titles or struggling against financial ruin, Stourbridge have been quietly going about their [...]

Wharfedale return to the Recreation Ground today seeking to repeat their slender, last-gasp 14-15 victory here last season in a result which put the first nail into the Reds’ title hopes after Launceston had closed the coffin door the weekend before. Currently lying in fifth place in the table, a defeat today could see the [...]

Tonight has seen the destruction of the hopes of billions of people. The failure of the Copenhagen conference to deliver meaningful measures to combat climate change has doomed much of the developing world to the worst effects of climate change. And it’s all America’s fault. Barak Obama landed in Copenhagen today with only one thing [...]

After a weekend full of fun, dancing, alcohol, beaches, flip charts, fireworks, barbeques, children and cliff-racing, I’ve now got a new sister-in-law! Welcome to the family Pauline. It’s great to have you onboard! PS: Honourable mention to The Quails, who after supporting the Kooks at Eden on Saturday night were playing next door to the [...]

So there I was, mid-way through my daily 10-mile drive back home from work, when suddenly I slammed on the brakes and got out of the car to soak up one of the most glorious views I had seen in my life. A sky coated in bright gold, with multitudinous auric lances of light breaking [...]