THE Mayor of Falmouth has said how pleased he was that the majority of protests in Falmouth during the G7 summit were respectful to the town.

In a letter to the Packet following the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cllr Steve Eva said in the two week run-up to the event he had been talking daily with the police and security stationed here.

They had been telling him that Falmouth had been the best place they had ever worked, with many saying they will be returning to the town in the future for a holiday.

The mega ferry MS Silja Europa, was moored at Falmouth Docks housing 1,000 officers from all over the country to provide police cover during the G7 summit. Police and security staff were also housed one of the world’s largest cruise/ferries to accommodate around 1,000 officers being drafted into Cornwall to protect leaders of the G7 meeting.

The ship was targeted by environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion on Saturday evening. During the day thousands of Extinction Rebellion protestors gathered in the town to make their feelings known about the environmental emergency.

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In the letter Cllr Eva praised the activists with only one protest group being disrespectful.

"I am so pleased that although we have had many protest groups all except one Kill The Bill were respectful of our town and I would personally like to thank them all for their respectful protest actions

"The G7 is now over and the town will by this weekend be back to normal and will be open to the tourists to enjoy all that Falmouth has to offer."

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He said he would miss seeing police in the town and lamented the lack of the 'Bobby on the Beat' since the death of much missed town community police officer PC Andy Hocking.

You can read the full letter here.