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CRICKET: Shropshire thrash Cornwall
CORNWALL crashed to a two-day Unicorns Counties Championship defeat on Monday against Shropshire at St Austell. They were outplayed and a lot of it was down to the current Unicorns and former Yorkshire quick bowler Ben Sanderson. The 25 year
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SAILING: Sailors tackle challenging conditions for sixth leg of Hine-Downing Series in Flushing
BRIGHT sun, light fickle breezes and a very high tide reaching 5.5 metres at 8.30 pm gave challenges to helms and crew for the whole evening of the sixth race of the Hine Downing series. There were two unusual races, the large working boats had
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TRIATHLON: Team GB's Mark Lewarne helping charity marathon swimmers
A TEAM GB triathlete will be helping swimmers raise money on Saturday and Sunday for a marathon effort. Mark Lewarne, who is also a teacher at Penryn College, will be at Cornwall Pools showroom in Indian Queens as 28 teams of up to five people
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Falmouth council grant helps fund youth rugby tour of Spain
Councillors in Falmouth have given a £500 grant to help a rugby team of 21 young boys achieve their goal of touring Spain. Falmouth U12s Rugby Club needs to raise £7,000 to travel to a tournament in Barcelona, with players taking on odd jobs to
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See you Jimmy
This year singer/songwriter Jimmy Livingstone set off on his first headline UK tour, covering Penzance to Glasgow and everywhere in between - it was such a success he’s setting off on another bringing him to Miss Peapods on Saturday. Gathering
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Sewage battle takes to the beach at Godrevy
Surfers and water users will take to the beach this weekend in the battle to get South West Water to deal with repeated sewage discharges into bathing waters at Godrevy. On Saturday at 1.30pm, beach users and Surfers Against Sewage supporters will
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House of Eliot
Falmouth duo Lily & Meg are just one of the acts that will be adding their intricate harmonies and beautiful songs to the sound of summer as they play the Port Eliot festival this weekend. Having a year off in 2013, Port Eliot returns like
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A30 closed eastbound after serious crash near Chiverton Cross
A serious crash is causing problems on the A30, with eastbound lanes closed and traffic backing up. The lanes are closed due to accident between A3075 / A390 / B3277 (Chiverton Cross Roundabout) and B3284 (Perranporth Turn Off). This follows
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Townshend News
VILLAGE HALL: The Tales of a Wildlife Photographer is an amusing and illustrated talk by David Chapman, and will take place on Saturday at 7.30pm , followed by refreshments. The entrance is by donation on the door and the evening is being held to raise
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St Sithney Church
Before the start of the sung eucharist on Sunday the Rev John Palmer presented Peggy and Don Macgregor with a card and a bouquet of flowers from the church. Peggy and Don will be celebrating their sixty fifth wedding anniversary on July 23.
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Crowan and Sithney
CROWAN CHURCH: Crowan's beautiful bells called the congregation to Sunday’s service at 11am service at St Crewena church. The Rev Tony Seymour led the service The music was by Christine and readers were Ann Trevenen-Jenkin and Pam Old. Prayers
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Mawgan Parish Church
Morning Prayer on Sunday, taken by the Rev Heather Aston, included the baptism of Zachary Thomas Williams. Proud parents Nicola and Matthew, who got married in Mawgan Church, together with godparents Barry Williams, Rebecca Bosustow (also married
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Trinity Methodist
The stewards led the service on Sunday, with Donald giving the message. The theme was "being neighbourly. Rex read the lesson from Luke the story of The Good Samaritan and also acted out a short sketch with Donald which showed us a side "of not
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Trewennack Methodist Church
Sunday worship was led by Sarah Fuller, with music provided by David, Matt, Tim and Andy Wingham. Sarah's theme was "We are what we eat" with the added advise that not everything we fancy does us good but God will provide what is really needed.
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St Bartholomew's Church
Sunday's service for the fifth Sunday after Trinity was taken by Father Peter Johnson. The first lesson and the Psalm were read by Phyllis Whiting and the second lesson by Maggie Higgins. Andrew Woods was the organist. This week's services will
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Porthleven Apostolic Church
On Sunday we were delighted to have Steve Dunford with us as guest speaker all the way from Bridgend in South Wales, and we loved the way he brought the Bible to life. On Saturday morning a successful community coffee morning was held in support
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Warning after boat door forced in Falmouth theft
Officers from Falmouth Boat Watch are investigating a theft from a boat on its mooring in Falmouth harbour, in which items were taken after the door was forced. If you have any information call 101 and quote reference CR/087654/14.
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Porthleven Christadelphian Church
President for the day on Sunday was Peter Kitchen who welcomed the speaker, David Dunstan and visitors from Reading, Wythall and Halesowen. On Sunday afternoon David didn’t use the daily reading from Jeremiah which many think is full of doom and
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NHS workers to be balloted over strike action
Hundreds of thousands of NHS workers are to be balloted over strike action in a row over pay it, has been announced. Union Unison said it is to ask 300,000 of its members to back walkouts following the Government's decision not to accept a recommended
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Porthleven Women's Institute
The July meeting was a fun evening. The speaker was Madhu Greet owner of a lovely gallery and worship in our village called Tesserae. She started by giving a small talk on the origin of mosaic, tesserae means small pieces of stone, glass or other
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Woman kicked and punched on Penzance promenade
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in Penzance promenade shelter. The 62-year-old local woman was attacked in a shelter on the Promenade in Penzance, near Alexandra Road, at around 2am on Sunday, July 20. A white
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Crimewatch reconstruction of death of Alan Jeal at Perranporth
The mystery surrounding the death of Alan Jeal, after his naked body was found on Perranporth Beach will be featured on BBC’s Crimewatch programme in a national appeal for information five months on. The show, broadcast tonight, Tuesday 22 July
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Police charge Liskeard man with attempted rape of 17-year-old
Police have charged a Liskeard man in connection with an attempted rape of a 17-year-old woman in the town on Tuesday 15 July. Sean Frayling, 33, of Evely Court, Liskeard, has been charged with attempted rape and appeared before Bodmin Magistrates
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Leedstown News
METHODIST CHURCH: Tania Bird, Action for Children secretary for Leedstown, thanks everyone who contributed in any way to the church’s annual event to support the work of the charity within Cornwall. With local preacher, Ruby Brown, she and other
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Cornwall Council bids for millions to rebuild Helston College
Cornwall Council has applied for funding from the government’s 'Priority Schools Building Programme' to rebuild or refurbish six schools in Cornwall, including dilapidated Helston College buildings. Minister of State David Laws announced in May
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St Michael's Church, Helston
The Rev Jane Bradbury presided at parish communion, assisted by Canon David Miller. The gospel reading concerning a wheat crop maliciously over-sown with weeds provided a powerful theme for lay reader Betty Booker’s sermon. Old questions of
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Helston Methodist Church
On a very hot morning, Susan Bennetts took the service on Sunday and the theme and the sermon concerned planting seeds and reaping. Kevin Archbold, Tony Fairless and Tony Massey took part in a dramatic reading and Edna Angove read from the Bible
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Cury News
ST CORENTYN'S CHURCH: The Trinity Five service was led by Father Shane Griffiths taking as his theme the Parable of the Sower. Readings were by Gill Bayliss and Margaret Bostock with John Lawrance reading Psalm 139. METHODIST CHURCH: The service
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Cornish Rebels beat North Devon Raiders 40-32
THE Cornish Rebels took another step closer to securing top-spot in the South West Permier League on Saturday with a close-run victory over North Devon Raiders at Barnstaple. Both teams had to work hard in an end-to-end match which was eventually
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Red carpet treatment as Marlborough School pupils enjoy end of term party: PICTURES
Marlborough School pupils enjoyed the red carpet treatment at an end of term prom on Friday. Pupils dressed in fancy dress and frocks for the sunny party at the school. Arriving children had a chance to pose on the red carpet, with parents
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Chynhale Chapel
The morning service was conducted by Mr Mills from Mullion and the pianist was Shirley Mildren. William Dale warmly welcomed Mr Mills to Chynhale and Roy Gilbert welcomed the congregation at the door. The message that Mr Mills gave was 'Why Jesus
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Mabe Ladies Choir
The choir took everyone by surprise at their Summer Fete at Mawnan Smith recently by spontaneously bursting into song. It may have helped boost sales as an amazing £700 was raised after just two hours of selling cakes, bric-a-brac, plants, mouth-watering
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Man snatches handbag and runs from train at Hayle
British Transport Police officers are appealing for information after man snatched a handbag and ran from a train at Hayle. Officers are trying to trace a potential witness following the theft, saying a number of people saw the alleged offence
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£400 grant to help Falmouth kids prepare for Oyster Festival parade
A grant of £400 to pay for artists to visit primary schools and prepare for the Falmouth Oyster Festival children’s parade has been agreed by town councillors. The council told applicant John Frankland that they would pay half of the requested
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Delays on A39 at Perranarworthal
Motorists are warned to expect delays on the A39 at Perranarworthal due to roadworks. Traffic is reported top be very heavy, with a convoy system is in operation. Delays are likely, with some trips between Falmouth and Truto taking an hour.
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Albany Place extension given green light
A plans to build a first floor extension at 4 Albany Place in Falmouth has been granted conditional approval by Cornwall Council.
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Fishing boat taking on water is towed to Falmouth
A fishing vessel taking on water was rescued by Falmouth all-weather lifeboat this morning after fears it may sink. The crew was paged by the coastguard this morning at 6:25am to go to the assistance of the 11 meter fishing boat Morel Margh some
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Tractor and transit van collide near Helston
A tractor and transit van collided on the main road between Helston and Redruth yesterday evening. Firefighters were called to a section of the B3297, near Helston, at 9.15pm. The two crews from Helston Fire Station found everyone to be out
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FOOTBALL: Young footballers sought at Leedstown United
YOUTH footballers are being sought for by Leedstown United. Anyone child aged between five and 13-years-old are being invited to come and play at the club. For more information, contact Nigel Griffiths by calling 07934 131710 People can also
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Edgcumbe Methodist Chapel
On Sunday the congregation were joined in worship by friends from Ponsanooth. William Thomas from St Ives led the service, Gwen Collins was organist and the offering was taken by Clive Mitchell. Coffee and biscuits were served by the ladies of the
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Falmouth Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr
The lunchtime concert on Saturday featured Robin Brown. He presented us with a most impressive and varied programme in which he not only sang but also played the trumpet beginning his recital with Haydn's lively Trumpet Concerto. Then Robin, former
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Relaunch for Falmouth Aquarium after welcoming 15,000 visitors
After welcoming 15,000 visitors through its doors since opening in 2012, Falmouth Aquarium has been rebranded with a new front window display, which takes in the town colours, and has new attractions inside too. At its re-launch last week, which
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Blow on the head knocks Perran Sands surfer unconscious: VIDEO
Lifeguards at Perranporth were on hand to give first aid to a surfer on the beach at Perran Sands after she was knocked unconcious. The women lost conciousness after she sustained a blow to the head by a surfboard. The casualty had to be lifted
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Two wheeled tourism firm sets up Helston motorcycle tours
A new two-wheeled initiative has rolled into town in order to promote tourism in Helston. Mercury Motorcycle Hire Ltd was opened officially by mayor Mike Thomas, who cutting the ribbon surrounded by a number of established local bikers and spectators
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Burglars smash window and steal jewellery from Falmouth home
Police are investigating a burglary which took place in the Queen Mary Road area of Falmouth overnight last Monday/Tuesday (July 7/8). A number of watches and items of jewellery were stolen after the culprits gained access to the property by smashing