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New Rugby Club approved
Plans for a new home for Falmouth Rugby Club has moved a step nearer with the issuing of planning permission by Kerrier council. The proposed site over three fields at Menehay alongside Bickland Water Road, will include a clubhouse, proper training
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Powercats success
A Cornish boat manufacturer is making major waves at the London Boat Show after securing £45,000 interest-free loan from the South West Investment Group (SWIG). Powercats Ltd, which manufactures a range of twin hulled, twin engined catamarans from its
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Accidental death verdicts
The crash between two helicopters at the start of the Iraq war was an accident. Six British men and an American died when the two Culdrose-based Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided. One had been returning to HMS Ark Royal while the other was leaving
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Fire destroys school classroom
POLICE are hunting for arsonists who completely destroyed a classroom at Penair School in Truro just days before the new school term started. The portable classroom, which was used for art studies, was situated at the back of the school site on St Clement's
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Period farmhouse
THIS two bedroomed detached period farmhouse is set in a semi rural position close to the village of Rame. The property is in need of some modernisation and currently offers accommodation comprising kitchen, lounge, dining room and lean to sunroom. There
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Christmas tree confusion
WHEN volunteers in Lanner were taking down the village Christmas tree they thought recycling it was the right thing to do but what they didn't realise was that they might have to pay for it to be taken away. The volunteers took down the village Christmas
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More money for lobster research
A study being carried out at the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow has been so successful it has secured investment from the Cornwall Research Fund for a second project. The fund, which is administered by the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC
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Appeal for old maritime photographs
The National Maritime Museum is asking the people of Falmouth, Penryn and the Fal estuary if they'd like to contribute to a new temporary exhibition. The museum is calling on people to lend pictures of the maritime history of Falmouth and the river Fal
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Gallery launches new initiative
Falmouth Art Gallery has launched a new initiative using the art gallery's automata and papier mch collection to deliver objectives of the National Curriculum in a creative and inspiring way. Teachers from Cornwall's schools and local automata makers
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New year exhibition
To get the New Year off to a good start, the Lander Gallery has put together a show for all Nature lovers with paintings of brightly coloured flowers to cheer up the dark winter days. It is also that time of year when we look out for wildlife and try
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Russian billionaire is new owner of Nansidwell Manor
A RUSSIAN gold billionaire is said to be the new lord of Nansidwell Manor in Mawnan Smith after buying it late last year for a reported £3 million. The new owner Dr Pavel Maslovsky was a professor in plasticity at Moscow University until 1991. He launched
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CCTV installed at council’s new base
A CCTV camera has been installed at Kerrier district council's new base in Helston in an attempt to stop anti-social behaviour in a blackspot area. The addition of a camera on top of Isaac House at the Angel Centre has been welcomed by town councillors
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Hotel back in business
Staff at The Royal Duchy Hotel in Falmouth have been praised for the way they handled an outbreak of what was understood to be the Norwalk virus over the Christmas period. Thirty-three people staying at the hotel showed symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea
