A stretch of freshly resurfaced pavement in Falmouth, likened by a town councillor to vomit is to be torn up. Complaints about the section of yellow granite flecked pavement had flooded in with locals saying it looked terrible. One kinder resident said
Over 100 students had the time of their lives at the biggest event of their school year. Year 11 students and staff from Penryn College enjoyed a lavish black tie event at the Green Lawns Hotel to celebrate the end of the GCSE year. Students arrived
There have been mixed views on turning a Falmouth hotel into housing apartments. The owner of the Rosslyn Hotel in Kimberley Park Road wants to create 12 apartments out of the existing hotel building. When the application came before the town council's
An production unit that is transforming the way thousands of meals are served to hospitals in Cornwall every week is now up and running. The £4.6 million Central Food Production Unit, at Barncoose, is already providing more than 12,000 high quality meals
An outspoken county councillor, fighting against over spending by the county council, wants residents to return their copy of a council newspaper in protest. Mark Kaczmarek says the first county council newspaper called Your Cornwall, will cost £430,000
The proposed surface for new pavements through Falmouth town centre has been compared to vomit. The damning opinion was made at Monday's meeting of Falmouth town council planning committee, who discussed the "tester" section of pavement that has been
A "pub" where no alcohol is served could be the answer to keeping young people in Helston off the streets, according to one local resident. Sue Jenkin, from Porkellis, raised the idea of a "dry bar" - as the facility is known in other parts of the country
PORTHLEVEN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: The Jolly Tots, Parents and Toddlers Group, held a garden party on Thursday at the home of the pastor. On Friday the youth group enjoyed the Rescipled Music Group's Performance of "Here and Now" in Mullion. A successful
HELSTON ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH: The format at Parish Communion was altered in order to accommodate a presentation by Chris and Polly Barton who, after many years living and working in Truro, have been working in Uganda improving dental health for the
MAWGAN PARISH CHURCH: The Eucharist service at St Mawgan-in-Meneage parish church last Sunday was celebrated by the Rev Dorothy Noakes, taking her first Sunday service in this church. Her challenging sermon took its theme from the Gospel reading from
CHYNHALE CHAPEL: The Sunday morning service was conduced by the Rev Colin Short and the pianist and organist was Shirley Mildren. The first two choruses were sung from the new junior praise book. With help from four scholars, namely Maisy, Tatty,
LEEDSTOWN SCHOOL: Students had a very successful visit to see the production of "Pinocchio" at the Minack theatre. Before the performance, they went to Porthcurno Beach for their lunch and then had a long walk up the steep hill to the theatre. The
STITHIANS METHODIST CHURCH: The morning service on Sunday was led by Debbie Goldsworthy. During the service members of the congregation emptied small jars of change they had saved into a large container. This is part of a fund-raising scheme and
MABE LADIES CHOIR: Over £500 was raised for choir funds when Mabe ladies choir held a summer fair in Mawnan Smith village hall. Some members served on the various stalls, others were busy in the kitchen serving bacon butties. They were pleased to
FLUSHING ST PETER'S CHURCH: The holy communion service held on St Peter's day, June 29 was celebrated by the Rev Andrew Stevenson (priest in charge). In his sermon Mr Stevenson said that Simon, called Peter, or Cephas the Rock, on which, according
MYLOR FLOWER CLUB: Members hosted a flower arranging demonstration held in the Methodist Church, Falmouth on June 24. The demonstrator, David Ragg, whose family now live locally, is a very talented florist running two very busy shops in Bournemouth
FALMOUTH THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE CARRICK: U3A is a group with many activities, educational and recreational for retired people. Tony Herring, chairman opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. The notice's table at the front listed forthcoming
Claims that a new licence for the Epworth Hall in Helston would disrupt the lives of local residents have been refuted by the chairman of the hall's management group. The Coinagehall Street venue is currently applying for a premises licence allowing
A Helston headteacher has vowed to continue the fight for a new school building, despite fears the project may have been sidelined. Staff and governors at St Michael's School were hoping to replace their "tatty old school" with a brand new building as
The future of thousands of skilled workers at Falmouth Docks has been safeguarded thanks to a five year £53 million Ministry of Defence contract. The multi-million pound MoD deal with A&P for the long term maintenance of five Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships
The future of thousands of skilled workers at Falmouth Docks has been safeguarded thanks to a five year £53 million Ministry of Defence contract. The multi-million pound MoD deal with A&P for the long term maintenance of five Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships
NEWLYN Thursday, July 3 04.25 (5.3) 16.48 (5.5) Friday, July 4 05.15 (5.3) 17.37 (5.6) Saturday, July 5 06.02 (5.3) 18.22 (5.6) Sunday, July 6 06.47 (5.3) 19.06 (5.6) Monday, July 7 07.29 (5.2) 19.49 (5.4) Tuesday, July 8 08.10 (5.0)
The £53m MoD Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) cluster contract awarded to the A&P Group will not only bring long term stability to the shipyard and its workforce for decades to come but will have a major impact on the local economy with the associated spin
A Canadian canoe and its crew due to arrive in Falmouth at the weekend were held up because of bad weather. But I am told by the National Maritime Museum. They are now due to arrive on Friday. The unusual craft will still find a welcoming committee led
Some interesting statistics are emerging as the bunkering business gears up for another bumper month. In 2006 the port handled 334 ships for bunkers. The introduction of the Channel SECA (Sulphur Emissions Control Area) last year saw 2007 ending with
Tuesday, June 24 Panamanian bulker Joy Sea (36,080/90) sailed from Falmouth Bay for Swinoujscie, Poland. British tug Portgarth (262/95) arrived from Avonmouth to Northern Arm (N). Barbadian coaster Torrent (999/92) arrived from Shoreham to Porthoustock
Cornwall's Kremlin has come up with what it claims to be "a dynamic new corporate identity" for the county's unitary authority which comes into being next year. One look at it and it is obvious it is not dynamic and has not taken an expert to come up
I AM very concerned upon studying the proposed plans for the extension of Tremough to find that the loose term "lopping of several trees" to be part of the proposal. As the mature trees make a beautiful entrance to our town, not to mention home to countless
WE were saddened to hear of the death of Derek Parsons from Flushing-Falmouth on the 29th of March 2008 at a Cornwall hospital. The Stewart families and Wright family in South Australia had known Mr Parsons for over 50 years. He called my mother Judy
VILLAGE hotel could be Cornish nursing home, (Falmouth Packet, June 18). Fantastic idea! There are, I understand, two more hotels for sale in Falmouth which could also be utilised. Clever people "I know what's best for you" took away the places the people
I HAVE been enforced. Read and study this parking sign (pictured above) carefully in order to avoid my fate of falling foul of the civil enforcement officers. Cornwall county council in partnership with Carrick district council and Restormel borough
I CANNOT be the only one that has seen Fixed Penalty notices being produced at alarming speed on cars parked opposite Tesco in Market Street! This parking area created some months ago has a sign that states "Loading Monday-Saturday between 8am-6pm" and
Falmouth received a shock to the system on Saturday when they lost their Jolly's Drinks ECB Cornwall Premier League game with St Austell, at Trescobeas, by six wickets. It lifted the visitors off the bottom of the table and followed up their earlier
WOULDN'T it be nice if parking wardens could help alleviate traffic congestion? Since the council took over the role, I have not once seen a warden in Helston town centre. Numerous times cars have parked on the bus stops at the bottom of Coinagehall Street
THE plant that needed identification in last week's Falmouth Packet (page 6) is in fact a Puya Alpestris (bormeliaceae). It requires full light and well drained soil and is also half hardy and can grow to six feet. Another variety is Puya Chilensis,
FORMER Helston manager Symon Winnan has taken issue with reports of his move to Newquay and says press stories have not portrayed his role as it actually unfolded. "I was disappointed in the way my move to Newquay was put across," said Winnan. "It implied
With strong winds, rain and thick fog only two St Mawes One Designs braved the elements on Friday night. OD 32 Skimmia sailed out but sailed in prior to the start and OD 42 Rebel (Andy and Luke Stephenson) defied the elements and sailed the race and
I ATTENDED the extraordinary general meeting of the Falmouth working boats association at the Falmouth rugby club when the working boat skippers decided unanimously not to partake in Falmouth Week or the Falmouth classics regatta. This was a very sad
TWO stalwarts of Cornish football were honoured by the presentation of the FA's gold medal at the Cornwall County FA's annual general meeting held at St Austell on Thursday. Gerald Sobey, the current secretary of the Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston
TWO stalwarts of Cornish football were honoured by the presentation of the FA's gold medal at the Cornwall County FA's annual general meeting held at St Austell on Thursday. Gerald Sobey, the current secretary of the Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston
I write as a past vice-chairman of the Port of Falmouth Sailing Association and a competitor in Falmouth Weeks spread over nearly 50 years. I am very concerned by the dispute between the organisers and the Falmouth working boat sailors, who now seem likely
TWO stalwarts of Cornish football were honoured by the presentation of the FA's gold medal at the Cornwall County FA's annual general meeting held at St Austell on Thursday. Gerald Sobey, the current secretary of the Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston
If the new Cornwall council have time and money to sit and dream up a logo, then perhaps they have a money pot and time to sort out some of the real issues like road repairs, unblocking storm drains, cutting back foliage from the roads and footpaths,
Must have taken them at least five minutes to dream up that design, and for David Whalley to say that it has elements of Cornish history at its very core, he must be living in cuckoo land, just because it has the black and gold colours. He also says
What was wrong with the existing Cornwall sign? It represented the entire county and was part of the tradition of Cornwall. Surely the county can "move forward" without the need of a feather duster. Cousin Jock, Falmouth
No St Piran's flag? No miners, fishermen, choughs etc? This logo represents Cornwall as much as EastEnders does London. A typical local government waste of money. 80 per cent of people polled by the district councils said NO to a unitary authority, but
The Bill Rowe Memorial Trophy saw some amazing scoring at Budock Vean Golf Club on Sunday, writes Keith Rashleigh. Edward Benney led the way with a superb net 60. Runner-up was Bill Hannaford with a splendid net 61 whose gross of 81 was lower than
Julia Goldsworthy MP is wrong to accuse local campaigners in the villages around United Downs of "scaremongering". In the late 1980s, the county council asked for a ten-year extension to the landfill site, promising they would never come back and ask
IF Falmouth Town can overcome Shatfsbury Town in their extra preliminary round away FA Cup tie on Saturday, August 16, they will have the mouthwatering prospect of entertain Truro City in a preliminary round clash. The winners will be home to Yate
WELL said Mrs Bradley, (letters, June 25). In my part of the world, West Yorkshire, one dare not make any kind of comment about such things as one is deemed to be racist if such plans are criticised. Our government and the PC brigade have forbade freedom
IF Falmouth Town can overcome Shatfsbury Town in their extra preliminary round away FA Cup tie on Saturday, August 16, they will have the mouthwatering prospect of entertain Truro City in a preliminary round clash. The winners will be home to Yate
The recent foolhardiness of the Sillyboys, seeking to row across the Atlantic pales, as it deserves, into insignificance, risking as it did their own lives and that of others, when compared with the timely prompt action of the crew of the Sirene in rescuing
There was a record entry for the premier event in Petit Bateau's 2008 calendar for single handed racing, the "bluQube Solo 1000", for which Mylor Yacht Club provided a committee boat line start with safety and spectator boats in attendance at 9.30 am
Perranarworthal went down to a seven wicket defeat at Wadebridge in County Division 1. The Perran innings centred on Julian Bose who made 35 and Carl Murphy's 27. Stuart Parkyn took four for 25 with Dave Dunnett and Paul Menhenick taking two apiece
Mel Heard won the ladies' June Stableford competition at Killiow Golf Club with a score of 38 points. Runner-up was Vicky Armstrong with 37 points and third was Nina Hann on 33 points. With an excellent score of 43 points, Mario Cortes won this year's
It was good to see that the dolphins were back in fine form, writes Kaye Price. Blue (Cunliffe's) picked them up at the entrance to Carrick Roads and they then moved over to Macavity (J Murrell) and had great fun nudging the boat although the steering
HELSTON Athletic's new boss Stuart Massey has wasted no time in using his influence to bring some big fish to Kellaway Park. In football in the South West they don't come with any bigger reputation than Stuart's brother Steve Massey and Steve has agreed
Cornwall's first ladies' rowing crew to compete at the world famous Henley Women's Regatta returned to Cornwall last night delighted with their result in a weekend of gruelling battles against crews from around the world. The crew, consisting of Helen
Following lengthy discussions at a recently called emergency general meeting of the Cornwall Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (CCUA), the meeting voted by a large majority to bring about the dissolution of that association as from the end of this
Mawnan's first home match in seven games took place on Monday evening in glorious wall to wall sunshine against Redruth C, writes Tony Stevenson. Phil Dunstone's rink made a positive start leading 4-0 after only three ends, but Redruth, skipped
IN heavy drizzle and gusting winds, Redruth A visited Falmouth Bowling Club's A team in a top team competition on Friday night. This competition involves 11 players contesting all the disciplines of two-wood and four- wood singles, pairs, triples and
The Dorothy Winfrey Cup is a one-off race held each year at the Helford River Sailing Club on the Wednesday before the cross Channel race to L'Aber W'rach in Brittany, writes Peter Wood. There were eight starters, with Hatty and Kudu getting away ten
HELSTON Athletic's new boss Stuart Massey has wasted no time in using his influence to bring some big fish to Kellaway Park. In football in the South West they don't come with any bigger reputation than Stuart's brother Steve Massey and Steve has agreed
FORMER Helston manager Symon Winnan has taken issue with reports of his move to Newquay and says press stories have not portrayed his role as it actually unfolded. "I was disappointed in the way my move to Newquay was put across," said Winnan. "It implied
Cornwall play their third Minor Counties Championship game of the season on Sunday when Herefordshire are the visitors to St Austell (11am). The sides have already met once this season in the MCCA Trophy game at Colwall in early May. Cornwall just scraped
A man wanted by police for questioning in connection with two sex attacks has been arrested. David Newton, who has connections with both the Helston and St Ives area, was arrested in Hayle yesterday afternoon and has been taken back to his home area
Mullion remain in contention at the top of division three west following their comfortable eight wicket win at home to Penzance seconds on Saturday. It leaves Mullion in second spot, eight points behind leaders St Just seconds. The visitors elected to
there was a thrilling finish at Porthleven in the Dawe Insurance Andrew Cup quarter finals with Troon seconds winning by losing fewer wickets in a tied game. Porthleven needed 13 off the last over bowled by Matt Thomas to Jamie Strachan. The first two
The popular golf week was held at Mullion Golf Club from Monday, June 23, through to Saturday, June 28. Over 600 golfers - members and visitors from within and outside of the county took part in the various competitions. The weather remained kind throughout
Charlie May won the men's Willy Bromley trophy on Sunday with a brilliant 72-16=56 at Praa Sands Golf Club, writes Simon Edwards. Chris Dunn was second with 70-12=58, John Murrish third with 72-13=59, Paul Kirkman fourth with 81-21=60 and Paul Murrish
THE Phoenix promotions Cornwall Veterans League will be played in two divisions of five following the election of three new teams at the annual general meeting. In the West section will be Hayle Vintage Brew, St Agnes A and B, Truro City and Trevenson
Over 300 youngsters from ten primary schools took part in Cornwall Athletic Club's first Schools Trophy Meeting, held at the Carn Brea Leisure Centre, with Bodriggy Primary School, Hayle and Bolitho School, Penzance, emerging as the champions in their
The Dorothy Winfrey Cup is a one-off race held each year at the Helford River Sailing Club on the Wednesday before the cross Channel race to L'Aber W'rach in Brittany, writes Peter Wood. There were eight starters, with Hatty and Kudu getting away ten
Local County Division One rivals Troon and Camborne clashed at Troon at Treslothan Road with Troon pulling off a superb win against one of the promotion favourites. Troon recovered to from 80-6 to 189-8 thanks to a splendid score of 60 not out, including
Redruth RFC's director of rugby, David Penberthy, said he was delighted that Mark Scrivener was returning to the club for next season. Penberthy said: "This will be Mark's third spell with the club following a loan period back in 2002/2003 where he played
Camborne RFC's annual general meeting attracted the largest attendance for many years despite a difficult season on and off the field for the Cherry and Whites. President David Roberts stood down after 17 years and having made a huge contribution to
The entertainment was short, and not particularly sweet, for the home supporters at Grampound Road on Saturday, as they went down to a crushing defeat in their local derby with Truro in the Jolly's Drinks ECB Cornwall Premier League. The "Road" were
Truro City Ladies are seeking a physio for the forthcoming season. Anyone interested should contact Truro City FC on 01872 225400.
This summer, the second year of the Sky Sports Coach Reward and Recognition Scheme is taking place as part of the Sky Sports Developing the Coaches sponsorship. Sky Sports is keen to not only create more cricket coaches throughout the country, but also
A Cornish junior soccer league that was on the brink of collapse just over a year ago has celebrated its first season under new sponsorship with a special get-together for four of its most loyal servants. But all that was just a distant bad memory at
A Cornish junior soccer league that was on the brink of collapse just over a year ago has celebrated its first season under new sponsorship with a special get-together for four of its most loyal servants. But all that was just a distant bad memory at
