Motorists in Penryn could face some traffic disruption over the weekend due to planned work by BT in the town centre. The company plans to carry out work between in Broad Street, Mutton Row and Polsethow, from November 28 and December 2. Penryn
A planning application for three new houses on land at Charlotte’s Roost, between Green Lane and the railway line in Penryn, has been fully supported by the town council, despite objections by Network Rail. The latest application for the site,
The 'X-men' have taken hold in the depths of Cornwall with the formation of the Navy’s first squadron of unmanned drone aircraft at RNAS Culdrose 700X – X for ‘Xperimental’ – Naval Air Squadron will be at the vanguard of the Fleet Air Arm’s venture
Responding to a United Nations World Food Programme request, a Merlin helicopter from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose has delivered urgent supplies to help remote villages in Sierra Leone. The Merlin Mk2 helicopter from 820 Naval Air Squadron
Firefighters were called to Mitchell Hill in Truro yesterday evening after a report of a kitchen fire. Both appliances from Truro and one appliance from Falmouth were mobilised just after 6pm, with crews finding a fire in the kitchen "well alight
St Keverne Primary School has been given £300 from the parish council to help continue its work teaching children to swim. Councillor Bill Frisken said he felt it was a “very important” skill, saying: “A very high percentage of people can’t swim
Penryn residents should fire up their ovens and get set for the Great Penryn Christmas Bake Off on Saturday, December 13. Kitchen kings and queens can enter one of five categories: cakes, Christmas cake, a maximum of six cup cakes, maximum of four
The entrance to a lay-by parking area on Goonhilly Downs could be altered to stop larger vehicles from stopping there. In the past the large lay-by at Traboe Cross has been home to travellers, although they have since moved on. The changes to the
Angry about Islamic State mass murders and beheadings he had seen in the news, a 60-year-old man sent grossly offensive cards smeared with his dog’s faeces to an Islamic community centre at Carnon Downs, One of the pictures showed Allah having
Proceeds from last week’s Helston Fatstock Show have been presented to this year’s chosen charity. The 2014 show president Martin Matthew chose Cancer Funding for Cornwall as the good cause to be supported through a raffle and auction of donated
JOYFUL scenes were had at The Rec on Sunday as Penryn’s Under 13s pulled off a fantastic 37-16 win against Redruth. When the teams met at the same ground last season, the hosts left with a narrow victory, but the youngsters from Penryn were determined
Plans to create one large roundabout at Union Corner in Falmouth are back on track after Cornwall councillors backed the scheme at a meeting on Thursday. The scheme looked in doubt after the council’s strategic planning committee referred a decision
UKIP continues to make steady progress in the constituency of Camborne and Redruth according to polling conducted this week for a research and film documentary project at the University of Exeter at Penryn. The poll, conducted by polling company
Firefighters were called to Chapel Hill in Truro yesterday after a report that a young child had been accidentally locked in a car. Firefighters from Truro Community Fire Station quickly released the child just after 11am, with a spokesman saying
Thanks to the generosity of people across Cornwall, children from the All as One orphanage in Freetown, Sierra Leone, will have a happier Christmas. An estimated £40,000 worth of goods have been donated to A&P Falmouth so far following an appeal
Helston Museum needs 365 photographers to take part in a special project. The aim is to build a record of life in the town and local area during the whole of 2015. The challenge is to have an image for every day of the year, taken by a different
Police in Falmouth are warning of bogus meter readers trying to gain access to homes. A spokesman said that over the past week officers have received several calls regarding suspicious meter readers claiming to be from the gas or electric board
MATTHEW Nuciforo put in a good performance at the Camborne Boxing Show as he took on home fighter Tomas Kaskauskas. The Falmouth and Penryn Boxing Club member was put under pressure early on in the bout with the Camborne and Redruth Boxing Club
A funeral service for one of St Keverne’s most prolific charity fundraisers will take place this Saturday. Last week the Packet reported on the death of former firefighter and well known village figure Brian Edwards, who passed away in hospital
Falmouth’s pensioners braved the cold on Monday morning as Trago Mills handed out a Christmas cash gift to their senior shoppers. The annual Pensioners’ Pound Day saw senior management hand out more than £3,400 in £3 gifts to its older customers
New Redruth-based rock act Wolf Note embark on a string of UK dates later this month in support of their new single Move it On. The two piece band will be serving their visceral riff rock to audiences from Penzance to London between November 17
The developers behind one part of proposals for 300 new homes on land opposite Falmouth Football Club are inviting local residents and businesses to come and meet them tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, to find out more and comment on the scheme. Outline
Homemade crafts and natural goods will be for sale at Cornish Camels near Goonhilly Downs this Sunday (November 30) for St Petroc’s funds. Between 11am and 4pm there will be 15 stalls selling screen printing, woodwork, pottery and knitted goods
Calls have been made to shut down the Helston Business Improvement Partnership “with immediate effect” over concerns about how funds have been used. Town councillor Ronnie Williams made his shock suggestion in front of a packed meeting of Helston
A WOMAN has been banned from driving after testing over twice the drink driving limit in the Asda car park in Penryn. The attention of police officers, who were in the car park on the night of October 30, was drawn to the pair after seeing them
Two lethal "legal highs" - including a substance linked to 37 UK deaths - have been banned as class A drugs. Stimulant Serotoni - known technically as 4,4'-DMAR - and another substance not currently found in the UK called MT-45 have both been controlled
