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ST Gluvias Cricket Club will be holding their Annual General Meeting at their clubhouse in Kernick Road on Monday December 15. Members are advised to arrive at the club for a 7pm start.

Penryn Library could stay open in spite of Cornwall Council cuts if Penryn Town Council negotiations are successful. The town council has resolved to set aside £20,000 to negotiate the transfer of the library building in return for taking responsibility

A SIX-A-SIDE football league based in Truro are looking for teams to enter. The Soccer Sixes league which uses pitches at Richard Lander School have started a new division for the competition on Monday nights. Anyone interested in entering should either

Emergency repair works to newly revamped road humps in Falmouth’s Mongleath Road has been carried out this week, only days after the road was re-opened. The road, which runs past St Francis and St Mary's schools had been closed to traffic throughout

Firecrews from  St Columb, Newquay, Wadebridge and Perranporth were called to Newquay airport this morning after a 'full emergency' call over a French military aircraft. Fire appliances with a total of 21 firefighters attended after air traffic

PUPPET CRAFT return to the Old Cattle Market in Helston next week for the next of their comic capers. On Saturday, November 29 at 4pm follow the comic adventures of a fantastical superhero, inspired by the classic Chinese epic story and with a

A bitter war of words that has broken out between the former cabinet member for finance at Cornwall Council and the authority has intensified after a spokesman said that he had been assessed as a "serious and enduring risk to children. The authority

GODOLPHIN Club remain joint first in the Mining League table after winning 4-1 on Friday. Against St Day they matched the score of their rivals STR Clinton, who beat Breage. In Division Two, Dean Williams knocked in a fine 38 break for Porthleven but

Permission is being sought to build a three bedroom house with car parking in the garden of number 149 Saracen Way in Penryn. The application is for a new family dwelling on rarely used land in the garden of a semi-detached bungalow. The design

SCRUM-HALF Tom Kessell is due to make his 100th appearance for the Cornish Pirates on Sunday as Bedford Blues come to the Mennaye. The 24-year-old will get the honour of leading the team out onto the pitch for the Greene King IPA Championship clash.

Marlborough School in Falmouth has put out a call for any parents with hairdressing experience who would be willing to talk to reception class children to contact them. A new hairdressing salon is to open in reception class thanks to Cutting Edge

Truro magistrates adjourned a case of domestic violence to allow reports on the defendant who was said to have suffered a serious head injury as a young boy, which had affected his hormones. Before them was Robin Campbell, aged 41, of Mawgan, Helston

The eagerly awaited 18th annual City of Lights procession brought glittering costumes, magical paper lanterns and an electric atmosphere of over 25,000 spectators gracing the streets of Truro. This year saw the unveiling of

Animals had to be rescued from a barn near Truro after fire broke out early this morning. Crews from St Mawes, Mevagissey, Truro and St Austell as well as specialist vehicles were called out to deal with the fire at Veryan Green, Veryan just before

LEAVING aside the storm that engulfed us all right at the very end, only two things marred what was a fine and fitting remembrance service in Kimberley Park on Sunday morning. The PA system was inadequate and badly positioned - those of us lined

YOUR correspondent last week highlighted a very important issue for our town. I shop in town several times every week, including the household shopping, and can fully relate to the points he makes. However, we have a highly successful and award-winning

Having gone to United Downs tip recently, I was horrified to find jammed in a newspaper / cardboard skip new, clean, hard backed books. Not just one or two, but 20. There was a book by Chris Evans, a biography of Paul O’ Grady and other newish

THE County Council are going to debate the number of councillors that sit on the authority, which in my opinion could be cut by half. Councillor Foulkes reckons it will save taxpayers a cool million pounds, don't hold your breath though. A

MANY readers will have been shocked to see reports in last week’s Packet that nine million pounds of funding set aside for dredging works in the Fal has been absorbed back in to general revenues by Cornwall Council. I hardly need remind readers

Police have reported that there are "technical issues for residents in Cornwall using telephones and mobiles when calling the non-emergency 101 number.  A spokesman said this is an issue with the automated 101 exchange and something over which

How refreshing to look at the old pictures of Falmouth main street and not see any young people at all. Those were the days when we all went to work, unlike nowadays. Ian Fleck, Falmouth

A FEMALE team from Falmouth took part in an indoor sixes competition at the Cornwall Cricket Centre on Sunday. The tournament featured matches made up of six over innings with sides Redruth, Wadebridge, Truro and two from Grampound Road participating

Councillor Alex Folkes has accused the chief executive of Cornwall Council of trying to force him out, after being ordered to “resign with immediate effect or be removed” from the council, saying an investigation following his arrest over indecent

Whether a massive new Sainsbury’s store in Falmouth will ever be built remains uncertain, as the company scales back plans acropss the UK. Sainsbury’s has planning permission to build a 72,000sq ft store at Ponsharden which would replace the existing

Firefighters were called to the Station Road area of Truro yesterday evening after a report of a car on fire. Crews from Truro attended just before8.30pm and found the car "well alight". Two sets of breathing apparatus and a hosereel were used

REVELLERS watched in horror as stray fireworks exploded into the crowd in the centre of Salisbury, just moments after EastEnders star Steve McFadden turned on the Christmas lights. Steve, who has a home in Falmouth, was invited to flick the switch

A man from Breage who killed himself had previously talked to his estranged wife about how easy it would be to end his own life, an inquest heard. Kenneth Dowe, 49, was found dead in a caravan in his garden at Gilberts Row in Carleen, on the evening

The latest book by Porthleven couple David and Jan Penprase is already proving a huge success, raising more than £9,000 in just |one week for the Fishermen’s Mission in Newlyn. The Harbour books series which has chronicled the lives of the people

A disastrous engine room explosion and fire onboard the Norwegian cargo vessel Etnefjell in mid-Atlantic in October 1968 cost 30 seamen their lives after they had abandoned ship in storm force conditions. Etnefjell had been on passage from Frederikstad

CHANGES have happened at the top of the West Cornwall Table Tennis League’s Premier Division. Redruth-based Bridge A find themselves at the summit of the table after bagging two 7-3 wins over Falmouth Docks A and C. Will Abouelhana and Kelly Reed both

The end of the year will mark the end of an era for one Helston shop, which has served generations of expectant mothers. Joy Williams Baby & Nursery is to close on December 31, on the eve of its 60th anniversary year. The store in Meneage

Plans to create a gated community housing five detached homes on the site of a former hotel and hospital on the outskirts of Falmouth are currently being considered by Cornwall Council. Kryllas Manor on Roscarrack Road operated as a 14 bedroom