HelstoN Athletic boss Sid Taylor has descirbed Good Friday’s derby against Porthleven as a massive game for the club as they look to claim a second placed finish in the league. Helston currently sit seven points ahead of third place Godolphin
One of the longest running rugby tours in the world is set for it’s annual appearance in Falmouth and Penryn over the Easter weekend as the Old Dunstonians visit. The visit is the clubs 78th tour of the region and they will play Penryn first team at
This Saturday sees the Cornish Pirates play Cross Keys away in the semi-final of the British & Irish Cup. The kick-off time for this anticipated tough encounter at Pandy Park is at 3pm The Cornish Pirates won 30-3 when the two teams met back in December
Follow live updates from tomorrow's CSWPL premier division clash between Falmouth Town and Penzance. The match could see ex-Penzance player Wayne Quinn line-up against his former club. Kick-off is at 11am. Live updates to start at 10.30am.
Falmouth Town Reserves go into one of the biggest games of their season on Easter Sunday when they take on St Just in the final of Jolly’s Combination League Cup. Town are looking to win the competition for only the second time in their history, having
A charity is calling for urgent action to better protect children after research found 871 child sex crimes were reported to Devon and Cornwall Police last year alone. The NSPCC has released figures obtained via Freedom of Information requests
A printing firm from Helston is encouraging everyone to get the T-shirt and wear it in protest against the |so-called “pasty tax”. Brian Curtis and his partner Anne Williams, of Harlequin Design, have been getting hot and bothered about the introduction
A controversial application for housing on farmland near Truro has been deferred by Cornwall councillors. The application by Inox Group and Exemplar Projects for land at Langarth Farm, Threemilestone asks to build 1,500 houses, a restaurant
The former Falmouth Towage Company (FTC) tug St Piran has gone to a scrap yard in Belgium for demolition. The tug MTS Viscount from Falmouth-based Marine Towage Services towed the St Piran from Ostend to Ghent. Built in 1960 as the Dalegarth, St Piran
A collection of paintings reflecting an Exeter solicitor's infatuation with the St Ives art scene, will come under the hammer at The Penzance Auction House on Thursday April 12. The 14 works, by artists including Jack Pender, Tony O'Malley
There was panic at the pumps across the Falmouth, Penryn and Helston areas on Thursday after fears of a strike by petrol tanker drivers left motorists scrabbling to fill up. At one stage Helston had completely run out of petrol and diesel,
Porthleven will be looking for some derby day joy when they meet Helston Athletic at Gala Parc on Good Friday, following some disappointing results against their rivals this campaign. Port faced newly-promoted Helston for the first time in
The Royal Marines have announced that they will be quitting Carlsberg South West Peninsula League football at the end of the season. The Royal Marines have been members of the league for four seasons, the first two in the division one east and the latter
Penryn Athletic are through to the final of the Durning Lawrence Charity Cup after they beat Newquay 5-3 on Tuesday night. The semi-final, played at AFC St Austell, saw Newquay take a first half lead through Glen Squires. But an impressive Penryn midfield
THE spectacular Tallships are set for a return to Falmouth for a festival to be held in the late summer of 2014. The news was confirmed by John Hick, chairman of the Falmouth Tallship Association, at a meeting of Falmouth Town Council on Monday
Stithians Lake Watersports Centre has become the latest member to sign up to the police Boat Watch scheme. It is after more than £13,000 worth of engines were stolen from the centre – part of the South West Lakes Trust – in October last year. Following
A Helston Business Academy to help traders flourish could be on the cards if the town’s bid for almost £100,000 is successful. The Packet can reveal that this is one of the ideas that form Helston’s application to become a Portas Pilot town
A man who was being helped by a community mental health team sent a number of offensive text messages to them in which he called them “a bunch of homo hairdressers” and “lowlife rats”. When he was spoken to by the police he said what he had written were
Truro has inspired an artist to created a very special piece of art work to raise funds for Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Compassion in World Farming. Suzy Sharpe's 5ft by 4ft canvas is one of 17 pieces produced by artists who all took to the streets
