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Cricket match in memory of bowel cancer victim
A memorial six-a-side cricket tournament helped raise £500 for research into bowel cancer, while £130 was also given to the Penryn surgery. The tournament, organised by Rodney Churcher in memory of his late father Brian Churcher, who died from bowel
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Party time
It was billed as a new look party event, and so it was. The Caribbean Beach Party, although held in the marquee at Events Square, certainly attracted the crowds. Most of them were in fancy dress, and many made a concerted effort to look as though they
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Date with the 80's
Earlier last week it was 70s night, then it was 80s night on Friday and hundreds turned out to celebrate. This was the 80s night for the Henri-Lloyd Falmouth Week festivities when music from the decade echoed from the Events Square as those attending
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'Road' are streets ahead
'Another feast of cricket was enjoyed at the 20th Cornwall Youth Festival last week in Penryn, where hundreds of young cricketers played in four tournaments, over six full days. The organisers were again delighted with the response from many Cornish
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Hospital slated by coroner
INEXCUSABLE and serious failures in basic medical care led to the death of a newborn baby, a coroner has said. Coroner Dr Andrew Walker made the comments during his conclusion of an inquest into the death of baby Caitlin Coyne, who died five hours after
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Exhausted swimmer rescued from dinghy
AN EXHAUSTED swimmer wearing T-shirt, shorts and socks had to be rescued from a dinghy by the inshore lifeboat after getting caught in the tide off Swanpool. Falmouth RNLI's inshore lifeboat was launched at 8pm on Wednesday to reports of a person shouting
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Conference on cheap homes
A CONFERENCE to address the issue of affordable housing in Cornwall has been organised by Falmouth Churches Together and the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum. Tickets for the event on Wednesday, September 6, are limited to 100 but when they have been
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Property developer calls for planning overhaul
A radical new approach to planning, with a greater emphasis on villages expanding to provide extra housing, could be the answer to Britain's acute shortage of homes, according to a leading Cornish property developer. A planning blueprint for Cornwall