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Falmouth Town's unbeaten run ended by St Austell at Bickland Park
Falmouth Town 0 St Austell 3 Falmouth Town's unbeaten run in 2014 came to a disappointing end at Bickland Park after John Dent's side were beaten by 3-0 by St Austell. A sublime strike in the second half from Theo Stubbs, along with goals
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Cornish fans get first chance to buy tickets for Elbow Eden Sessions gig
Manchester band Elbow have been confirmed for the 2014 Eden Sessions, one of just a handful of UK shows they will play this summer. The five-piece will be playing at the Eden Project on Monday July 14 and tickets will initially be available only
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Skeleton found in Cornish cliff face cavity inside bronze age stone burial chest
A phone call reporting that parts of a skeleton had been found in a cavity in a Cornish cliff face may sound like a plot for TV detective show, but for two Cornwall Council staff it marked the beginning of an intriguing investigation. The council
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Porthleven Christadelphian Church
President on Sunday was Geoff Harry and the speaker in the afternoon was Bob Muxlow. Bob suggested that we can become very comfortable in our present situation and resist change. Bob pointed to the situation in the book of Romans when the early
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St Bartholomew's Church
Sunday's service for the second Sunday of Lent was taken by the Rev James Vincent. The first lesson was read by Phyllis Whiting, the second lesson by Maureen Williams, Francoise Ziemann led the intercessions and Andrew Woods was the organist. This
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Porthleven Methodist Church
Sunday morning worship was led by the minister, the Rev Beverly Turner, who spoke on Hope, illustrating her sermon from the first chapter of the book of Ruth. This chapter was read in dramatised version by members of the congregation: Venessa Williams
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Porthleven Apostolic Church
On Sunday Pastor Glen preached in the morning and Dan Rubens from Discovery Church came to preach in the evening. Meanwhile Pastor Glen went to Grace Church in Plymouth to speak about his recent trip to Burma and two girls from our church went
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Helston Methodist Church
Owing to the temporary closure of the first floor the decision was made to hold The Lizard and Mounts Bay Methodist Circuit Service for The Bible Society’ in the Epworth Hall. This was the original chapel, over 120 years ago. The Rev Daniel Reed
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Leedstown News
METHODIST CHURCH: The service on Sunday, March 23 will be held at 11am and taken by Tony Nicholas. Also at 11am, the Junior Church welcomes young people to join them in the Sunday schoolroom. At 5.40pm there will be community hymn singing followed
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Axe taken to Falmouth and Penryn library opening hours
Falmouth and Penryn libraries and Falmouth One Stop Shop will see an axe taken to their opening hours from June, with the towns amongst the biggest losers in the county. Falmouth will see its opening hours reduced from 39.5 a week to just 24.5,
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St Michael's Church, Helston
The huge magnolia tree by the lych gate, recognized locally as a true harbinger of spring, was in full bloom for the second Sunday in Lent. Canon David Miller both presided and preached at parish communion, assisted by the Rev Dorothy Noakes, the
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Helston Methodist Church
Esther Benny led the morning worship and took Love as the theme. John Buxton and Margaret Flinders read the lessons, and Margaret Bilkey played the organ. Mrs Benney read a lovely story about an American teenage girl who ran away from home and
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Cury News
METHODIST CHURCH: As there was no service this week members joined with Mullion for their United Service. The morning at Cury next week will be at 11am with the Rev Steve Swann. The coffee morning is on Thursday from 9–11am. SNOOKER CLUB: The A
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Mullion Horticulture Society
The photography workshop organised by the society proved to be a very interesting and informative evening. Local photography expert Tom Symons gave many hints and tips for producing a photograph worthy of entry in to the Horticultural Show.
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Mawgan Parish Church
Morning prayer on Sunday was taken by the Rev Heather Aston. In her sermon, referring to the readings about Abram and Nicodemus, she discussed God’s clear instructions about new beginnings. During Lent we may fail in our Lenten promises of new
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Ashton News
BALWEST METHODIST CHURCH: The church celebrated its 185th anniversary on Sunday. The service was conducted by the Superintendent Minister, the Rev Daniel Reed and the guest accompanist was Joan Hampton of Camborne. Joan Stevens arranged the beautiful
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Trewennack Methodist Church
Early communion service was conducted by the Rev Daniel Reed, who read from Acts chapter 8 and spoke about Philip obeying God and stepping away from Jerusalem out into the desert. God challenges us to leave our comfort zones and step out in faith to
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Wendron Parish Church
The celebrant and preacher at the service of holy communion on Sunday was the Rev Peter Bradford. Anne Veneear read the epistle and also played the organ. Mr Bradford read the gospel; Bevan Osborne led the intercession and with Henrietta Sandford
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Crowan Church
The bells rang out to welcome the congregation to the morning service on Sunday. The service was taken by the Rev Leslie Attwood and the music was played by Christine. Lessons were read by Chad and Sue who also read the prayers of intercession.
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Townshend Village Hall
The film club presents Flawless starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore. A crime drama set in 1960 London, where a soon to retire caretaker convinces a glass-ceiling constrained American executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer
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Godolphin Women's Institute
Many thanks to Steve Thompson for his entertaining presentation about Cornwall Air Ambulance, the first in Britain with a mission count of 24,217 in 27 years. Whilst beautiful Cornwall’s remote landscape of snowy moors, outcrops, cliffs and beaches
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Breage News
C OF E SCHOOL: Thank you to Miss Burgess who has kindly provided Red Class with an incubator and ten eggs which we are hoping will all hatch into little chicks! The incubator was set up last week – we are now on 21 day cycle. Nearer the time we will
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Metal theft rises in Cornwall despite police crack-down
Metal theft has risen by 29.1 per cent in Cornwall, despite a force-wide push to clamp down on the crime. Dubbed Op Tornado, it has seen police take part in a series of action days as the force tries to clamp down on metal theft across the region
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Godolphin Cross News
PRIMARY SCHOOL: Well done to everyone on World Book Day. The school was full of interesting and intriguing characters and all the children made a great effort and brought their favourite characters from treasured books and stories to life during the
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Edgcumbe Methodist Chapel
Sunday’s service was led by Dr Euan McPhee from Falmouth. Gwen Collins was the organist, the offering was taken by Clive Mitchell and Susan Pearce read a lesson. On Sunday evening Treverva Male Voice Choir gave an excellent concert and we would
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Stithians Methodist Church
The morning service on Sunday was led by Barrie May. There were Bible readings by Tony Langford and Anton Barkhuysen, and the organist was Colin Anthony. The evening service was led by the Rev Owen Blatchly. Janet Gluyas and Belinda Green contributed
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Mawnan Women's Institute
Spring was certainly in the air at our first meeting with our re-elected president, Jenny Ragg, welcoming 34 members, one new member and two visitors. She also welcomed Jean Kessell as our new treasurer with her assistant Emma Benney, and Sally
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Dragons do the double over Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates 5 London Welsh 20 Emerging comfortable 41-6 points victors when the two teams met at the Kassam Stadium, Oxford, at the end of October, London Welsh duly completed the double against the Pirates at the Mennaye Field on
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Child care tax break to let 'parents work more' in Cornwall
Cornish familes struggling with the rising cost of child care will receive a new £2,000-a-year tax break to allow parents to choose to go out and work longer hours. The scheme, unveiled on the eve of tomorrow's Budget and due to come into effect
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Penryn Camera Club
This week, Marie Minchington, DPAGB gave her presentation entitled My Way. Marie has exhibited both locally and nationally and describes herself as a prolific photographer of anything and everything that interests her. That was demonstrated by
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St Peter's Church
The holy communion service held Sunday, second Sunday of Lent, was celebrated by the Rev Andrew Stevenson, priest-in-charge, who in his sermon said that all successful relationships are based on faith and trust; it is true in inter-personal relationships
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Falmouth Mother's Club
Members were disappointed that the Mayor of Falmouth, Geoffrey Evans, was unable to join them at their meeting due to ill health – they wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him again soon. Everybody did enjoy their evening though by playing
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Falmouth Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr
On Sunday, the second Sunday in Lent, the Rev Stephen Tudgey celebrated holy communion at 8.30am. Sung matins was held at 10.30am with Mr Tudgey as priest-in-charge and lessons were read by Valerie Pitts and Anne Hennessy. The choir sang Thomas Attwood's
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Body found at bottom of cliff at Hell's Mouth
Police have confirmed that a man's body was discovered at the bottom of cliffs at Hell's Mouth near Godrevy yesterday morning. The body has been recovered following an operation by St Ives RNLI crews and Portreath cliff rescue team. A Devon
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'You have cancer' cruel hoax emails sent to people in Cornwall
Cornish people are among thousands sent hoax emails suggesting they have cancer. The messages that look like they are from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is suspected to be a scam. It says the contents are likely
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Pet cat rescued from Truro tree after climbing 25 feet
Firefighters were called to Highertown, Truro yesterday afternoon after a pet cat becake stuck 25 feet up a tree. ive firefighters from Truro attended a call just after 1pm after the report of the cat stuck up a tree by an RSPCA officer. Crews
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Flambards on the look out for new Ferdi the Fox
Flambards Theme Park has launched a countywide search to find a foxy new addition to its team. The Helston attraction is on the lookout for a very special new member of staff to take on the role of their famous costume character - Ferdi the Fox
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Concerns for welfare of missing man from St Columb
Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a man from St Columb, near Newquay, and are appealing for the public’s help in finding him. Christopher Porter, 48, was last seen at 7pm on Saturday, March 15 at his home address in the
