25 YEARS AGO: Site for new police station revealed/Receivers called in to run care homes

Falmouth's new police station is to be built on a site in Dracaena Avenue within the next 15 months, provided planning consent is granted.

News of the latest site to be considered for the long awaited police station was revealed by police chief Eddie Hallet on Monday night.

Chief Supt Hallet told Falmouth's annual parish meeting the site now proposed is the area which currently houses the Shell garage, known to many as the former Lobbs Garage.

Mr Hallet said: "For some time we have had problems policing Falmouth from Penryn. "We have made various attempts over the years to find a site in the town to build the police station, but we have been thwarted by various problems.

"We have now found a sire in Dracaena Avenue and we are now applying for planning permission. Hopefully this will come to fruition.

One local resident voiced her 'disappointment' that the new station would not be in the town centre area. "We really need a strong police presence in the town," she said.

25 years: May 16, 1996

Receivers called in to run care homes

Two Falmouth care homes have gone into receivership and the owners claim the Government's Care in the Community programme has sunk them.

Accountants from Coopers and Lybrand took over the running of the Bethany Christian Retirement Home in Wood Lane and King Charles Court Nursing Home in Marlborough Road. Both are owned by Malcolm and Leonie Jarrett, proprietors of luxury boat builders M&L Yachts at Ponsharden.

King Charles has 19 residents and 35 employees and Bethany 16 residents and 20 employees.

Mr and Mrs Jarrett called in the receivers after pressure from their local bank.

They said the Bethany, which they bought in 1984, had always been profitable, but the King Charles Court, which they established in 1987 had suffered from changes brought in by Care in the Community.

25 years: May 16, 1996

Tackling the terrible toe biting terrapins

Alien terrapins living in the waters of Swanpool are biting the feet of birds that nest on the lake.

A number of birds have suffered serious injuries and now the invaders are to be rounded up and taken out in an exercise organised by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

The terrapins are threatening a wide variety of wildlife in the nationally important nature site and for those who dangle their toes in the water there can be a nasty surprise.