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Spacious two bedroomed accommodation
Offering spacious two bedroomed accommodation which includes upvc double glazing, gas central heating and dashed exterior, this house in Helston now offers a comfortable, low maintenance home. The home also benefits from an off road parking area, enclosed
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Distinctive property in elevated position
St Annes is one of the most admired and distinctive properties on North Parade, the harbourside road which leads from the marina and past Greenbank and the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club to Falmouth's town centre. Occupying an elevated position, within beautifully
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HELICOPTER RESCUE IN ADRIATIC
A Royal Navy Helicopter Squadron, currently deployed in the Adriatic, has airlifted a critically ill passenger onboard a passing ferry to hospital. The team from 700 Naval Air Squadron, normally based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Helston
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Kidney patient care to be celebrated with service
Care provided for kidney patients at the county's main unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro and it's satellite units at West Cornwall Hospital and Bodmin Hospital will be celebrated at the annual service to recognise their work and the lives of
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Praise for Falmouth Art Gallery
The Falmouth Art Gallery and the Eden Project had a special visit from distinguished members of the Art Fund International judging panel. The gallery has been shortlisted by Art Fund International for a possible £1 million purchase fund to form a contemporary
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Fishing boat sunk in collision
A FISHING boat has sunk and another been badly damaged after colliding with an unknown object two miles off Falmouth. The three crew of the sunken vessel were rescued by a pilot boat, which happened to be nearby at the time. The boat The Lady Hamilton
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Coffee mornings cause a stir for Macmillan
Charity fundraisers were causing quite a stir in the Falmouth and Penryn areas as they persuaded people to raise a cup for cancer care. Over the course of the morning shops, businesses, organisations and individuals joined others from around the country
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Seagulls kept quiet by Town
MOUSEHOLE 1 T Cape FALMOUTH TOWN 4 M Cusack, A Bowker, K Bond, F Nevin Mousehole: I. Chatfield; G. James, K. Harvey, J. Tonkin, M. Trevail, K. Snell, J. Day (J. May 59m), E. Ivanov (T. Cape 31m), M. George, B. Prowse (T. Patrick h/t), J. Wing.
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Special occasion for football club
MAWNAN Football Club is looking forward to two special occasions at the end of the month. This year marks the 70th anniversary of competitive football at the club, but rivalling that achievement is the contribution of one of its members, David Rickard
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Unlikely idea
HAYLE 2 FALMOUTH TOWN 1 A STRENGTHED Hayle side pulled off an unlikely 2-1 victory over Falmouth Town at Trevassack Park thanks to a last-gasp goal. Town had been in the driving seat until ten minutes from time, but two goals in the closing minutes
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Cooper's hat-trick sinks Athletic
PENRYN ATHLETIC 1 TRURO CITY 5 PENRYN athletic had no real answer to Truro City's powerful side as the visitors cruised to a comfortable 5-1 Jolly's Combination League win at Kernick. City started the match in great form and took the lead in the tenth
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Surprise trophy adds to club's celebrations
Following the attendance of Flushing and Mylor men's crews at the Newquay Championships, a surprise was in store for the men's A crew. Obtaining tenth position overall, the boys travelled home to Flushing to celebrate in the local hostelry. Whilst there
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Superb start by Falmouth
Plymouth Marjons 1st XI 2 Falmouth ladies 1st XI 5 IN their first Premier Two league game in the club's history, Falmouth ladies 1st team travelled to Devon with everything to gain and nothing to lose. It was a luxurious position to be in and they
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Victory snatched away
FALMOUTH 16pts NEWQUAY HORNETS 17pts JEKYLL and Hyde - a little more of the Jekyll and less of the Hyde would be the ideal recipe for a great season that lies ahead of Falmouth. Newquay, who appeared to be well beaten, left the Recreation Ground ra
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First round exit for cupholders
THE Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston League's Percy Stephens Cup has always been an unfailing source of upsets down the years and the opening skirmishes proved no exception. First division Lizard Argyle, the cupholders, were ousted in the first round
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Town forced to play catch up
FALMOUTH TOWN LADIES 5 HAYLE LADIES 3 FALMOUTH Town Ladies' 5-3 win against Hayle showed just what a rollercoaster a game can be. Two up in the first 20 minutes and dominating play, Town gifted Hayle a 3-2 half time lead by scoring not one but two
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Special CPR conference to be held
A special conference to share and celebrate the exciting and innovative work of the Camborne, Pool and Redruth Success Zone is being staged at The Berlewen Building next Tuesday. The 'Learning in Action' conference will look at the success of the CPR
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Indiscipline proves costly for Borough
Devonport Services 28pts Penryn 18pts It would be great to start this report with the news that Penryn recorded their first league victory of the season, but it was not to be. This is a great pity because Penryn continue to improve match by match.
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New Cornish dance music group make first appearance
Making their first appearance together at Wheal Martyn were Hevva - a group of dancers, musicians and singers who specialise in the folk traditions of Cornwall. Although the group is newly formed, the members have between them many years experience in
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Mary Boon has it under control
BRIGHT sun and a lovely breeze greeted us as we waited for the start of Flushing SC's Marine Bar Series, writes Harold Martin. Eight boats in A class jockeyed for position before the signal, but only three of them were traditional cruiser/racers with
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Daniel joins elite list
DANIEL Phillips, 15, became one of the youngest winners of the Admiral Harrison Scratch trophy alongside John Roberts at Budock Vean Golf Club on Sunday. The final, played over 36 holes, saw Daniel win by two and one over golf manager Tony Ramsden.
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Athletic off the pace as Fishermen cruise to win
THERE was nothing to choose between these two sides when they met in the league, but at Gala Parc on Thursday evening Porthleven were clearly the better side in the first round of the Carlsberg South West Peninsula league's Throgmorton Cup. Over the
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50-mile wheelchair ride adds to challenge target
Residents and staff at Kenwyn are proud to boast that they have equalled the 1111 miles completed by Barchester Healthcare Director Bill Wilson on his Coast 2 Coast Challenge cycle ride. The Kenwyn total was kick started by the four staff who cycled
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Emphatic win for Stithians
St Just 10pts Stithians 57pts STITHIANS enjoyed a superb victory at Tregaseal when they defeated St Just 57-10 in Cornwall One. The home side took the lead following a five metre scrum when scrum-half James Maddern dived over, Simon Barnes converting
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Emphatic win for Stithians
St Just 10pts Stithians 57pts STITHIANS enjoyed a superb victory at Tregaseal when they defeated St Just 57-10 in Cornwall One. The home side took the lead following a five metre scrum when scrum-half James Maddern dived over, Simon Barnes converting
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Roseland riders take on the UK
YOUTH windsurfing team the Roseland Wave Riders from St Mawes will represent the South West - South region this weekend when they battle it out against some of the country's best windsurfing teams at the RYA's (Royal Yachting Association's) Team15 (T15
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Captain’s day completes successful year
FALMOUTH Golf Club captain Paul Collins officiated at his final competition on Saturday as his 12 months as captain draws to a close. Paul organised a 18-hole Stableford competition with individual prizes for the ladies and gents and conditions were
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Tactical nous all important
FALMOUTH Bowling Club held their last event of the summer, the Captain's Day, at the club on Saturday. Club captain Maureen Edwards welcomed everyone to the green for five rinks of men versus ladies were played and another rink of men only. Competition
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Port's pace sinks Athletic
PORTHLEVEN 3 K Lawrence, A Westgarth 2 PENRYN ATHLETIC 1 M Drummond Porthleven: S Taylor, M Hollands, M Day, B Medlin, S Rogers, J Burr, M Brewer, S Brewer, A Westgarth, M Davis, K Lawrence. Subs: C Strike, N Thwaites, H Howlett. Athletic
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Police seek public views on community issues
TRURO police are seeking the views of the public to help identify three top issues which are affecting their community. Sergeant Chris Manuell and Sergeant Miles Topham who hope to tackle crime and other issues within the community which annoy people
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Mike wins scratch cup
MIKE Jacka won the Ninnis Scratch Cup at Praa Sands Golf Club on Sunday morning with 76, writes Simon Edwards. John Murrish was second with 77, William Giddings third with 78, Francis Vickerstaffe fourth with 79 and Nigel Waters fifth with 80 on
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Trusted employee pocketed customers' payments
A supervisor for a Cornish fruit and vegetable wholesaler who was delivering to customers and pocketing the payment for himself was warned at Truro magistrates court that he might be sent to prison for what he had done. Peter Malcolm Giles Howard, aged
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Cup hopes hit
ST COLUMB MAJOR 2 RNAS CULDROSE 1 RNAS Culdrose bowed out of this season's Cornwall Senior Cup with an extra time 2-1 defeat against St Columb Major. The servicemen could have got something out of the game, but in the dying minutes of extra time they
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Mullion’s lead disappears
ST JUST 4 MULLION 1 MULLION probably won't shed any tears about going out of the Westinsure Cornwall Senior Cup at the first attempt, but at half-time they must have thought they were in with a real chance after leading 1-0. The visitors competed well
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Hospital to benefit from challenge
A teenage cancer sufferer has inspired personnel from RNAS Culdrose to take on a unique fundraising challenge later this month. The navy team will be attempting a "round the clock" run from Penzance to London - recreating the historic journey of the
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Wendron bow out of cup
FOXHOLE STARS 2 WENDRON 0 WENDRON made a first round exit in the Cornwall Senior Cup after going down to a 2-0 defeat away to Foxhole Stars. With goalkeeper Bryan Scoffin consigned to match reporting duty pending his 35-day holiday courtesy of the
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Tornadoes blow up a six-goal storm
Falmouth Town u14s 0 Culdrose Tornadoes u14s 6 In just their second league match of the season, the Culdrose under 14 youth side brushed aside their opponents Falmouth Town at the Falmouth school pitch. Yet another great performance came from the away
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First round cup exit for holders
THE Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston League's Percy Stephens Cup has always been an unfailing source of upsets down the years and the early skirmishes proved no exception. First division Lizard Argyle, the cupholders, were ousted in the first round
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Ashes snatch late victory
Saltash 13pts Helston 6pts IT only would be the feeling that coach Dick Whitney must have felt. Helston found themselves missing several key players, some through injury and some for personal reasons. The upshot was a narrow defeat to a team that
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Memorial tournament raises £3,000 for cancer charity
A CHEQUE for £3000 has been presented to Cancer Research UK by members of the club and family members of Sharon Wood. Sharon was a founder member of Wendron Youth Football who sadly died in 1999 and to whom the tournament is dedicated. Samantha Williams
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Cavalier Fishermen are punished for failings
PORTHLEVEN 3 PENZANCE 3 WITH manager Kevin Richards away, his assistant, John Laity, took charge and would have expected a fairly comfortable victory against Jolly's Combination League opponents Penzance considering the relevant league positions of
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Doormen get plastic cuffs
DOORSTAFF in Falmouth have been given training in American style "arrest and plastic restraint" techniques to handle violent customers while working on the door in local nightclubs and bars. Up to 12 security officers and doormen attended the course
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Tickled Pink!
Shoppers were tickled pink when they arrived at Penryn Asda to find a pink stretch Chrysler parked outside and staff wearing feather boas. Julia Goldsworthy, current MP for Falmouth and Camborne, was there to lend a hand at the Tickled Pink charity day
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Helston romp to big win
HELSTON u9s 11 NEWQUAY YOUTH u9 0 NEWQUAY travelled down to Helston and came up against a Helston u9 side that were in no mood for a quiet Sunday. The game kicked off at 11 o'clock and by five past Helston were two nil up with goals from Ben Turner
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Orchard snaps up fine hat-trick
Grasshoppers u11 1 Helston u11 4 HELSTON travelled to Trispen to play their first competitive match of the season. The rain showers throughout the match did not deter the youngsters whose hard work and excellent team work paid off with a fine win.
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Charity auction nets £5,000 for CLIC Sargent
Organisers have declared themselves "over the moon" after a raffle and auction held by Helston's Once a Year Club raised an impressive £5,000 for children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent. Helston Football Club was packed out for the event and auctioneer
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Boats named in memory of supporters
THE Helford River Children's Sailing Trust held a ceremony to name and launch a tender and two regatta rowing dinghies in remembrance of three special supporters of the trust. The ceremony took place at the Calamansac Boathouse, Port Navas, where the
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Watch out, Spike's about in Helston!
People visiting licensed premises in Helston and Porthleven are being reminded of the dangers of having their drink spiked in an ongoing campaign launched by local police officers. Posters are being put up and leaflets handed out in a bid to remind pub
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Triumph for Big Purple
THE duel between Big Purple and Jacobi came to a climax in the last race of the late summer series at Helford River Sailing club. Both boats needed to beat the other one to secure a win in the series. Race officer, Simon Filmer, set a seven-mile course
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Special occasion for football club
MAWNAN Football Club is looking forward to two special occasions at the end of the month. This year marks the 70th anniversary of competitive football at the club, but rivalling that achievement is the contribution of one of its members, David Rickard
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Fond farewell to Penryn traders
THERE was a fond farewell to two of Penryn's long serving members of the business community last Wednesday when a members of the town's chamber of commerce wished them well. Chemist David Turton, who is retiring, was presented with a bottle of bubbly
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Special occasion for football club
MAWNAN Football Club is looking forward to two special occasions at the end of the month. This year marks the 70th anniversary of competitive football at the club, but rivalling that achievement is the contribution of one of its members, David Rickard
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Unusual look to league after early games
THE Mining Snooker League division one has an unusual look after two weeks of the season. Current leaders are Penponds, with nine points out of a possible ten, closely followed by Illogan Highway and, not so surprisingly, Redruth RBL. Last week both
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Emphatic win for Stithians
St Just 10pts Stithians 57pts STITHIANS enjoyed a superb victory at Tregaseal when they defeated St Just 57-10 in Cornwall One. The home side took the lead following a five metre scrum when scrum-half James Maddern dived over, Simon Barnes converting
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A quiz to test if your brain is really a cabbage
The Cornwall county council press office - renowned for plaguing journalists with millions of words of useless gobbledegook - has invited the local media to support Europe Week by publishing a quiz "to promote interest and attention amongst your readers
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Harsh lesson for Reds
CAMBRIDGE 30pts Tries: Lombaard 3, Fielden Conversions: Fielden 2 Penalties: Fielden 2 Cambridge: L. Fielden; P. Reed, P. Kendall, A. Barnard, C. Lombaard; J. Shanahan, S. Liebenberg; J. Ross (Capt), S. Hoad, T. Kirkman, R. Candlin, J. Harlock, G.Remnant
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Time up for travellers
Travellers taking up an area near Asda, Penryn, are expected to remain there for at least another month. A meeting was held yesterday at County Hall following complaints which had already been received from those people living nearby. The travellers
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Illogan pay for missed chances
ST IVES TOWN 1 ILLOGAN 0 ILLOGAN returned from the Saltings goalless and pointless from their Jolly's Combination League game at St Ives Town. They went down to a gift second half goal, but had enough opportunities to have salvaged a point. On a poor
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Pirates’ bonus for fine display
NEWBURY 18pts CORNISH PIRATES 48pts AAHEAD of their eagerly awaited "derby" match contest at home to Exeter Chiefs this coming Sunday, this victory was a comprehensive one from which the Cornish Pirates importantly secured five very useful league
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Chefs to battle it out at oyster festival
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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Fourth defeat for Camborne
Camborne 12pts Barnstaple 32pts CAMBORNE suffered a fourth successive heavy league defeat despite holding an eight point lead at the half hour mark. There were already worrying signs at this point when their young pack that had started well had lost
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Council denies it plans to close primary schools
THE county council has today denied that it plans to close up to 34 primary schools in Cornwall after a report appearing to recommend this option was published accidentally on the web. The report was published on the county council website yesterday
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National event has carrot of £1,000 prizemoney
THERE is over £1,000 of prize money at stake at the United Downs Raceway, when the track hosts its final national date of the year, on Sunday, October 7. The top prize for the Formula Two stock cars will be the coveted Old Motor Cycle Club Trophy. Ministox
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Boat owner told off for ignoring warning
A BOAT owner was given a stern talking to after setting out to sea while under the influence of alcohol in a boat not capable of coping with the adverse weather conditions. The man, in his 20s and from the Helford, had been advised by the coastguard
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Lib Dems are worse than the loony left!
PERHAPS this tight-fisted lot are cutting subsidies to save cash somewhere along the line! The Lib Dem MP for Falmouth-Camborne, Julia Goldsworthy, once said council tax is unfair because it's not based on people's ability to pay. I wrote telling her
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Money won’t be allowed ‘to talk’ on this occasion!
I WRITE with reference to the letter "Nimbies can't compete with the power of money" in last week's Packet. Having attended the recent council meeting, I for one firmly believe the recreation ground will now be saved from the developers who think they
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Another humourless layer of bureaucracy
IT would be interesting to know just what the office of race relations in Cornwall is actually supposed to be doing. We gather that it is run by a Ginny Harrison-White who, no doubt, is getting a fat salary (paid for by council tax payers) for doing
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Surely he understands that ministers delegate
I WRITE in response to Councillor Mennear's letter printed in the Packet on September 26 ("Minister simply passed the buck on road inquiry"). I have to say I was somewhat surprised to read of his disappointment not to receive a personal response from
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City caught cold by Bath
TRURO CITY 0 BATH CITY 1 C Holland City: J Chapman, J Ash, D Harris, T Smith, M Martin, J Broad, K Wills, I Gosling, S Tolley, A Watkins, S Walker. Subs: S Yetton, M Vercesi, J Skinner. Bath City: P Evans, S Simpson, J Rollo, G Jones, C Holland
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Wellington given boot by Truro
WELLINGTON 0pts TRURO 16pts THE value of planning your strategy and tightening up in certain areas paid off handsomely for Truro who pulled off a fine win away to Wellington. Truro's midweek training had focused on team-defence and set-piece play
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Think animal welfare when buying your food
A dark cloud has been cast over the farming industry this year - bird flu, flooding, foot and mouth and now bluetongue. It's been tough to say the least for farmers and animals alike. But if there is one thing it highlights, it's the need for all of
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Our essential services must be maintained
WE are writing to give our support to the firemen's cause. The fire stations need 24- hour coverage at all times - do we want another house fire or another Newquay hotel tragedy in the near future? It could happen if there is no 24-hour cover in Cornwall's
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Wendron
BURRAS: BURHOS METHODIST CHAPEL: The morning service was conducted by Mr Tom Richardson. The offering was taken up by Verity Bray and Rebecca Care. The organist was Mrs Janet Hearn. Happy birthday greetings went to Lucy Bray. Harvest festival services
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Breage
LEEDSTOWN: OVER 50s: Leedstown and District club celebrated their 25th anniversary at Leedstown chapel schoolroom. Thirty-six members attended and were entertained by the Godrevy Singers, who were excellent. All had a wonderful time with very good food
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Porthleven
PORTHLEVEN: APOSTOLIC CHURCH: The speaker at the morning service on Sunday was Sarah Chaplin. She spoke on the freedom that truth brings - that we should love, digest, speak and believe the truth. "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples
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Helston
HELSTON: ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH: Parish Communion celebrated the feast of St Michael and All Angels, or Michaelmas, with the Rector presiding and assisted by the Rev Dorothy Noakes, with Betty Booker, lay reader. Among the congregation was the Rev Grace
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Lizard area
MULLION: METHODIST MONDAY CLUB: The club's 2007-08 programme opened with a social evening at which leader Pauline Rowse welcomed Douglas George, president of Mullion's Arthritis Research Campaign fundraising committee, together with several other ARC
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Staff warned over council strike ballot
The chief executive of Carrick council has warned all council staff who are members of Unison that if they vote for a two-day strike they will lose two days' pay "and, for those in the pension scheme, the loss of two days' pensionable service." Mr John
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What a feast!
THE Cornwall Food and Drink Festival in Truro has been praised as a fantastic success with the number of people visiting the event well up on last year. Over 60 food and drink producers exhibited on Lemon Quay over the weekend with a wide variety of
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Entrance to hospital now off link road
The new Camborne-Redruth Hospital entrance, forming part of the Barncoose link road development, will open tomorrow. The layout of the new road will involve the permanent closure of the existing hospital entrance and the creation of a new vehicular entrance
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Rugby squad robbed
DEJECTED players from Redruth Rugby Club returned to their dressing room at half time, while losing 30-nil away to Cambridge, only to find that their personal possessions had been stolen. Players were so upset by what they found that they decided not
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Helston man is killed by car in Spain
Tributes have been paid to a Helston man killed in a road accident during a family holiday in Spain. Alan Pine, 58, who used to work as a security guard at RNAS Culdrose, was staying at a rented villa in the Murcia area with his wife, Liz, their children
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Motor show on the move
Fears for the future of Helston Motor Show have been allayed with the confirmation of a new venue for the premier event. The show, which celebrates its tenth anniversary next year, is moving to Wendron Football Club following a rift between the event's
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Legion club is told to close
THE Falmouth Royal British Legion Club was shut down suddenly on Friday for allegedly not following the conditions of its licence. The club, in Arwenack Street, was closed after police passed on evidence to Carrick district council which suggested that
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£1m lottery win for park and Pavilion
The National Lottery is putting up £1 million to restore and improve Falmouth's Gyllyngdune Gardens and Princess Pavilion with £58,100 of the money being made available immediately. A National Lottery official confirmed to the Packet this week that the
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Credit being claimed for things they voted against
I was surprised to receive a Liberal Democrat leaflet which claims that Cornwall's "relatively low unemployment," "new and improved schools" and other positive local changes are things that the Liberal Democrats "made happen." Liberal Democrat MPs
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Docks won’t survive if yacht marina is built
THE proposed yacht marina in the docks must surely bring to an end the prospect of a shipyard in Falmouth. After spending a couple of million pounds on creating a marina, what will the docks do when they discover that wealthy owners of shiny yachts do
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The offenders should be blamed, not the police
FREQUENTLY when an incident with an undesirable ending to it occurs on the road or elsewhere and the police are involved it always appears to be portrayed that the police are the ones at fault, which I think is unjustified. Several years ago, my daughter
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About time the council acted tough on rubbish!
I WAS pleased to read that Carrick council is at last getting tough with people who put their rubbish out too early for collection. These inconsiderate people are responsible for the mess on our streets and it is only right that they should be fined for
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State-of-the-art pipelay vessel is unusual sight in port
Subsea 7's new state-of-the-art deepwater rigid pipelay vessel Seven Oceans made an overnight call at the docks on Monday before sailing on its first major installation project, for the Chevron Blind Faith development in the Gulf of Mexico. Carrying
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Bunkering firm pulls plug on operations at Portland
Just weeks after the introduction of the North Sea and English Channel SECA's (Sulphur Control Emissions Areas), which has seen Falmouth playing a major role in supplying low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) to ships, BP Marine is pulling the plug on its bunkering
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New tug will bring continued success to towage company
Docks-based Marine Towage Services (MTS) is going from strength to strength with all of its tugs currently engaged in towage activities around Europe and the company has a new powerful tug under construction. The tug, MTS Taktow, which has been used
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High Tides
FALMOUTH Thursday, October 4 10.38 (4.3) 23.49 (4.0) Friday, October 5 12.26 (4.2)------------ Saturday, October 6 01.25 (4.1) 13.46 (4.4) Sunday, October 7 02.33 (4.4) 14.45 (4.7) Monday, October 8 03.21 (4.7) 15.30 (5.0) Tuesday
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Shipping intelligence
Tuesday, September 25 Maltese bulker Iolcos Destiny (40,485/06) sailed from Falmouth Bay for Rotterdam. Barbadian coaster Torrent (999/92) moved from Falmouth Bay to load stone at Porthoustock and sailed for Shoreham. Luxemborg tanker FS Vanessa (11,118
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Port vacancy for commissioner
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners have a vacancy for a new board member to join seven other commissioners in the management of the Trust Port of Falmouth, which has a turnover in excess of £1 million and a geographic area of about 16 square miles. The role
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Sail exhibition
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is holding an exhibition to celebrate the interesting and diverse history of the Falmouth Sail Training Ships (FSTS). An exhibition exploring the photographic diaries of the FST from 1946 to the present day is described
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Swell stops call
A heavy south easterly swell prevented passengers from the German operated cruise ship Maxim Gorky from tendering to the shore when the vessel anchored in the bay on Monday morning. The ship stayed for two hours before resuming her cruise to Cobh.
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Budock
BUDOCK: PARISH CHURCH: A large congregation enjoyed the service of sung eucharist, in which the sermon by the Rev Geoffrey Bennett focused on the need for St Budock to be a Biblical Church and to follow the teaching of the Bible, which, he said, is not
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Flushing
FLUSHING: COFFEE MORNING: An event held in aid of MacMillan's "world's biggest coffee morning" was held at Bodrennick in Flushing, and was attended by 70 people from the village and neighbourhood. Around £580 was made for MacMillan cancer support. Mariquita
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Mylor
MYLOR BRIDGE: OVER FIFTIES CLUB: The Over Fifties club met on September 26. A pleasant afternoon was spent discussing the club's next meetings , which will be October 10 at the parish hall and October 24 in one of the smaller rooms at the Tremayne Hall
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New Westminster team for Julia
It's all change at Julia Goldsworthy's Westminster office, following the promotion of her researcher, Sam Cannicott to the role of Education Adviser to the Liberal Democrats. Sam has been replaced by Fran Sims, with Jen Harrison joining the team to provide
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Constantine
CONSTANTINE: HISTORY GROUP: The subject at the September meeting was agriculture. Sylvia Dunstan gave a very funny and interesting talk on what ensued when she encouraged her husband to keep some saddleback pigs. It was decided to show them at the Royal
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Falmouth & Penryn Parish News
FALMOUTH:ALL SAINTS' CHURCH: "War breaks out in heaven," is a headline which in newspapers would be a surefire winner, yet this is what we read in the book of Revelation, chapter 12 vv 7-12, and was the second lesson in the sung parish mass read by Derek
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Narrow defeat for Cornwall
CORNWALL under 17s badminton team travelled to Bournemouth to compete in their second match on the South West Counties League circuit for what was always going to be a very tight match and a marker to gauge the Duchy's improvement over the previous seasons
