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Falmouth care home opens its doors for summer fete: PICTURES
Langholme care home in Falmouth threw open its doors to friends and family for its annual summer fete on Saturday afternoon. Opened by the mayor of Falmouth, John Body, the fair saw fun stalls, refreshments, cream teas as well as songs by choir
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Helston Hospital fete raises funds: PICTURES
Helston Community Hospital saw almost a 50 per cent rise in fundraising from its annual summer fete this year. Taking place last Wednesday, the event welcomed supporters and relatives of patients to enjoy a variety of stalls and refreshments, including
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Redruth police ask, do you know this woman?
POLICE in Redruth are asking for help from the public after an allegation of shoplifting in the town. Officers want to find the woman pictured above after a theft at the Wilkinson store in Fore St. Police say they hope she can help with their
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Two-year-old Pixie-Olivia is winner of Packet's 'Little Treasures' competition
THE votes are counted and the winner of the Packet’s 2014 Little Treasures competition can now be revealed. Out of almost 40 entrants, two-year-old Pixie-Olivia Doble from Truro collected the most votes and has won a family photo shoot with Christian
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SPORTS: Penryn pupils receive gongs for their sporting talents
STUDENTS at Penryn College celebrated their sporting achievements during an award ceremony. The fourth annual Sports Personality of the Year Awards to commemorate the efforts of pupils from the campus with prizes given out to the best performers
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Clean up of Porthleven WWI graves
Graves of Porthleven’s fallen in World War One are to be cleaned as part of anniversary commemorations in the port. Porthleven Methodist Church is carrying out the project on around a dozen graves, with the town council giving £250 towards the
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Mylor open garden raises funds for lifesaving RNLI work
An open garden and cream teas event held at the Mylor Churchtown home of Chris and Sue Spinks raised over £700 for the local RNLI at the weekend. Admission charges and donations came to £460 and a further £262 was made on the sale of shop souvenirs
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£100,000 grant to help transform Truro's Plans to transform Boscawen Park
Plans to transform one of Truro’s favourite parks have been given the green light thanks to a whopping £100,000 grant from SITA Cornwall Trust. This amount has been match-funded by Truro City Council and Cornwall Council Section 106 money, bringing
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St Ives lifeboat crew called out into 'boiling cauldron' at height of lightning storm: PICTURES
St Ives lifeboat crews were called out at the height of a huge lightning storm yesterday after multiple reports of a drifting boat 300m from Carbis Bay. The inshore lifeboat Colin Bramley Parker was launched into the harbour, "which looked more
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Mabe School one step closer to completing solar panel plan
Mabe School is one step closer to being able to install a solar roof this summer after a local solar farm developer has stepped in to help. Pupils and staff of Mabe School have raised nearly £11,000 to install solar panels on the school roof. This
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Three generations of Helston College headteachers at farewell concert for Pat McGovern
Three headteachers of Helston Community College joined last week for a concert to mark the departure of current head Dr Pat McGovern. Freddie Worrall and Dennis Johnson, the two other headteachers since the college became a comprehensive school
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Anti 'bedroom tax' MP Andrew George says 'I told you so' after Lib Dem u-turn
"Bedroom tax" rebel MP, Andrew George MP, has said, 'I told you so' after an analysis by the Department for Work and Pensions showed nearly 60 per cent of the 550,000 tenants affected were in rent arrears and only one in 20 had been able to move to
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Date set for Falmouth Festival funds fashion show
The annual fashion show which raises money for the Falmouth Festival Fund is to be held at the Princess Pavilion next Friday, July 25, from 7.30pm and will feature a guest performance by Preachin’ Country. Tickets cost £6.50 and are available from
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Love still growing as former Helston smallholders celebrate diamond wedding anniversary
They may be former smallholders but their love has continued to grow for a Helston couple who celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on Thursday. Eric and Betty Read live today at Tenderah Road, where they retired to in 1993. Before that,
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Major overnight fire at WC Rowe pasty factory in Falmouth: PICTURE and STATEMENT
Firefighters have been tackling a major fire all night at the WC Rowe factory in Falmouth. Crews worked through the night to bring the blaze under control on the Bickland Industrial Park in Bickland Water Road. The scene this morning shows
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Camborne footballers to tackle Shelterbox Carn Brea Everest Challenge
Camborne Park Football Club players will be raciing up and down Carn Brea next Sunday to help raise funds for ShelterBox. The team members will be taking part in the Shelterbox Carn Brea Everest Challenge for the fourth time and say they are going
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GOLF: Shield win for John and Sue at Budock Vean
COUPLES played for the Cook Martin Shield at Budock Vean Golf Club. Taking home the trophy were John and Sue Rule who carded a score of 69.5, ahead of Paul and Lesley Upperton who finished second on count back from Tricia Blatter and Tony Ramsden
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Cornwall's schools to receive £4.9million extra pupil funding
The Department for Education has announced that schools in Cornwall will receive £4.9m out of £390m extra pupil funding. Cornwall will be one of the 64 local authorities nationally see an increase in funding. Before today’s announcement, schools
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Tandem skydive raises funds for Mission to Seafarers
The Mission to Seafarers in Falmouth has benefitted from a 30th birthday tandem skydive. Simon Carter from Penryn was gifted a tandem skydive to celebrate his 30th birthday by his family, and decided to raise funds from the skydive for the Flying
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Anger as Swanpool 'polluted' by dumped garden waste
Swanpool Nature Reserve in Falmouth has “fallen victim to pollution from indiscriminate dumping of garden waste”, according to a group set up to manage it. The Nature Reserve is protected by Natural England and hosts a variety of flora and fauna
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Rescue after 100-year-old wooden Baltic Trading vessel loses mast off Lizard Point
The Lizard’s Tamar class all-weather lifeboat Rose launched on Thursday morning after the 100-year-old wooden Baltic Trading vessel Ruth lost its main mast three miles southwest of Lizard Point with with four people on board. The crew launched