Falmouth Cricket Club has been given until the end of the month to raise the money it needs to benefit from a £150,000 grant. The club initially had until this weekend to find the £40,000 it needs to raise to benefit from the National Lottery' s Sport
THE looming threat of a firefighters' strike in Cornwall edged closer to reality after two crisis meetings were held to discuss possible industrial action. A committee meeting of the Cornwall brigade was held on Monday at St Austell fire station, when
The summer university run for young people in the area by Penryn College proved an outstanding success. Brainchild of former deputy head and director of sports at the college Dave Thomas, the programme received funding this year as it will for the next
A SIX-foot high memorial to Cornish hero Rick Rescorla, who died helping others escape the World Trade Centre after last year' s terrorist attack, is being unveiled in Hayle. A relief of a bronze eagle set into a large granite stone has been created in
Members of the Penryn Ladies Gig crew lost out on a major trophy when they received the third fastest time in the annual Great London Jubilee River Race at the weekend. A somewhat dejected crew lost the veteran' s trophy they won last year to Teignmouth
THE marking of mature trees near the site of a proposed housing development on the outskirts of Penryn has been greeted with concern by the town council. Writing to the council on behalf of the residents living in houses in the grounds of Kernick House
Books will be springing to life for under fours in Penryn and Falmouth libraries with the start of two new activities - Baby Bounce and Story Rhyme Time. Linking play with early books, the sessions will be fun, free and interactive for children and their
TWO grants of £540,000 and £1.39 million, from Objective One and the Heritage Lottery Fund, have financed the restoration and replanting of the world-acclaimed Trebah Garden, at Mawnan Smith, and provided the attraction with a new visitor centre. The
Thursday, September 5 Bahamian coaster Beate arrived from Belfast to load stone at Dean and sailed for Dagenham. British coaster Hoo Robin arrived from Newhaven to load stone at Dean Quarry and sailed for Newhaven. British gas carrier Isomeria arrived
Good news from the French port of Douarnenez where the former Falmouth Towage Company tug St Denys is moored in a local maritime museum dock. Falmouth businessman John Warren, son of the late Tony Warren, Falmouth's painter of the sea and ships, has returned
The cruise ship Van Gogh has been the centre of attraction with many locals this summer as she nears the end of a series of popular cruises from the port to the Mediterranean. This has prompted people to ask about her past history. Close inspection of
CHELTENHAM 42pts TRURO 23pts TRURO began their league campaign as they began their cup rugby, this time going down to an away defeat against Cheltenham at the Prince of Wales stadium. Although the city club have been unable to field anything like what
Truro's season ended in a most satisfactory manner at St Buryan on Saturday. Not only did their skipper Tom Sharp, in a teatime presentation ceremony on the outfield, receive the ECB Cornwall Premier League Trophy from league sponsor Mr Nigel Jolly, but
THE Mid Devon Star is this week teaming up with St Paul's Pre-School in Tiverton and a leading charity to launch an appeal on behalf of children living in desperate conditions. People throughout Mid Devon, especially children, are being asked to bring
The children's talent show at the Scarecrow Festival in Helston has been hailed as the best yet. One of the organisers, Allan Healey, said: "The standard was very high and it was a thoroughly good contest." Results: Over 11s - 1 Kirsty Charles, 11, singing
STAFF of AP Valves, in Helston, enjoyed a royal visit on Thursday from The Duke of York who called in to see the reasons behind the company's growing success. Prince Andrew toured their Water-ma-Trout factory as part of his first official public visit
STAFF of AP Valves, in Helston, enjoyed a royal visit on Thursday from The Duke of York who called in to see the reasons behind the company's growing success. Prince Andrew toured their Water-ma-Trout factory as part of his first official public visit
A WELL-KNOWN painter from Coverack is thought to have walked into the sea and drowned while depressed. The body of 72-year-old Forest Wearne has never been found following her disappearance in June last year. Two fisherman found the her car parked at
Four vintage fire engines affectionately known as the Green Goddesses have been brought out of mothballs and deployed to RNAS Culdrose as part of an emergency plan to train Royal Navy personnel in case of a firefighters' strike. Three hundred military
Cornwall's first property priced at almost £5 million officially went on the market yesterday. Redwood, overlooking the Helford River, is situated near Bar Road, one of the most expensive lines of property in the West Country. Its price guide in excess
After months of hard work by the show committee, the day finally dawned bright and fair for the Carleen and District Annual Village Show. Most of the staging had been completed the night before, but the hall was nevertheless a hive of activity from 8.00
The restoration of the harbour at Porthleven is a top priority for many local residents, according to a survey recently carried out in the port. The survey, conducted by consultants DeFacto as part of plans to draw up a vision for the future of Porthleven
A men's crew from Coverack Gig Club, rowing the Lark, won their class in Saturday's Great River Race, on the Thames, in London. The Cornish team completed the 22-mile course in an excellent time 2 hours, 21.57 seconds, just short of the gig class record
PENRYN 39pts CINDERFORD 21pts In the Powergen preliminary round game between Penryn and Cinderford the club from South West One were given a lesson in the harsh realities of cup rugby when a rampant Penryn totally out played them. This was no mean feat
Penryn Athletic 1 Liskeard Athletic 2 PENRYN Athletic slipped to their second Carlsberg SWL defeat of the season against an experienced Liskeard side at Kernick Road. While Penryn probably enjoyed the majority of the possession, Liskeard showed why they
FALMOUTH Fri, Sept 13 09.31 21.48 Sat, Sept 14 10.20 22.51 Sun, Sept 15 11.41 --.-- Mon, Sept 16 00.33 13.11 Tues, Sept 17 01.57 14.22 Wed, Sept 18 03.00 15.17 Thurs, Sept 19 03.48 16.00 TRURO: Add eight minutes. PENZANCE: Subtract 22 minutes. ST IVES
Cornwall's premier cricket clubs have met with the Jolly's Drinks Cornwall League management committee to discuss the future of ECB Premier League cricket in Cornwall. The LMC called the meeting to discuss the results of a survey recently carried out
OVER 600 bikers put on their leathers on Sunday to take part in the annual Martin Jennings Memorial run, raising over £2,000 for charity. Despite periods of torrential rain the motorcyclists formed up in Garras Wharf car park, Truro before heading off
Nobody could fail to be excited when watching gig rowers competing against each other in Newquay last week - the Ladies County Gig Championships were the best. Despite a choppy sea and, at times, a difficult wind, crews battled it out over two days with
Changes to the Government' s system of reimbursing the Royal Cornwall Hospital, at Treliske, for its treatment of visitors to the county will leave it significantly out of pocket. In a recent circular, the hospital staff were advised that there will be
Three pretty sisters had the honour to cut the first turf and so herald the start of work on a £14 million Knowledge Spa in Truro. Highly successful GCSE students, triplets, Helen, Elizabeth and Kate Armstrong, former students at from Richard Lander School
About 150 people took part in a sponsored walk on Sunday to raise money for breast cancer research, and remember a young woman from St Erme who died tragically of the disease. The walk, dubbed "Sharon' s Walk for Life," after 27-year-old Sharon Annear
Trustees of a Helston charity that has control over hundreds of thousands of pounds have revealed "serious irregularities" in their accounts. The Helston Downsland Charity issued a brief statement this week confirming that a police investigation is under
REDRUTH 21pts ROSSLYN PARK 29pts REDRUTH suffered their second successive National League Division Three (South) game when they were beaten 21-29 by Rosslyn Park at the Recreation Ground. This was a match of swaying fortunes and despite the defeat the
BIDEFORD 15pts Camborne 23pts Playing their first fixture in the Western Counties West League, Camborne, with a new playing structure, got off to the perfect start with an away success at Bideford. Ian Morgan gave the visitors the lead in the first minute
A MAJOR shake-up of council services could see Somerset losing out as the poor country cousin to big city rivals. Under plans drawn up by the Government, Somerset would have to vie for cash and services with Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter and Swindon. The
MANY of the West's top professionals will be playing in Oake Manor Golf Club's annual Pro-Am tournament on Sunday. The professionals will be chasing prize money of £4,000, while more than £2,000 worth of prizes are on offer to amateurs.
Part of Rosewarne car park, in Camborne, could be earmarked for skateboarders, to provide a safe place for them and to alleviate the ongoing problems of skateboarding in the town square. Town clerk Reg Bennett wrote to the police asking for something
Fears a colony of rats has infested the Greenbank area of Falmouth have proved to be unfounded after bait was left untouched. Warning notices had been put up in Dunstanville Terrace a couple of weeks ago informing people it was a rat infested area and
Parents and teachers are being urged to nominate their primary school to receive free milk at break times as part of National School Milk Week, to be held between October 7 and 13. The campaign intends to increase awareness of the availability of EU subsidised
A MASSIVE £44.68 million funding package for the construction of the new university campus at Penryn has been secured by The Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC). Combined with £2.2 million of SWRDA and Objective One funding already in place to cover
Pupils at Falmouth Community School were officially welcomed into their brand new classrooms on Tuesday when Doris Ansari, the county council' s executive member for Lifelong Learning, joined headteacher Sandra Critchley and chairman of governors Lincoln
A MASSIVE £44.68 million funding package for the construction of the new university campus at Penryn has been secured by The Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC). Combined with £2.2 million of SWRDA and Objective One funding already in place to cover
A list of Objective One "priority projects" in Camborne and Redruth has been presented to Kerrier' s cabinet. The list is intended to guide the council' s chief executive in his negotiations county-wide. But it gives an indication of the sort of projects
Stithians Lake, part of the South West Lakes Trust, is working in partnership with Falmouth College to set up its marine school. The trust, which itself is setting up a new activity centre and other facilities at Stithians, and is supported by Packet
THE lack of visible policing on the street is a constant complaint among people in Penryn, who are plagued by youths loitering in the town centre at night. But the town' s community policeman, PC Andy Hocking, said last week that putting more officers
Well over a 1,000 people turned up for last Sunday' s Party in the Park in Falmouth. A variety of bands from right across the county performed a wide range of music, keeping fans happy until the late evening. The party finished dead on ten o' clock, as
A GROUP of past and present Falmouth School students helped build an adventure playground for orphans while on a month' s expedition to Brazil. Matt Amos, James Tellam, James Hornblower, James Goldburn, Nathan Perry, Mark Spargo, Tom Johnson, Stuart Slater
Falmouth weatherman Tony Steele has delayed a journey to the four corners of the British mainland after a colleague had to withdraw from the trip for personnel reasons. But all is not lost. Mr Steele, who should have set off last week, will now take to
A PROPOSAL to make money for Penryn out of Shute Meadow car park has been greeted with caution by members of the town council. Coun Mark Snowdon suggested to councillors that the facility could be better utilised to raise money for the town. He said the
A FALMOUTH project to get more disabled people afloat has been given a £5,000 boost by the national lottery. Falmouth Sailability is a local scheme which has for the past four years enabled dozens of disabled people to enjoy the fun of sailing. Until
A forgotten air raid shelter has been unearthed during the building of the new bowling alley in Falmouth. Richard Harris, manager of the soon to be opened bowling alley on Pendennis Rise, said it was a complete surprise when they discovered the bunker
AN application to build a six-storey block of flats on Fish Strand Hill, Falmouth, has been turned down for the second time. A planning inspector dismissed an appeal by Motorbalance Ltd and Patterson Development to build 44 sheltered flats on the site
A LONE piper played the same tunes on Trebah Beach on Sunday as those he played on D-Day in 1944 to lead 4 Commando ashore. Piper Bill Millin was taking part in a Military Day at Trebah Garden, near Falmouth, to remember those in the Allied Airborne Forces
The replica barque Endeavour will not be coming to Falmouth this year due to a change in her UK itinerary. Instead it is likely the beautiful sailing ship will arrive here in mid-March 2003. Endeavour is an exact replica of Captain Cook's original Endeavour
HMS Echo, the Royal Navy's new multi-role oceanographic ship, a unit of the Hydrographic Surveying Squadron (HSS) arrives for a 24 stay alongside at the docks on Saturday evening to carry out trials work before sailing again on Sunday. The 3,500 ton Echo
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend but the A&P Group, owners of Falmouth docks, have won a dazzling contract from De Beers Marine (South Africa) to convert the 5,939 dwt diamond mining vessel Gariep at their new Hebburn facility on the Tyne. New
TRURO CITY 0 PORTHLEVEN 3 TRURO City had their unbeaten record whipped away from them at Treyew Road on Saturday when Porthleven outplayed them in their Carlsberg SWL clash. City never got into the game at any stage and were fortunate that they conceded
Cornwall's premier cricket clubs have met with the Jolly's Drinks Cornwall League management committee to discuss the future of ECB Premier League cricket in Cornwall. The LMC called the meeting to discuss the results of a survey recently carried out
Cornwall Trading Standards Service has vowed to crack down on the local motor trade as problems with cars again top the list of complaints received from the Cornish public. Complaints are received daily about all aspects of the motor trade, but the vast
The 23nd Annual Porkellis Village Produce and Craft Show took place in the village hall at Porkellis on Saturday. The flower entries were up this year and home produce, photography and the floral arrangement sections were well supported. The show was
The National Seal Sanctuary at Gweek, forming part of the Sea Life network was amazed to discover its reputation for seal rescuing expertise has spread even further than they imagined, over 4,000 miles! A request arrived in Helsinki Sea Life Centre from
Trannack Community Primary school has been praised as a good school with many "good and very good features" in a report by government inspectors. It also highlights the quality of teaching, the care and support provided for pupils, the very effective
PERCY Tripp, a member of Helston Short Mat Bowls Club, has been selected to play short mat bowls for England. Percy has been bowling for 14 years, having started playing for his works team ETS at Helston School. He has been playing for Cornwall for ten
Falmouth Town 4 Bristol Manor Farm 2 For the second time in the space of a week, Falmouth Town entertained Bristol Manor Farm at Bickland Park and with the end result, a Town victory, being the same as the first game, Town proceeded into the second qualifying
Cornwall's premier cricket clubs have met with the Jolly's Drinks Cornwall League management committee to discuss the future of ECB Premier League cricket in Cornwall. The LMC called the meeting to discuss the results of a survey recently carried out
DEVELOPERS have unveiled plans for more than 500 homes and jobs-boosting business premises on Norton Fitzwarren's Taunton Trading Estate. Birmingham-based St Modwen Develop-ments has applied for outline planning permission to re-develop 60 acres of land
A SEVERELY dyslexic Norton Fitzwarren girl has been told she must leave her special school unless her mother finds £5,000 to pay off fees she owes. Somerset County Council decided 13-year-old Rita Hamilton could be educated in a state school and will
BISHOPS Lydeard's parish church has launched a £200,000 appeal after the shock discovery that the whole roof is in danger of collapsing within a couple of years. Victorian cowboy builders are being blamed for a bodge job which led to rotting timbers and
PLANS to build 52 new homes on the site of the former Fox Brothers weaving shed at Tonedale have been lodged. Developers Barratt Homes of Exeter have put forward plans for 12 units of two- and three-storey social housing. Taunton Deane Council is expected
TRURO CITY 0 PORTHLEVEN 3 TRURO City had their unbeaten record whipped away from them at Treyew Road on Saturday when Porthleven outplayed them in their Carlsberg SWL clash. City never got into the game at any stage and were fortunate that they conceded
HELSTON 0 GOONHAVERN 3 HELSTON went down to their first-ever Jolly's Combination League defeat against Goonhavern after a poor display at Kellaway Parc. The visitors took the lead after just 10 minutes following Helston's inability to close down play
MARY Ann Owens, a journalist with Gannett News Service - part of Newsquest's American parent company Gannett to which Packet Newspapers belong - was driving along Washington Boulevard, by the side of the Pentagon, on September 11, 2001, when a hijacked
Cornwall Trading Standards Service has vowed to crack down on the local motor trade as problems with cars again top the list of complaints received from the Cornish public. Complaints are received daily about all aspects of the motor trade, but the vast
An octopus trawled up in the nets of a Helston fisherman has amazed staff at Newquay' s Blue Reef Aquarium by learning how to unscrew jars to get at the food inside. The half-metre-long Mediterranean octopus was taken to the aquarium by Chris Bean who
Making archives and archive catalogues internet-friendly and, therefore, more easily accessible is a mammoth, yet necessary task for the Truro-based Cornwall Record Office. The department is currently undertaking an ambitious programme of work to make
BUDDING boat designer Dan Matthew, from Perranporth, will be displaying his entry to the Concept Boat 2002 competition at Southampton Boat Show. Dan' s "Concept Rower 2002" will be one of just 20 leading entries receiving special attention in a display
Developers constructing a two-storey office block in front of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall want to dump the scheme and build six luxury flats instead. They cite the economic climate as the reason for a change of plan at the waterside site in
It was a case of too little too late for Camborne at Grampound Road on Saturday. Arguably they ended the season as the in-form team in the Premier League having all but got the better of St Buryan, gained a winning draw at Menheniot then gained a 35 run
Cornwall's premier cricket clubs have met with the Jolly's Drinks Cornwall League management committee to discuss the future of ECB Premier League cricket in Cornwall. The LMC called the meeting to discuss the results of a survey recently carried out
ENGLAND'S blind cricket team are to spend two days at the County Ground, Taunton, next weekend preparing for their overseas tour to India. All visually impaired people in the area have been invited to go along on the Sunday to get a taste of the game
SOMERSET'S long serving all-rounder Graham Rose is retiring from first class cricket at the end of this season. Rose, who is 38, joined Somerset in 1987 and has since played in nearly 250 first class matches, scoring more than 8,500 runs and taking almost
ENGLAND'S blind cricket team are to spend two days at the County Ground, Taunton, next weekend preparing for their overseas tour to India. All visually impaired people in the area have been invited to go along on the Sunday to get a taste of the game
SOMERSET'S long serving all-rounder Graham Rose is retiring from first class cricket at the end of this season. Rose, who is 38, joined Somerset in 1987 and has since played in nearly 250 first class matches, scoring more than 8,500 runs and taking almost
Over 40 keen youngsters took to the streets of Pengegon, on Saturday, to help the new street wardens clean up the area. The children, along with adult volunteers and the Streets Ahead team, filled two skips with rubbish. Environmental Support Works co-ordinator
The much discussed and controversial Anchor warehouse site at the gateway to Penryn, has now been sold. It development will now be up to the key directors of Falmouth' s Melvill Court development who are expected to use it for both commercial and residential
OVER 600 bikers put on their leathers on Sunday to take part in the annual Martin Jennings Memorial run, raising over £2,000 for charity. Despite periods of torrential rain the motorcyclists formed up in Garras Wharf car park, Truro before heading off
OVER 600 bikers put on their leathers on Sunday to take part in the annual Martin Jennings Memorial run, raising over £2,000 for charity. Despite periods of torrential rain the motorcyclists formed up in Garras Wharf car park, Truro before heading off
A cheque for more than £500 has been handed over to Nick Lake, chairman of Pirate Trust, which will go towards the provision of wheelchairs for three local children. Another £500 has gone to the Child Victims of Crime. More than £1,000 was raised when
