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RNLI Falmouth gets £500 boost
Falmouth RNLI are £500 better off this week after a new clothing store opened in town and handed over the money. Musto, known for its marine clothing, opened on Discovery Quay and added a touch of glamour when Miss Cornwall, Vikki Omlo, officially cut
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Cathedral service will be special
Cornwall is staging a special event at Truro Cathedral on Saturday, September 22 to address how the county responds to its ageing population and looking at implications for families, local communities and the role of public bodies. It will highlight
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Ready Steady Go for Falmouth Oysters
The challenge has been set - the chefs are poised and ready for Falmouth Oyster Festival's own version of Ready Steady Cook. The challenge will take place on Friday evening October 19 at 7.30pm in the festival marquee on Events Square. Well known local
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Record rescues for Culdrose aircrew
It has been a busy summer for the 771 squadron rescue helicopters at RNAS Culdrose with 40 call-outs just in August. In total this year so far the services of the search and rescue crews have been requested 182 times c ompared to 158 last year. Helicopters
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Giant lobster dwarfs the competition
Poseidon the Giant Pink Spiny lobster, measuring close to 60 centimetres in length and weighing 4.2 kilograms which was caught off the Cornish coast, 200 miles south west of Newlyn. The lobster is being tipped for the record books, and is around five
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Young talent in Cornwall recognised
The Lord Lieutenant's Fund for Youth, which offers young people with talent and ambition a helping hand with the costs of their dedication, has made a total of eight awards to young people from across Cornwall totalling £7,845. Two of the young people
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Classic boats in Falmouth
From Thursday September 20, the Classic Motor Boat Association (CMBA) will be holding another one of their famous rallies at National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Established in 1998, the CMBA brings together enthusiasts of classic motor boats from across
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Radio hams put out appeal
A Cornish amateur radio club has put out a call for enthusiasts to take part in a marathon fundraising event this month. Poldhu Amateur Radio Club is taking part in the Transmission 2007 weekend in aid of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF
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Public meeting for Devoran
A public meeting is being held on Wednesday evening in Devoran to discuss the future of the now closed village school. The Victorian building has been vacated following the opening of the new school on the outskirts of the village. But the future use
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Falmouth coastguards to the rescue
A 40-year-old male crew member on Jamaica in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race has sustained injuries during an accidental gybe on the second day of Race 1 from Liverpool, UK to La Rochelle, France. Falmouth Coastguard was coordinating a medical
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Falmouth churches help single parents
Churches in Falmouth under the Churches together banner are to provide a practical skills bank for single parent families. The Rev Stephen Tudgey, priest at Falmouth parish church of King Charles the Martyr told the Packet that the idea was to provide
