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  • FOOTBALL: Leisurely company are sponsoring Penryn Athletic

    PENRYN Athletic have started wearing home kits with their new sponsors’ logo on them. Cornwall Leisure became the main sponsor for the South West Peninsula League West team just before the start of the season. Now the side have the shirts to

  • Helston charity shop manager in fundraising challenge

    A Helston charity shop manager is taking on the Bupa Great South Run. Melinda King has decided to challenge her limits, all to raise money for the Cornwall Air Ambulance trust. A self-confessed non-runner, she described how the challenge is

  • West Cornwall police officers recognised at awards ceremony

    Devon and Cornwall Police honoured the professionalism and commitment of police officers, staff and volunteers from the Cornwall policing area at an awards ceremony.   Chief Superintendent Julie Fielding, Superintendent John Green, Superintendent

  • RUGBY: Penryn colts run riot in derby

    PENRYN and Falmouth’s Under 13s met on the rugby pitch on Sunday. It was a game dominated by the hosts as they ran out 52-0 winners, but the game was played in the right spirit throughout. With the visitors only having ten available players

  • Details of Hallowe'en Masked Ball as tickets sell out

    Tickets for this year’s Hallowe’en Masked Ball in Helston have officially sold out. Despite being priced at £50 a pop, they have flown out the door as always for this year’s Mexican “Day of the Dead” themed event. This will take place at Flambards

  • Culdrose announces date for Air Day 2015

    RNAS Culdrose has announced the date for Air Day next year. This will stick with the Thursday – rather than a Wednesday – which was trialled for the first time this year. It means Air Day 2015 will take place on Thursday, July 30. It is

  • Star Letter: Would dog walkers pay for beach upkeep?

    I am the chair of a sub committee set up by the Falmouth Bay Beaches Management Group which is preparing a bid from the bay area to reapply for Gyllyngvase Beach to regain its Blue Flag status for 2015. Running parallel to this application are

  • Postpone ship refit until Ebola is under control

    An open letter to the Prime Minister: As residents in Falmouth we feel very strongly that the Gypsum Centennial from Sierra Leone should not be allowed to dock in Falmouth for a two-week refit in November due to the Ebola outbreak.  If an outbreak

  • Keep one beach dog free all year round

    WE are dog lovers and love walking our son's dog. But all of our lettings are full next week as it is school holidays and what we would like is for visitors to have at least one beach dog free all year. Our guests want their youngsters to be able

  • 'Horror' over dogs on Falmouth beaches

    WE read with horror that there are moves to allow dogs onto Castle Beach during the summer season. Our family have used and loved Castle Beach sands and rocks for all of our 60 plus years; for many of those years the beach has been dog free. What

  • Helston homes plan would mean planning 'carte blanche'

    WITH reference to the headline last week “Rival Homes Plan Revealed”, I would like to raise a few points. People need somewhere to live and not all existing properties can be economically renovated. However, is that justification to build on

  • Second picture request 'impolite' and 'unnecessary'

    Having attended the Helston Town Council meeting last week, I was interested to hear and see that Culdrose have given the council a very nice aerial picture of Helston.  After approximately a half hour debate between councillors, as to whether

  • Series of burglaries targeting Falmouth businesses

    A spate of burglaries in Falmouth over the last two weeks has left three businesses and a school out of pocket. Last Monday, October 13, the front door was smashed at Tava health and beauty salon on Boslowick Road, and two thieves took a till before

  • Helston has 'no specific right' to Guy Gibson portraits

    Helston Packet Article “Coveted portrait proves bone of contention.” I believe the portraits of Wing Commander Guy Gibson of which Helston Town Council currently have possession, should be transferred to Porthleven Town Council. Guy Gibson has

  • Falmouth Shipping Intelligence (October 14 - October 20)

    A summary of the ships in port at Falmouth over the past week: Tuesday, October 14 British salvage tug Lomax (426/12) arrived from Southampton to Queens Wharf. Bahamian reefer Ivar Reefer (14,406/92) arrived from the Panama Canal for bunkers

  • FOOTBALL: Falmouth Town board optimistic about future

    BACKROOM staff at Falmouth Town hope their vacant managerial job will attract some decent names – despite their low league position. Bosses at Bickland Park have begun the search for a new man to take over the hot seat in the dugout following John

  • Spooky goings on at 'Kim- boo-ley' Park for Hallowe'en

    There will be some spooky goings on in “Kim-boo-ley” Park Falmouth next week with scary fun for all the family in the run up to Hallowe’en. The Kimberley Park Coven are looking for trainee witches and wizards to take part in lantern making, a spooky

  • Appeal after dogs 'swept out to sea' at Porthleven

    Two dogs are believed to have been lost at sea after being swept away by a large wave on Porthleven Beach last week. It is understood that their owner jumped into the sea in a bid to rescue them and had to be pulled out by some builders who were

  • Camborne firefighters called to out of control bonfire

    A crew of firefighters from Camborne put out a bonfire near the Praze to Leedstown Road yesterday after high winds led it to burn out of control. Firefighters were called at around 6.30pm, and used one hose reel to extinguish the blaze.  

  • Motorist in Newquay rescued following crash

    A trapped motorist was rescued by firefighters after a crash on King Edward Crescent in Newquay at around 5.20pm yesterday. Fire engines from Newquay and the rescue tender from Bodmin were sent to the single vehicle collision, where one person

  • Truro public attempt to tackle wheelie bin blaze

    Members of the public attempted to put out a wheelie bin fire in Truro with fire extinguishers yesterday before firefighters turned up. Five firefighters from Newquay were called to the blaze in Quay Street at around 3.40pm. On arrival they

  • Kayak on fire in field 'believed to be arson'

    Firefighters from Camborne were called to a fire involving a kayak in the middle of a field between Reawla and Gwinear, just after 5pm yesterday. The kayak was completely destroyed in the fire, and the crew used one hose reel to damp down the area

  • Falmouth taxi driver assaulted after not knowing address

    A new-to-the-job taxi driver who told his passengers he did not know the address they wanted to be taken to was then attacked by one of them, and grabbed from behind as he was driving, with fingers pressed into his eyes. He carried on driving with

  • RUGBY: CSM cannot match Illogan Park

    FOLLOWING their tense draw at Helston a week earlier, Camborne School of Mines were able to double their score in their next game. However, it would prove to be a couple of scores light as they left the field defeated 22-14 by Illogan Park in their

  • Free parking in Helston this Christmas

    Shoppers in Helston should be able to park for free in the four Saturdays leading up to Christmas. It is thanks to a scheme being run by the Helston Business Improvement Partnership (HBIP) to lure more people into the town. Members asked the

  • Plea to Cameron: Protect Falmouth from Ebola

    CONCERNED residents have written to the prime minister pleading with him to stop ships coming to Falmouth from the Ebola stricken country of Sierra Leone. The call comes after the Packet was the first newspaper to break the story that two vessels

  • FOOTBALL: John Dent - 'Falmouth Town fans are not helping club'

    JOHN Dent said he resigned from Falmouth Town after “falling out of love” with the club – adding he was disgusted with the behaviour of the “so-called supporters”. On Wednesday afternoon the South West Peninsula League Premier Division club confirmed