A VICTORY at Taw Valley rounded off Falmouth Ladies’ away trips for the 2014/15 season on Saturday. They made a bright start but were unable to break through the home defence while creative winger Rachael Tatlow was kept quiet as she was man-marked
DESPITE losing the Plate Final on Sunday, Falmouth’s Under 13s can hold their heads up high. The side came up against a strong Newquay side who claimed the spoils with a 36-0 win in the match played at St Ives. Newquay’s effort at the breakdown
Falmouth was alive with pipers, cheering children and well-wishers this morning as comic legend Dawn French was installed as the new chancellor of Falmouth University. The Paint the Town Yellow parade started the proceedings, leaving The Moor at
Youth services in Falmouth under threat because of Cornwall Council’s austerity cuts, have been saved thanks to a partnership between the Dracaena Centre and the town council which is the first of its kind in the county. Cornwall Council’s funding
The National Maritime Trust (NMT), a new charity, is spearheading a campaign to buy the redundant destroyer HMS Edinburgh, sister ship of HMS Coventry and HMS Sheffield, both lost in the Falklands campaign, with a view to having the ship moored at
PLAYERS from Falmouth Golf Club missed out on the Cornwall Presidents Trophy on Sunday as they fell to a 5.5 – 3.5 defeat against Carlyon Bay. The eventual winners had raced into a 4-1 lead at Newquay before Falmouth staged a comeback to close
The fourth annual Falmouth Spring Festival is drawing to a close but not before another weekend of events which are sure to draw in the crowds. Last weekend saw the young and not-so-young take advantage of another session of Games on The Moor when
Around 200 protestors took advantage of last weekend’s fine weather to march through Penryn in protest at a decision to promote house building in College Valley. The procession of all ages, led by samba band Daka Doum, made its way from Trelawney
Community services run by Peninsula Community Health in the Penzance area will be moving to new locations at the end of March, bringing care closer to patients in the west. The new purpose built Mounts Bay Surgery located in Sainsbury’s, Penzance
PRESSURE has been kept on Bridge A at the top of the West Cornwall Table Tennis League Premier Division by Falmouth Docks A. The team recorded a 10-0 whitewash against People’s Palace A before defeated Docks D 7-3 with Mark Meijvis keeping up his
With the General Election count due to take place on Flora Day, May 8, Helston's MP has had to ask for special permission to dodge the vote count so he can play his normal role in the town's big day. Andrew George has always taken part in Flora
The sand dunes of Perranporth’s Watering Hole have felt the bass heavy vibrations of some of the biggest names in drum & bass recently, with chart toppers Sigma, and Wilkinson amongst other fresh talents |gracing the ones and twos. For those
A WHITEWASH over Breage helped Godolphin Club secure second place in Division One of the Mining Snooker League. Chris Timmins scored the highest break of 38 in the match during the final round of league fixtures of the season. Even if they
Italy’s version of the Red Arrows, the ‘Frecce Tricolori’, have announced that they will display at the 2015 RNAS Culdrose Air Day – currently the only UK Air Show on their schedule. The fast flying team, made up of ten ‘Aermacchi MB-339’ jets,
There won’t be any fluffy bunnies or even a chocolate egg in sight at Pendennis Castle this Easter, instead get set for time-traveling adventures. A troupe of pesky pirates and terrible Tudors will be providing the Easter entertainments from March
The people of Penryn are going to the polls today to choose two new town councillors, with the issue of development at College Valley formost in some voters minds. Voters in the town’s two wards will each have a choice between two candidates: Jim
Guitarist, educator, and historian Stefan Grossman is renowned to be one of the world’s great acoustic blues |guitarists and you can see him live at the Tolmen Centre this April. Studying with the greats such as Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John
A pressure-group for the protection of common land has objected to plan to swap common land at Pendarves Woods Common, a mile south-west of Camborne in Cornwall. The Open Spaces Society says that earlier this year Robert Weedon applied to the Secretary
FALMOUTH Art Gallery has joined forces with Mount Hawke Youth Group to stage a stunning display of street art and skating culture. The Urban Uprising exhibition which opens on March 30 and runs until April 25 features artworks by Banksy, D*Face
Falmouth Town Council is requesting a meeting with the Marine Management Organisation in the hope of speeding up a decision on plans to dredge a deep water channel into the port. Councillor Candy Atherton raised the issue after attending a meeting
Poldhu Amateur Radio Club has been named best in the west of England on the first time of entering a regional competition. The volunteers won the Radio Society of Great Britain, Region 11, Club of the Year Award. Region 11 covers from south
YOUNG rugby players from Falmouth have said becoming the first foreign team to win a tournament in Spain was a “proud honour”. The Under 12s side from Falmouth Rugby Club travelled out to Barcelona for a tour of the city which included taking part
The founder and former boss of Helston-based ShelterBox and his son have appeared at the Old Bailey via a video-link to deny charges of conspiring to defraud the charity. Thomas Henderson, 64, the former chief executive officer of ShelterBox, handed
A Falmouth man has been banned from the road for 18 months by magistrates in Truro after breath tests showed him to be almost twice the legal alcohol limit. Callum Davidson, 25, of Boslowick Road, pleaded guilty to driving on Market Strand on March
