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  • Cycling sisters return

    Sister cyclists Kathy James and Julie Towers are back home from their sponsored 943 mile cycle from from John O'Groats to Land's End none the worse for wear and happy to say they were both puncture free. Kathy, who lives at Highertown, works at Carnon

  • Running for the RNLI

    Fresh from a stunning run in the London Marathon, RNLI Inspector Simon Pryce is planning to triple his efforts at the Royal Cornwall Show. He's hoping to achieve three marathons in three days at the Wadebridge event, which starts on Thursday. The

  • Penryn Lidl store application to be checked out

    The fate of plans to turn the former Packet printing works into a discount food store for Falmouth and Penryn is being decided tomorrow. Lidl UK hope to convert two buildings at Ponsharden - most recently leased to wood supplier Woodstock and mobility

  • Rowers to raise money for hospice

    This summer a crew from St Agnes Pilot Gig Club will be rowing 70 nautical miles to the Isles of Scilly to sponsor the Precious Lives Appeal which will raise funds to build a children's hospice in Cornwall. The mixed St Agnes crew of men and women will

  • Shanty festival extra

    In addition to Shanty Bands singing each hour on both Saturday and Sunday June 14 and 15 on Events Square, Discovery Quay, as part of the annual Falmouth Shanty Festival, there will be the first Charity Boat Auction at 2pm on Saturday and a BMW Mini