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  • Set in quiet location

    Situated in the charming village of Ashton is this delightful two bedroomed cottage which has a wealth of appeal and character. The home comprises a lounge, dining room, newly fitted kitchen and bathroom and a useful attic room. There is a parking

  • Steam engine ride for raffle winner

    A Falmouth man and his granddaughter took to the streets onboard a rare steam engine after winning a raffle at the Clipper Way pub. Peter Badger, 65, and his granddaughter Emily, 13, won the trip to Camborne on the Bo-Peep steam engine during a charity

  • Rare plant about to bloom

    At St Michael's Mount this summer, visitors will be able to see a rare horticultural sight when an Agave Americana - a succulent plant native to Mexico - grows in excess of thirty feet in height, flowers and then gradually dies. The Agave Americana plant

  • Grant goes to Cornish fishing skipper

    Stephen Long, owner and skipper of MFV Morel Margh' has been awarded an Objective One Fisheries Grant of over £1000 towards his project to insulate the fishroom aboard his vessel. The new fishroom will ensure fish quality and hygiene levels are of the

  • Skateboarding at Harvest Fair?

    A skateboard competition is one of the new ideas suggested to update and improve this year's Helston Harvest Fair. Town clerk Chris Dawson was asked by members of the town's Harvest Fair Committee to contact Kerrier district council to see whether it

  • Iconic building makes way for more ‘boxes’

    For some time now I have been waiting to see what Priority Sites Ltd were proposing to put on the Falmouth Business Park as they "out bid" my offer to the RDA last year to build a single iconic building on that same site. My bid was sympathetic to the

  • Business receives boost from five fisheries grants

    In the past 12 months, Redruth based Falmouth Fishselling Co Ltd (Falfish), has secured Objective One Fisheries Grants for five projects, bringing their total number of Objective One funded projects to 14, and total European and national grant investment