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Bail conditions varied for man charged with sexual assault
A FALMOUTH man charged with sexual assault on a woman has had his bail conditions varied by west Cornwall magistrates. Thomas Aaron Honey, 18, of Grenville Road, Falmouth will next appear in court on September 14 for a committal hearing following the
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Royal visit for Falmouth and Redruth
Princess Anne is set to visit Falmouth and Pool next month to officially open new offices for two companies. She will first visit Fugro Seacore Limited's new premises at the Bickland Industrial Park in Falmouth, on Thursday, October 11. The company,
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Apologies after Lethal Bizzle pulls out of gig
MUSIC promoters SW1 have apologised to Lethal Bizzle fans after he failed to show up to support punk band Gallows at the Princess Pavilions in Falmouth last night. The grime MC had been booked as third support the gig and was only expected to do a 20
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Wendron
BURRAS: BURHOS YOUTH CLUB: The club began its winter sessions on Friday, with Cynthia Richards and Karen Hamilton. Any children year six or above are welcome every fortnight. BURHOS METHODIST CHAPEL: The morning service was conducted by Shirley Wearne
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Breage
CARLEEN: CARLEEN AND DISTRICT: John Notley, chairman of the Carleen Village Hall, welcomed coun John Keeling, who opened the sixth annual village show and thanked all the exhibitors for their support and the committee members for all their hard work in
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Porthleven
PORTHLEVEN: APOSTOLIC CHURCH, THOMAS STREET: On Friday, the Rock Solid BBQ was a great success, launching the restart of the meetings after the summer break. The coffee morning on Saturday was also well attended. On Sunday, Pastor Glen Chaplin spoke
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Recycling plans on display
Residents and parish councillors of Scorrier and the surrounding area are being invited to see proposals for a £1.85 million recycling centre and waste transfer station in the village. The exhibition will take place on Friday, September 14 between 2pm
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Lizard area
GUNWALLOE: WOMEN'S INSTITUTE: For the September meeting members held a four corner evening, and were pleased that some members from Constantine, Helston and St Keverne joined them for the evening. Dawn Boyd taught card making and members made three cards
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Helston
HELSTON: ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH: Parish Communion was celebrated by the Rev Dorothy Noakes, assisted by Betty Booker, lay reader, with the Rector, Canon David Miller, preaching the sermon and leading the prayers. Tony Rule read the lesson, a passage from
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Stithians
STITHIANS: METHODIST CHURCH: The morning service on Sunday was led by Jenny Lockwood. There were Bible readings by Elizabeth Downing and Brenda Barson. In the evening, the Rev Haley Moore, led a Communion Service. There were readings by Tom Rowse and
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Budock
BUDOCK: ST BUDOC PARISH CHURCH: The Service of Sung Eucharist on Sunday was led by the Rev Geoffrey Bennett. The organist was Mr R Fletcher. Lessons were read by Dr P Garland and Mr A Bennett with the Gospel being read by Mr Bennett. Mr Bennett's sermon
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Constantine
CONSTANTINE: WOMEN'S INSTITUTE: Although members had their usual summer break through August, this did not prevent them gathering for the summer picnic, which was held in the beautiful grounds of "Trenarth" by kind permission of Lucy Nottingham. Then
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Flushing
FLUSHING: ST PETER'S CHURCH: The holy communion service held on Sunday was celebrated by the Rev Andrew Stevenson. The theme for his address was taken from the Gospel reading Luke Chapter 15 vs 25-33. The lessons were read by Margaret Chapman and Irene
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Falmouth & Penryn Parish News
FALMOUTH: FALMOUTH PARISH CHURCH: On Sunday there were three services at the parish church. The Rev Barrington Bennetts was the celebrant at Holy Communion at 8.30am using the Collect and Lessons for the 14th Sunday after Trinity. At 10.30am there was
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Lizard residents' joy as plans for green dropped
Traders at the Lizard were celebrating last week after controversial plans to close part of the village green were abandoned. A referendum held earlier this year in a bid to establish public opinion on plans to ban vehicles from the small green saw residents
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Store's alcohol plans condemned by resident
Plans by a new Helston supermarket to sell alcohol late into the evening have been condemned by one local resident as "absolutely appalling". Lidl UK, which is building a new store on the former Arlington garage site at St Johns, has applied for a licence
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South West dairy show to go ahead
The South West Dairy Show, which attracts many farmers from the south west, is to go ahead as planned despite the foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey. But there will be no cattle present. The organising committee met at the Bath and West Showground yesterday
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South West farmers told to prepare for worst
Farmers and rural businesses must hope for the best - but prepare for the worst following the confirmation of Foot and Mouth Disease in Surrey and worries over possible outbreaks in other parts of the country. Country Land and Business Association South
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Untold story of the Fastnet Race disaster 1979
The untold story of one of the worst sailing disasters in modern history is to be retold in Falmouth. The Fastnet race of 1979 began in perfect weather conditions, but within 48 hours was struck by the deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing
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Foot and Mouth confirmed as same virus
Preliminary tests have shown the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth in Surrey involves the same strain as that which infected herds last month. The situation has thrown the agricultural industry in the south west into turmoil for a second time in two
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Rugby club’s empty promises recalled
Following Hugh Murton's comments in last week's Packet, we would like to remind readers of a few other quotes: 1. "We want to completely revamp the recreation ground and that means investing in it and we have to generate money. We are being completely
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Sian makes it special day
SIAN Lugg generously gave a host of superb prizes at her Lady Captain's Day at Praa Sands Golf Club on Saturday. In the 18-hole Stableford, Lou Archer was the winner with 34 points closely followed by Di Lyons in second place with 33 and Caroline Worrell
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Apprentice garden on TV tomorrow
The Wendron family garden of popular Apprentice candidate Naomi Lay is being shown on TV next tomorrow. The garden at Bowling Green Cottage, belonging to Stephen and Carol Lay, will appear on the BBC2 afternoon programme Open Gardens, at 3.15pm. The
