THE father of a naval rating who shot himself during a 22-hour armed siege in Helston last November has claimed the police prevented him from saving his son's life. Philip Wardle, from Lancashire, spoke out after it was announced that criminal charges
THERE will be a party atmosphere in Helston tomorrow night for the switching on of the town's Christmas lights. A full evening's programme of entertainment for all the family is planned, including a procession with an Oriental theme, street theatre, stalls
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Budock parish councillor Peter Solheim have searched two beaches for evidence to try and find out where he was killed. Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police have searched two new locations - Long Beach, at St Mawes
IT was business as usual for the Cury Hunt on Saturday when they held their first meet after legislation was passed to ban hunting with dogs in England and Wales. Riders and hunt followers gathering at a Mullion farm heard Mark Davidson, chairman of the
RESIDENTS of Mawnan Smith were horrified to find that a 45-foot Tetra mast had been erected at a nearby farm last Wednesday - without planning permission or full consultation. The main topic on the agenda at the meeting of Mawnan parish council, last
A HOST of weird and wonderful money-spinning activities took place in and around Helston for the annual Children in Need fundraising extravaganza on Friday. Some creative outfits were on display at Helston Community College, where a fancy dress competition
Mole Valley Farmers is to sponsor the Mole Valley Farmers Nuffield Award, a bi-annual scholarship aimed specifically at applicants from within its four main trading counties, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. Company chairman Ranald Fowler said: "
BURNHAM gave their best team performance of the season in this away match on Saturday to notch up their sixth successive victory. They started with Elliott Lamb at wing back and moved Kyle McErlain into central defence, where he excelled in the abscence
MIDFIELDER Craig Hirons has rocked Burnham United by leaving them for junior club Highbridge Town. They play four grades below Somerset County Premier side Burnham in Division One of the Taunton and District League. Hirons made his debut for Highbridge
PETE Toogood expects to become sole owner and promoter of Somerset Rebels speedway team in the next week or so. The 55-year-old, Wiltshire-based property developer, co-promoter for the last year, said this week that he had "almost reached agreement" with
THE pioneering Chard and Ilminster Community Just-ice Project is taking a ma-jor stride forward this week as the panel's first volunteers get their training. The nation's eyes will be firmly focused on the area to track the development of the project
YEOVIL Town will have to put any thoughts of FA Cup glory out of their minds for the time being when they travel to Lincoln City on Saturday for their latest excursion in the Coca-Cola League Two (writes Steve Sowden). And Tuesday night's FA Cup hero
IT was probably written in tablets of stone that Yeovil Town's tenacious midfield dynamo Darren Way would score the winner to send the club through to the FA Cup Second Round -- after all it was his 200th competitive game for the Glovers (writes Steve
Yeovil Town defender Scott Guyett scored his first goal for the club following his summer move from Chester City against Southend United on Saturday - and he certainly knew how to celebrate! Boss Gary Johnson said: "I'm sure it was a marvellous moment
Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson explained why supporters saw defender Colin Miles receive some treatment at the end of the cup victory over Darlington while the rest of his team-mates celebrated. Johnson revealed that Miles had not been feeling very
Following Yeovil Town's 1-0 FA Cup success over Darlington, tickets for the Second Round clash at Southern League outfit Histon will go on sale on Sunday (Nov 28). Yeovil have only been given a limited number of tickets for the match at Histon which will
Tuesday, November 16 British salvage tug Anglian Princess (2,258/02) arrived from Mount's Bay and anchored in the bay. Wednesday,November 17 Gibraltar-registered tanker Claus (4,500/04) arrived from Milford Haven and anchored in the bay to await orders
EFFORTS were being made yesterday to identify the body of a man who was killed after being struck by a train on the main railway line near Redruth The incident happened on Monday at an isolated foot crossing between Treleigh Industrial Estate and Mount
GANGS of youths responsible for crimes in Illogan will be subject to new dispersal powers granted to police last week. Kerrier district council agreed to allow police to break up groups of young people and send them homes if their presence resulted in
THERE was a bevy of not so beautiful babes at the Pool School and Community College Miss World competition in aid of Children in Need on Friday. Fortunately those in the competition did not hope to take up the challenge seriously as they were all male
THE national press were working themselves up into a lather at the weekend over a group of self-styled surf warriors dedicated to clearing the north Cornwall coast of wannabe surfers. The story started following the daubing of "locals only" on the Portreath
St Stythians Youth Band went to this year's South West Brass Band Association Championships at Torquay for the first time and won the junior section. The band, currently comprising of 18 players, performed the test piece The Young In Heart, composed by
DAVID Miliband, the Minister for School Standards, was in Cornwall last week to officially open a state-of-the-art classroom in Camborne. Called the CPR Learning Space, it has been built in partnership with the county council using a £1.3m grant from
OVER 2,000 homes in Falmouth were left without power yesterday after a JCB digger working in the Goldenbank area cut through a major power line. Offices and homes, including Falmouth Business Park, where the Packet is based, were abruptly plunged into
RUSSIAN explorer Fedor Konyukhov left Falmouth's Kings Wharf dock yesterday morning to begin his epic round-the-world voyage. He has been moored alongside the pontoon in front of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in his giant maxi yacht Trading Network
RUSSIAN explorer Fedor Konyukhov left Falmouth's Kings Wharf dock yesterday morning to begin his epic round-the-world voyage. He has been moored alongside the pontoon in front of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in his giant maxi yacht Trading Network
Detectives investigating the murder of Peter Solheim, a former Budock parish councillor, have this week searched two local beaches. Officers from the Tactical Aid Group undertook the searches at Porthbeor Beach near St Mawes and Porthoustock Beach, near
SIXTH-form students at 20 schools throughout the South West will compete to create redevelopment plans for Plymouth's Millbay area - one of the region's top-priority regeneration sites. The east side of the site has been purchased by the South West's
POLICE in Plymouth have issued descriptions of three people sought in connection with two offences of robbery in the city. Both offences were committed against the same victim - a 21-year-old local man. The first incident took place between 1830 and 1900
PENRYN Rugby Club face a tough weekend of action with a rearranged league match at Cheltenham being followed just 24 hours later by a Skinner's Brewery Cornwall Cup first round clash with neighbours Falmouth. The cup clash was due to be played on the
ST JUST 11pts FALMOUTH 13pts Falmouth scraped a win against bottom side St Just last Saturday after a lackluster performance in this Cornwall and Devon League match. The Chiefs' display in the first half was incoherent as they struggled to get out of
PORTHLEVEN 1 FALMOUTH TOWN 4 TOP versus bottom in the Jolly's Combination League brought the expected result, but it was not a performance to match Falmouth Town's newly attained status at the top of the Jolly's Combination League. With Goonhavern losing
CORNWALL'S fledgling 17-21 badminton squad, despite suffering the disappointment of having their first fixture cancelled at short notice, are gathering themselves up for the second round match, writes John Tresidder. This four-counties regional tie of
A FOOTBALL coaching scheme for Cornish children has been named runner up in a national sports sponsorship scheme. Sponsored by Carrs Audi of Truro, the Cornwall County Football Association coaching scheme for primary schools collected the runner up award
OVER 2,000 homes in Falmouth were left without power yesterday after a JCB digger working in the Goldenbank area cut through a major power line. Offices and homes, including Falmouth Business Park, where the Packet is based, were abruptly plunged into
HRH The Duke of Cornwall pulled a pint of it, gold medallist Olympic oarsman Ed Coode swears he trained on it, and now Tribute has been officially selected as Supreme Champion Cornish Ale. The selection was made during a blind tasting by a panel of independent
THERE was plenty of fundraising in and around the Yeovil area last Friday in aid of the annual Children in Need charity drive. Schools, companies, pubs and individuals all got involved in the fun to raise money for Children in Need which was this year
HIGHWAY bosses have announced that they are to begin a full resurfacing of Milford Road in Yeovil. Yeovil MP David Laws this week welcomed the news given to him by Somerset Highways that the long-awaited work is to be launched in the middle of next year
YEOVIL police have started a special operation to target shoplifters and anti-social behaviour over the festive period. The beat team has launched Operation Festive in the town centre in a bid to reduce an increase in shoplifting and anti social behaviour
HUNDREDS of people from all over the Falmouth area left their dignity behind on Friday to raise money for Children in Need with a little help from Pudsey Bear. The national event saw a wide range of outrageous costumes worn by pupils at schools and people
SCHOOLS across the town are joining forces to launch a new project in Yeovil to help support children who suffer at the hands of bullies. It was announced this week that the Yeovil Community Learning Partnership will be working together to devise the
GRAMT aid offers to restore a unique Smithy in Mawnan Smith have reached £265,000. The news was given to the annual meeting of the Mawnan Anvil Trust by chairman Rex Sadler. The figure totals 80 per cent of the target figure needed to fully restore the
FALMOUTH travel agent Newell's has welcomed back a popular member of staff, Sarah Clay. Sarah, who is 23, has been travelling the world for the past year, visiting many countries including, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Fiji, America, New Zealand and
THE adies of Falmouth Women's Institute are determined to raise money to refurbish the inside of their meeting rooms - with the help of a calendar - and copies are likely to be snapped up as soon as they go on sale next week. At £5 they are good value
RUSSIAN explorer Fedor Konyukhov left Falmouth's Kings Wharf dock yesterday morning to begin his epic round-the-world voyage. He has been moored alongside the pontoon in front of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in his giant maxi yacht Trading Network
RUSSIAN explorer Fedor Konyukhov left Falmouth's Kings Wharf dock yesterday morning to begin his epic round-the-world voyage. He has been moored alongside the pontoon in front of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in his giant maxi yacht Trading Network
RUSSIAN explorer Fedor Konyukhov left Falmouth's Kings Wharf dock yesterday morning to begin his epic round-the-world voyage. He has been moored alongside the pontoon in front of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in his giant maxi yacht Trading Network
REDRUTH showed their all-round supremacy to chalk up their fifth National League Division Three (South) victory at the Recreation Ground with a comprehensive 41-14 win against strugglers Haywards Heath. The Reds, who ran in six tries, are now in fourth
EVERY season without fail the same story is written and this season is no exeption as yet another giantkilling act is performed in the Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston League's Percy Stephens Cup. Carharrack, plying their trade in division three, defeated
ILLOGAN 1 RNAS CULDROSE 2 NOT for the first time this season Illogan has lost a Jolly's Combination League game they should have won quite comfortably. They led with a goal in the second half, but failure to take just a couple of a hatful of chances cost
WENDRON 2 HOLMANS 2 WITH the wind blowing down the hill, this was the classic game of two halves, but this Jolly's Combination League clash ended with a last gasp equaliser by the visitors to snatch a point. With the wind at their backs, Holmans dominated
BRIXHAM 11pts CAMBORNE 7pts Camborne remain in joint second spot in South West Two despite this disappointing away reverse in South Devon. Travelling as selected, the Cherry Whites made a lively start and went ahead inside the first ten minutes. Following
Mining Snooker League leaders Redruth RBL A gained two points on rivals Clinton SC A last week. RBL A beat Clinton SC B 5-1, while Clinton A were held to a draw at home by Pool, who have now drawn with both the top two teams. RBL A now lead by seven points
CORNWALL'S fledgling 17-21 badminton squad, despite suffering the disappointment of having their first fixture cancelled at short notice, are gathering themselves up for the second round match, writes John Tresidder. This four-counties regional tie of
A FOOTBALL coaching scheme for Cornish children has been named runner up in a national sports sponsorship scheme. Sponsored by Carrs Audi of Truro, the Cornwall County Football Association coaching scheme for primary schools collected the runner up award
PETE Toogood expects to become sole owner and promoter of Somerset Rebels speedway team in the next week or so. The 55-year-old, Wiltshire-based property developer, co-promoter for the last year, said this week that he had "almost reached agreement" with
A CRASH victim who died in a tragic accident on the northbound M5 between Burnham junction 22 and 21 has been named by police. Duncan Lamb, from Street, was killed after his Suzuki motorbike was involved in a road traffic collision at 2.40am last Friday
THE chairman of Burnham's Royal British Legion has issued a warning to churches and charities to beware of a brazen conman he fears is targeting good causes in the area. Malcolm Hill says the Legion has been approached by a man who spun a yarn about being
A TRURO property developer plans to invest up to £4 million in Truro City Football Club over the next five years and transform the troubled team into a professional unit. Kevin Heaney, managing director of Cornish Homes in Lemon Street, revealed his ambitious
TRURO Hospital Radio is £10,000 better off and ready to improve its studio facilities - thanks to the generosity of the Truro Lions Club. On Saturday, the radio team received the substantial boost to their "Pound for Sound Appeal" when Alan Downie, president
TRURO College has submitted a major planning application for a landmark building which will enable practically double the current number of higher and further education students to study there. Planning proposals have been lodged to build the facility
A PACKED Truro Methodist Church was wowed by the 100-strong Morriston Orpheus Choir at a concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief Cornwall. The choir, who are a supernova in the Male Voice Choir firmament, did not disappoint the enthusiastic and knowledgeable
TRURO College students took part in a wide range of activities and events to fundraise for BBC's Children in Need. In a superb effort more than £1,500 was collected for the charity and at the same time lots of people had a great deal of fun - all for
RICHARD Lander School is helping to solve the traffic congestion problems on Tresawls Road in Truro with the help of Cornwall county council's Travel Awareness Team who have donated electric bikes to them. The school is working very hard to encourage
TRURO CITY 0 ST AUSTELL 2 TRURO City's unbeaten home record was left in tatters on Saturday after St Austell picked up all three points from their Carlsberg SWL victory at Treyew Road. City played quite well in the first half, but their finishing failed
EVERY season without fail the same story is written and this season is no exeption as yet another giantkilling act is performed in the Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston League's Percy Stephens Cup. Carharrack, plying their trade in division three, defeated
ARCHBISHOP Benson School's football team have won the prestigious English Schools FA County Championship held on Saturday. The playing conditions were awful, but the youngsters adapted well throughout. Playing against nine other large schools from right
TRURO City Swimming Club, who are anxious to maintain the high standards that they have continuously set over the past few years, are keen to attract sponsors to help them maintain that position. Truro City Swimming Club is the most successful swimming
THE exhibition at Pool school on Tuesday, November 16, relating to the new Barncoose link road, did little to address some of the anxiety faced by the minority of residents of Barncoose Terrace. A letter has been sent to local planners from some 15 residents
I WAS for about 30 years a Porthleven member of Helston borough council. It is now a long time since councillors offered themselves for election on any council, simply because they felt they could give something to the community and not even consider
HELSTON 1 MOUSEHOLE 1 THEY forgot to tell the players that Guy Fawkes was a couple of weeks ago because this Jolly's Combination League clash at Kellaway produced some cracking fireworks. Not that those sort of antics pleased Helston manager Kevin Goldsworthy
HELSTON 1 MOUSEHOLE 1 THEY forgot to tell the players that Guy Fawkes was a couple of weeks ago because this Jolly's Combination League clash at Kellaway produced some cracking fireworks. Not that those sort of antics pleased Helston manager Kevin Goldsworthy
WENDRON 2 HOLMANS 2 A GOAL deep into injury time denied Wendron all three points from this Jolly's Combination League clash with newcomers Holmans. On a heavy pitch and with the wind blowing down the slope, Holmans had the lion's share of possession in
PORTHLEVEN 1 FALMOUTH TOWN 4 TOP versus bottom in the Jolly's Combination League brought the expected result, but it was not a performance that matched Falmouth Town's newly-attained status at the top of the Jolly's Combination League. In fact, Town could
MINING Snooker League leaders Redruth RBL A gained two points on rivals Clinton SC A last week. RBL A beat Clinton SC B 5-1, while Clinton A were held to a draw at home by Pool, who have now drawn with both the top two teams. RBL A now lead by seven points
STEVE Strick won division one and the monthly medal on the last six holes at Praa Sands Golf Club on Sunday with nett 59. Full result - Div. one: 1, Steve Strick 68-9=59 (L6); 2, Alun Dixon 74-15=59 (L9); 3, Roy Hillyar 75-15=60; 4, Ray Pearce 73-12=61
TWENTY five students, from clubs all over West Cornwall, were successful at a successful grading assessment held at Helston Lower School on Sunday. A panel of Black Belt examiners put students from Penzance, Helston, Devoran, Penryn and Camborne through
CORNWALL'S fledgling 17-21 badminton squad, despite suffering the disappointment of having their first fixture cancelled at short notice, are gathering themselves up for the second round match, writes John Tresidder. This four-counties regional tie of
PEOPLE'S Palace G put the pressure on Redruth C in the Third Division after a 10-0 victory against Mylor D. The win moved them to within five points of the league leaders who were themselves on the end of an 8-2 victory against Cape Cornwall. Bridge D's
A FOOTBALL coaching scheme for Cornish children has been named runner up in a national sports sponsorship scheme. Sponsored by Carrs Audi of Truro, the Cornwall County Football Association coaching scheme for primary schools collected the runner up award
THE winning farmers in Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group's new farming and wildlife competition were awarded their prizes by Owen Yeatman, NFU county chairman, at a presentation evening at the Hall and Woodhouse Brewery, Blandford. The Otter Trophy
MILK Link, the Devon-based dairy co-operative, has defended its decision to cut its producers' milk price by 0.5p per litre despite claims that such a move could be damaging to South West farmers and even put milk supplies in danger. John Daw, a Devon
The Summer Show Initiative is a project that aims to offer people of all ages who are involved in the agricultural industry, a chance to learn the skills needed to enable them to support and take an active role in exhibiting cattle at agricultural shows
With maybe just one or two exceptions, e.g., an odd field or two of winter wheat or Italian Ryegrass, all autumn sowings are now complete with resultant crops now up and away. We are still experiencing good growing conditions and because it is still relatively
If any of you read last month's article you will remember we were having problems with one of the feed mills accepting our wheat, and we had asked for an independent test to be done on the sample. Well I am very pleased to say that where the mill said
TWO Burras brothers were "judged" to be a great success on Sunday at the National Primestock Show in Staffordshire. Adam and Matthew Care, who are former Helston School pupils, represented Cornwall in the Young Farmers Clubs' National Judge of the Year
LOCAL health provision was on the agenda when Conservative leader Michael Howard paid a visit to Mullion Health Centre during a two-day tour of Devon and Cornwall. Mr Howard was accompanied by two of the party's prospective parliamentary candidates -
THE achievements of GCSE students at Helston Community College were celebrated at a presentation evening last Thursday. An array of certificates and trophies were handed out by headteacher Dr Pat McGovern, standing in for local MP Andrew George, who had
AS part of the National Tree Week which ends on Sunday the International Tree Foundation has organised events over the week culminating in the planting of over 700 trees at St Michael's Primary School in Helston. The trees will be a variety of different
TARGETED use of herbicide at early post-emergence on a Westcountry farm has got an emerging weed problem under control. Farmer Anthony Slay, of Seymours Court, near Frome, in Somerset, had Canary Grass threatening to come out of the headlands and devastate
YEOVIL Town's youth team beat Brentford 4-0 at Huish Park last night (Wednesday) in the FA Youth Cup.
Yeovil Town boss Gary Johnson is delighted at getting through to the Second Round of the FA Cup - so he can renew acquaintances with old friends at Histon. Johnson has described Histon like being his 'second home' and played for them on a couple of occasions
WEST Ham United manager Alan Pardew was among the crowd at Huish Park on Tuesday to watch Yeovil Town in FA Cup action against Darlington. Why Pardew was there is not clear, but one would assume that he was taking the opportunity to check out the progress
FOR a full match report of Yeovil Town's 3-1 Coca-Cola League Two victory over Southend United see here: OCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO YEOVIL TOWN 3, SOUTHEND UNITED 1 STEVE SOWDEN REPORTS FROM HUISH PARK YEOVIL Town left it late again on Saturday to conjure up
FOR a full match report of Yeovil Town's 1-0 victory over Darlington in Tuesday's FA Cup First Round Replay see here: FA CUP FIRST ROUND REPLAY YEOVIL TOWN 1, DARLINGTON 0 STEVE SOWDEN REPORTS FROM HUISH PARK YEOVIL Town boss Gary Johnson admitted after
FALMOUTH Friday, Nov 26 04.36 (5.2) 16.50 (5.2) Saturday, Nov 27 05.08 (5.3) 17.22 (5.1) Sunday Nov 28 05.36 (5.3) 17.53 (5.1) Monday Nov 29 06.07 (5.2) 18.25 (5.0) Tuesday Nov 30 06.39 (5.1) 18.58 (4.8) Wednesday Dec 1 07.13 (5.0) 19.33 (4.6) Thursday
THE ports Falmouth and Plymouth could be vying for future South West cruiseship business as they both await vital funding to carry out much-needed improvements to their port infrastructures in order to attract cruiseship companies to the region. Port
NEXT year will be another busy one for cruiseship calls with 37 ships now stemmed to visit the port equating to a turnover of nearly 35,000 passengers. Cornwall's adopted cruiseship Van Gogh will make 18 cruise calls in 2005, starting in January when
FALMOUTH Tallships Association is talking with the organisation that operates the American tallship Pride of Baltimore II who are keen to send their vessel to Falmouth in June 2005 to participate in the local Sea Britain 2005 mini tallships festival.
THE pioneering Chard and Ilminster Community Just-ice Project is taking a major stride forward this week as the panel's first volunteers get their training.# The nation's eyes will be firmly focused on the area to track the development of the project
THE pioneering Chard and Ilminster Community Just-ice Project is taking a ma-jor stride forward this week as the panel's first volunteers get their training. The nation's eyes will be firmly focused on the area to track the development of the project
A NUMBER of neighbourhood police officers in the Camborne area have opted out of having their pictures displayed on the Devon and Cornwall Police website for fear of being victimised and abused. Four officers, including a team sergeant, together with
TWO Cornish couples are to follow in the footsteps of Michael Palin and cross the Sahara - but this time it's for charity. Ben Gowers and Jessie Higginson, from Falmouth, and Dougal Rickard and Emma Rippon, from Camborne, plan to take part in the Plymouth
CAMBORNE Music Festival went out with a bang last Saturday with one of the highest scores ever recorded. During the afternoon on the final day, Jamie Pryce and Lisa Caddy, from Lanner, received 93 marks out of 100 for their vocal duet in the under 18
SOUTH West farmland is being targeted by a new breed of investors, fuelling demand and raising prices, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The average price of farmland for the third quarter 2004 continued to edge closer to £10,000
There have been at least fifteen vehicle related crimes in the Callington, Saltash and Torpoint areas in one day. Callington Officer Sgt. John Frazer said: "We believe these crimes were carried out by travelling criminals from the Plymouth area but we
A MEMBER of the public reported a man acting suspiciously at the top of the Theatre Royal car park in Plymouth this week. Police attended the scene and found a 28-year-old man sat on the edge threatening suicide. Ambulance and Fire services were put on
Liskeard Primestock Show has always had a reputation of inviting top judges from all over Great Britain. This year judges Neil and Sally Lloyd, from Herefordshire and well known at Smithfield, were asked to carry out the judging jointly. They are seen
A drug dealer from Bridgwater has been warned to expect a prison sentence after being caught with a substantial stash of ecstasy tablets at the town's Duke pub. David Mitchell, who was then living at the former Waterloo Inn, was convicted of two offences
STEPHEN Bowens, a lecturer and watersports instructor from Falmouth Marine School, represented England at the Home International Surf Kayak Championships, which were held in Queberon on the south coast of Brittany. Stephen managed to win both high performance
CINDERFORD 63pts PENRYN 0pts IT is painful to report that Penryn came a very poor second in last week's South West 1 league game at Cinderford in the Forest of Dean. This area of Gloucestershire is a hotbed of rugby, and one suspects that even the sheep
IN an effort to improve and attract more dinghies to Falmouth Week 2005, POFSA is planning to organise a series within Falmouth Week to be called Falmouth Dinghy Week (FDW). A specialist race team from the nationally successful dinghy club Restronguet
PERRANWELL 3 PENRYN ATHLETIC 3 BOTH these teams were involved in the Jolly's Combination League title race last season, but this time round the picture is a completely different one with both teams in the lower reaches of the league. Perranwell took a
PEOPLE'S Palace G put the pressure on Redruth C in the Third Division after a 10-0 victory against Mylor D. The win moved them to within five points of the league leaders who were themselves on the end of an 8-2 victory against Cape Cornwall. Bridge D's
CAMBORNE Rugby Club was packed with boxing fans on Saturday night eager to support the local amateurs. Boxers from all over the country came to compete in the event, which was organised by Camborne and Redruth Amateur Boxing Club. The 14 bouts, between
RUSSIAN explorer Fedor Konyukhov left Falmouth's Kings Wharf dock yesterday morning to begin his epic round-the-world voyage. He has been moored alongside the pontoon in front of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in his giant maxi yacht Trading Network
FOR the second time in four years parents and governors at a Falmouth primary school have been forced to launch a campaign against a proposed "monster" mobile phone mast. Parents and governors at King Charles Primary School were horrified to learn that
STAFF at St Francis School had a frantic battle on their hands after a workman cut through a main's water pipe in a ceiling flooding two classrooms below in a cascade of water. An emergency plan swung into action at the Falmouth school in Longfield on
A KNOWLEDGE of Zulu has helped a Falmouth schoolboy come up with a "fantastic performance" in a national language competition. Luke Smith in year five at St Francis School came fifth out of 2,500 children who entered the Eurotalk Junior Language Challenge
THE ladies of Falmouth Women's Institute are determined to raise money to refurbish the inside of their meeting rooms - with the help of a calendar - and copies are likely to be snapped up as soon as they go on sale next week. At £5 they are good value
REDRUTH Sea Angling Association members fished the club's Warren Mitchell annual conger competition over Saturday night and the good run of conger continued. Members chose a sheltered south coast location and agreed to fish until midnight. After a slow
The annual Camborne-Redruth and District Winter Pool League presentation evening will be held at Threemilestone Social Club on Saturday, December 4, at 8pm, for the 2003-04 season. A list of all the trophy winners has been sent out to the respective teams
PEOPLE'S Palace G put the pressure on Redruth C in the Third Division after a 10-0 victory against Mylor D. The win moved them to within five points of the league leaders who were themselves on the end of an 8-2 victory against Cape Cornwall. Bridge D's
CAMBORNE Rugby Club was packed with boxing fans on Saturday night eager to support the local amateurs. Boxers from all over the country came to compete in the event, which was organised by Camborne and Redruth Amateur Boxing Club. The 14 bouts, between
BURNHAM gave their best team performance of the season in this away match on Saturday to notch up their sixth successive victory. They started with Elliott Lamb at the wing back and moved Kyle McErlain into central defence, where he excelled in the abscence
TODAY the Weekly News kicks off a campaign to restore pride in Burnham and Highbridge and make sure future generations can enjoy the towns they live in. We want to secure respect for both towns and again have them put firmly on the map in the Britain
RAILFUTURE Devon and Cornwall has welcomed the reinstatement of double track between Truro and St Austell. The £14.3 million scheme which will be officially opened next Tuesday when a steam hauled train is pulled into Truro, has led to the second track
TRURO CITY 0 ST AUSTELL 2 TRURO City's unbeaten home record was left in tatters on Saturday after St Austell picked up all three points from their Carlsberg SWL victory at Treyew Road. City played quite well in the first half, but their finishing failed
WITH 41 points Neil Ryan and Nick Deards won the Perranporth Golf Club Winter League on Saturday. Countback put Norman Kirton and David May into the runners-up spot ahead of Russell Milne and Tony Willcock on 40, while Bob Gillman and Joe Zammitt edged
TRURO 16pts CONEY HILL 15pts TRURO'S clash with second placed Coney Hill only attracted a small crowd to St Clements Hill, possibly due to international games on television and the persistent drizzly rain. Truro played with the wind in the first half,
CORNWALL'S fledgling 17-21 badminton squad, despite suffering the disappointment of having their first fixture cancelled at short notice, are gathering themselves up for the second round match, writes John Tresidder. This four-counties regional tie of
PEOPLE'S Palace G put the pressure on Redruth C in the Third Division after a 10-0 victory against Mylor D. The win moved them to within five points of the league leaders who were themselves on the end of an 8-2 victory against Cape Cornwall. Bridge D's
A FOOTBALL coaching scheme for Cornish children has been named runner up in a national sports sponsorship scheme. Sponsored by Carrs Audi of Truro, the Cornwall County Football Association coaching scheme for primary schools collected the runner up award
CAMBORNE Rugby Club was packed with boxing fans on Saturday night eager to support the local amateurs. Boxers from all over the country came to compete in the event, which was organised by Camborne and Redruth Amateur Boxing Club. The 14 bouts, between
ON reading the article in the Packet, I do wonder what on earth happens to people when they become councillors. I am sure that they do not throw their own money away when at home. You might try and find out what the recent "full condition survey" cost
I SHOULD like to mention my concern about the future of tourism in Cornwall. I am a true Cornishman through and through and I travel right across the Midlands and beyond meeting people of all walks of life through what I do. People on hearing me speak
FIRSTLY, I would like to congratulate Kerrier district council for the most attractive and eye-catching floral display that has been planted at Tesco's roundabout at Redruth this summer. I hope we can look forward to an equally attractive display throughout
I OFFER the following thoughts for consideration in response to last week's letter concerning the apparent loss of our beaches. I would be pleased to receive emails should readers wish to further discuss this or related topics. Now that the Fal and Helford
WHAT sort of country are we that allows its government to ignore its children in need? Why do we allow it to turn its back, forcing them to depend upon public donations? We applaud millionaire celebrities turning these collections into "fun day" photo
HOW I feel for those employees of British Fly Reels, to have to hand over their jobs to the Chinese and to have to train them in doing the job they have done so well for years. Their American bosses should be ashamed of themselves, selling them down the
I READ with interest the three letters and the comment by The Skipper about council tax and councillors' perks in the Packet. I write as a former Falmouth councillor on Falmouth borough, Carrick district and, after a few years rest, Falmouth town councils
IT is noticable that Candy Atherton, currently the MP for Falmouth and Camborne, has been very vocal in her condemnation of hunting with dogs, at times making it a very personal issue and citing "cruelty" as being one of the factors. In common with the
LAUNCESTON 0 PORTHLEVEN 7 SEVEN might be a lucky number for some, but for Porthleven it is becoming distinctly unlucky after they crashed to their second successive 7-0 thrashing. On this occasion it came against former manager John Clarkson at Launceston
JANE Henderson returned 32 points to win the silver division of the ladies stableford held at Mullion Golf Club last Tuesday. Sarah Curnow came second in that division with 30 points. The bronze division was headed by Margaret Melton with 35 points, followed
ILLOGAN 1 RNAS CULDROSE 2 NOT for the first time this season Illogan has lost a Jolly's Combination League game they should have won quite comfortably. They led with a goal in the second half, but failure to take just a couple of a hatful of chances cost
MULLION 0 TRURO CITY 3 THE scoreline suggests another clear-cut Jolly's Combination League win for Truro City at Clifden Park, but it was far from that. Mullion were in this game throughout, but their inability to take their chances and put pressure on
CAMBORNE Rugby Club was packed with boxing fans on Saturday night eager to support the local amateurs. Boxers from all over the country came to compete in the event, which was organised by Camborne and Redruth Amateur Boxing Club. The 14 bouts, between
TWO events for Devon's farmers not to miss are being staged at Haldon Racecourse on Tuesday February 8 and Highbullen Country Club, Chittlehamholt, on Thursday February 10. Top speakers, recognised as leaders in their field, will provide knowledge and
Animal Health Minister and Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw has launched a consultation on proposals for a new cattle compensation system. The move supports the department's bid to introduce fairer arrangements for farmers and taxpayers. The proposed system, based
