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End of week round-up: A look back at the last 7 days
The weekend is here, which can only mean one thing at thepacket.co.uk - it's time for a look back at the week in news, to catch-up on the headlines you might have missed. Perhaps the news with the most far-reaching consequences came on Tuesday,
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust withdraws from Cornwall Council partnership
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has withdrawn from a partnership with Cornwall Council. Known as “joint venture”, the trust was to have shared serves in Cornwall with the council and other healthcare partners. However, in a letter to staff
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Great chieftain o' the pudding race: Burns Night pictures
The call of SOS is not usually a welcome one – unless it stands for Share Our Supper. Porthleven and District RNLI invited people to do just that last Friday, when a Burns Night was organised at the Harbour Inn as part of the whole RNLI’s SOS Day
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Help needed to trace dodgy dealers
Police are asking for help tracing people selling equipment from the back of a van. Officers say calls relate to suspicious persons selling equipment from the back of hired vans and cars, especially around Falmouth and Helston, including Port Navas
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Camborne mental healthcare sex abuser jailed
A former health care assistant from Camborne was jailed yesterday for sexually abusing vulnerable women in Penzance. Michael Callon, of Pendarves View - and formerly Marazion - was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Truro Crown Court for
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Praze man threatened to bomb, shoot and kill ex-girlfriend
A man who sent text messages to his former girlfriend threatening to kill her, shoot her, and bomb her home was now a different man altogether, his solicitor told Truro magistrates. Before them was Liam Williams, age 24, of Carvolth, Praze, who
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Woman injured in accident on A30 at Redruth
A pedestrian has been seriously injured after an accident involving a lorry on the A30 near Redruth this afternoon. Emergency servicse were called to the scene, just before the Avers overbridge on the A30, at midday. The road has been
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Rubbish plan to give Falmouth seagulls the sack
New seagull-proof sacks look likely to be made available to residents in Falmouth in a bid to cut down on the amount of rubbish that is strewn across roads on collection day. People who leave unprotected plastic bin-bags outside their homes are
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Helston and Falmouth headteachers 'pleased' with ranking results
Secondary schools in Falmouth, Penryn, Helston and Mullion have all held their own in league tables published this week. Helston Community College performed particularly strongly, with headteacher Dr Pat McGovern saying that while the school was
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Plan to turn Falmouth park lodge into cafe
Plans are being drawn up for the conversion of Kimberley Park lodge from a home to a cafe/meeting room. The lodge is not listed, but it does sit within a conservation area so town clerk, Mark Williams, said any alterations to its exterior would
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Fate of HMS Cornwall to be decided
The government’s Disposal Services Authority will, in the next few months, decide the final fate of HMS Cornwall, the county’s former adopted warship. The DSA is inviting expressions of interest in tendering for the Type 22 frigates HMS Chatham
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Drink drive ban for Lizard pensioner
A 70-year-old man from The Lizard has appeared in court after he was caught drink driving around the peninsular village. Terence Roy Court, of South Parc, The Lizard, pleaded guilty to drink driving at Truro Magistrates’ Court last Monday.
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The Captain: Here's looking at you, 2013
With the year now well under way it seems only appropriate to start the collective pulses racing with a brief overview of what we have to look forward to in the coming months. Having watched the opening few fixtures of the African Cup of Nations
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Packet push helps fix Falmouth eyesore engine
The local MP first heard about it eight months ago, and it's had a flat tyre for at least a year, but now - after a little push from the Packet - the old fire engine on North Parade in Falmouth is looking serviceable again. A mechanic from Redruth
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Litter pick to uncover beauty of Loe Pool
Volunteers have helped uncover Loe Pool’s natural beauty from underneath a pile of rubbish. Despite only three people turning up to the litter pick organised by National Trust community ranger Greg Cross, they managed to collect a dozen bags of
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Masters says McCormick transfer was 'right decision' as keeper joins Oxford United
Goalkeeper Luke McCormick has left Truro City and joined npower League Two club Oxford United. McCormick, 29, joined City in November following his early release from prison. The ex-Plymouth Argyle player served four years of a seven year sentence
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UFO to touch down at Gwithian
A large spaceship is about to touch down on the north Cornish coast, but the 60-foot UFO, complete with flashing lights and smoke is actually a mobile venue rather than a visitation from outer space. Sandsifter, at Gwithian near Hayle, has teamed
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'Mood busting' novels and poetry books on prescription in Cornwall
A plan is in place to have 'mood busting' poetry and fiction books on prescription in Cornwall's libraries. The plan is part of a new vision for public libraries, with a series of national initiatives to be rolled out throughout 2013, including
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New board of directors for 'nearly insolvent' credit union
A Cornish credit union that had frozen loans to members has a new board of directors after "nearing insolvency" The change at Cornish Community Banking came after a meeting in Truro on Tuesday. The former board had suspended loans, however
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Goonhilly work to make Lancelot live again
Engineers are working to bring one of the antennas at Goonhilly Earth Station back to life. Five years after operations were shut down at the station on the Lizard Peninsula, the site is coming full circle. The antenna Goonhilly-4, fondly referred
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100-year-old steam cutter restoration underway in Falmouth
SC 26, an ex Royal Navy steam cutter that saw action at the Battle of Jutland aboard the cruiser HMS Falmouth, floated in the waters of Falmouth Harbour for the first time in more than 100 years when she was launched at Ponsharden last week. Greeting
