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Assaulted two police officers, stole from store, plus more offences, but no jail time for Tracy Starling
Tracy Marie Starling, formerly of Falmouth, escaped an immediate prison sentence when she appeared before magistrates last week, but was made the subject of five suspended sentences, all to run concurrently. Starling, 33, who now lives in Pendeen
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April court date set for man accused of Culdrose runway lights fraud
A man charged with fraud worth £105,000 involving indicator lights for RNAS Culdrose's runway will face Truro Crown Court in April. Keith Andre Spicer, aged 39, of Great Beddow, Chelmsford, Essex, was not present at the most recent court hearing
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Flybe steps in to save Newquay to Southend air link
Flybe has stepped in to save the Newquay to Southend air route, after it was dropped by EasyJet. The company has announced a seventh route to Cornwall for summer with a three times weekly service on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays Paul Simmons
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Fallen tree and power cables on road cause problems near Mullion
The A3083 near Mullion is partially blocked due to fallen tree and fallen power cables near Chypons Road. Police are directing traffic. Awaiting power company to make repairs.
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One cut free from Helston crash
Firefighters were called to the B3297 at Wendron on Sunday after a crash involving two cars and four people. Two crews from Helston and the rescue tender from Camborne were called out to deal with the two vehicle RTC. There were four casualties
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Generous donation to Falmouth RNLI
After his brother, a RAF pilot, and a friend were rescued by the RNLI, a Ponsanooth man has made a generous donation to the Falmouth branch. At midday on Sunday, shortly after the lifeboats returned from exercise, Ben Ingall arrived at Falmouth
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Falmouth Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr
On Sunday the Rev Stephen Tudgey celebrated holy communion at 8.30am. This was followed at 10.30am by sung eucharist and the celebrant was Mr Tudgey. This was KCM's annual Patronal Festival and the service began with the choir singing Bruckner's
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Falmouth Gardeners' Club
Members holds their winter meetings at Merchants Manor on the third Tuesday of the month and held its AGM on January 21. As usual the business side of things was dealt with very quickly and a good lunch was enjoyed by all and followed by a quiz
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Penryn Women's Institute
One metre a minute is the rate a fire in the house spreads – an ominous warning. Members were keen to learn about fires safety in the home and visited Falmouth Community Fire Station for their January meeting. Prevention is the best way for safety.
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Falmouth Women's Institute
A very interesting speaker this week, Michael Griffiths, who is one of a team of Street Pastors in Falmouth. He told us how busy the town is at 3am when the clubs and pubs close. His team are very busy looking after very vulnerable people. They
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Roadshow promoting bid for Cornish Assembly rolls into Truro
Mebyon Kernow members took their campaign for a law-making Cornish Assembly onto Lemon Quay in Truro on Saturday. The event was the first in a series of roadshow events, which will promote MK’s campaign for greater powers to be devolved to Cornwall
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Treverva Male Voice Choir
Treverva’s first performance in 2014 will be at the Falmouth Bowling Club on Saturday, February 1 at 7.30pm. The event is the presentation evening for the disbursement of proceeds to local charities from the Harmony Choir Christmas Eve collection
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Falmouth Camera Club
The fourth and last points competition of the season was judged by Roy McBride (Truro) who gave a detailed analysis of each entry and gave helpful advice on presentation. In the general prints section, a study of early morning on Penryn River gave
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Falmouth Camera Club
The fourth and last points competition of the season was judged by Roy McBride (Truro) who gave a detailed analysis of each entry and gave helpful advice on presentation. In the general prints section, a study of early morning on Penryn River gave
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Penryn Camera Club
Members had a very successful evening bringing along digital images to show and tell us a little about them. We saw some astral photography and heard about the technicalities and equipment needed to take images such as the Orion Nebular and Jupiter
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All Saints' Parish Church, Falmouth
Third Sunday after Epiphany – The theme for this, the Sunday before Candlemass, was light. Father Stephen Drakeley, priest-in-charge, in his address identified two kinds of light – the physical light which lightens the darkness and enables us to
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Penryn Methodist Church
The covenant service on Sunday was taken by the Rev Mark Liddicoat and included the welcoming of Emily Mitchell as a member of the Methodist church. The opening hymn was, come let us use the grace divine. Lessons from Isaiah chapter 63, 1 Samuel
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'Entertainment and media entrepreneur' selected as Labour candidate for Redruth and Camborne seat
An 'entertainment and media entrepreneur' who lives in Port Navas and has worked with Chris Evans, Sacha Baron-Cohen and Anne Robinson has been selected to go head to head with sitting conservative MP, Defra minister George Eustice, at the next general
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Mosh the dog on cloud canine after winning Eden’s Best in Show
TV adventurer Monty Halls has chosen eight year old Mosh as the Eden Project’s first ever Best in Show at today’s Dogs’ Day Out. Mosh, who lives in Cubert near Newquay with owners Rebecca Terry and her son Rowan, won the coveted rosette at Eden
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Wall collapses into Penryn street
Part of Glasney Terrace in Penryn was closed to traffic on Sunday evening after a wall collapsed into the street. Police and fire services were called when the wall collapsed near the junction with Hill Head following heavy rain. At least one
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Competition to design Falmouth University ceremonial mace.
Falmouth is to celebrate its university status with a competition to design the University's ceremonial mace. Open to graduates, staff and current students, the competition offers a unique opportunity to be a part of a historic moment for both
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Police appeal after two Falmouth town centre burglaries
Police are investigating two burglaries which took place in Falmouth’s town centre between Saturday and Monday last week. The first took place in Market Street and the second in Killigrew Street – money was taken from both premises. Anyone
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Defeat against London Scottish leaves Pirates playoff hopes in the balance
London Scottish 25 Cornish Pirates 6 Cornish Pirates' now confirmed director of rugby, Ian Davies, said pre-match that he expected a tough Championship battle, and against a very good side that is making a serious challenge for the top four, and
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No plea by former parish councillor on child sex assault charges
A former Sithney parish councillor is due to appear before Truro Crown Court at the end of the month, to face charges of sexual assault on young girls. Brian Deacon, aged 69, of Merther Close, Sithney, entered no plea when he appeared before the
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Police appeal after watches stolen by burglars in St Austell
Detectives are investigating after two valuable watches were taken from a home in St Austell. Burglars broke into the property in Graham Avenue on Thursday afternoon (23 January) by smashing a patio window. The house was searched before the
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Traffic problems on A30 near Victoria after crash and hail storm
UPDATE: A30 now clear in both directions in the Victoria area. Ice, an earlier accident, and recovery work is causing problems on the A30 Eastbound at Victoria this morning. The A30 was partially blocked after a crash just after 6am when a
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One treated at scene for injuries after A30 crash
Firefighters were called to the A30 at Chybucca on Sunday morning after one vehicle crash. One appliance from Truro and the rescue tender from Camborne were mobilised just before 7.30am and confirmed no one was trapped. Crews gave general assistance
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Tree blocks road between Port Navas and Mawnan Smith
The road between Port Navas and Mawnan Smith is blocked in both directions by a fallen tree. Keep up to date with live traffic and travel with thepacket.co.uk here.
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Inspirational tale of sailing at lecture
In an engaging talk at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth on January 29, chairman, Ellen Winser, will share some of her adventures sailing 40,000 miles from St Mawes and back. On October 10, 1991 Ellen, her husband Tom and friend Jeremy Lang
