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  • Airborne forces day at Trebah

    Trebah Airborne Forces Day -takes place on Saturday. When the Trebah Garden Trust was formed in 1990, the donors, Major and Mrs Tony Hibbert, asked the Trust to allocate one day a year as a Military Day, to raise money for the Parachute Regiment - of

  • Sailors wanted for cross channel voyage

    Budding sailors from Cornwall are being invited to join a four day adventure across the Channel in July to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Four yachts will travel 300 miles from Portsmouth to St Malo, pausing for a brief stop-off at the Channel

  • The basking sharks have arrived

    Falmouth based Orca Sea Safari passengers have had some fantastic Basking Shark sightings over the last few days since Friday. On Friday morning, four sharks were seen feeding on the surface with the first one being a 16 foot basking shark between

  • Coverack woman uses her head in charity fundraising

    A close encounter with an electric razor has helped a Coverack woman raise around £2,500 for the Children's Hospice South West Precious Lives appeal. Tina Smith, 47, who works as a carer, was surrounded by family, friends and supporters when she had

  • Rising bollard means road closure in Falmouth

    Exploration works on Church Street, Falmouth will take place during the week beginning Monday June 16 to investigate whether it is feasible to install a rising bollard to enforce traffic restrictions in the area. All shops and businesses in Church Street

  • Ponsanooth church fire was deliberate

    A devastating blaze that burnt Ponsanooth Methodist Church to the ground was started deliberately. More than half a million pounds worth of damage is believed to have been caused as a result of the fire, which left the church gutted. The 25 metre by