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  • Falmouth daffodil grower chosen for top national display 

    A Falmouth daffodil grower has been chosen to do the Master Growers Display at a top Royal Horticultural Society show.  Ron Scamp and his son Adrian will show their new and heritage varieties at the RHS Cardiff show this April.   Ron said: 

  • Football club pays emotional tribute to popular chairman

    Members of Wendron United Football Club paid an emotional tribute to their chairman at their Underlane ground yesterday. Wendron played host to Liskeard Athletic in the club’s first match since the death of Kevin Williamson, who died last Sunday

  • Reds run in six tries after sterling second-half show

    Redruth 39, London Irish Wild Geese 3 A stirring second half performance from Redruth saw them home to a comfortable bonus point win, writes Bill Hooper at the Recreation Ground. Director of Rugby Nigel Hambly was pleased with the win but felt

  • Plans for village hall defibrillator boosted by Rotary grant

    Thanks to the Rotary Club of Mount’s Bay, St Pirans Hall Goldsithney, the village hall for Perranuthnoe, is celebrating getting closer to installing its own defibrillator. St Pirans Hall is home to many community activities, from Mothers and Toddlers

  • Artist to show his work in major exhibition in Poland

    A Cornish artist is taking part in a major new exhibition in Gdansk, Poland, in March. Made in Britain consists of 82 works by painters based all over the UK, which form part of the Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting.

  • Sailing club raises funds for RNLI

    Restronguet Sailing Club has handed over a cheque for £80 to Falmouth RNLI Coxswain Jonathon Blakeston at Falmouth Lifeboat Station. The money was raised from club members taking part in the club’s annual Christmas Pudding Race held in December

  • White Tigers suffer second defeat in four days

    Billericay Town 3, Truro City 2 TRURO City suffered their second defeat of the week as they narrowly slipped to a 3-2 away defeat to Billericay Town at the AGP Arena, writes Cameron Weldon. After defeat at home on Tuesday at the hands of Wealdstone

  • Man to stand trial accused of running a brothel in Truro

    A MAN will stand trial in Crown Court facing charges of running a brothel in Truro and controlling the activities of a woman for prostitution. Kang Sean Wong, aged 34, of Tresaderns Road, Redruth, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Friday accused

  • Eight more tri-service officers become operational

    Eight further Tri-Service Safety Officers officially become operational across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly on Friday. The additional officers will be located in: St Just, Hayle, St Ives, Fowey and Polruan, Perranporth, St Dennis, Looe and Lostwithiel

  • PACKET PADS: Beautiful four-bedroom town house in Falmouth

    This week's Packet Pad is a beautiful, three-storey town house just a short walk from Falmouth's town centre. A beautiful town house: standing on this ever‐popular tree‐lined avenue, perfectly positioned for the nearby town, harbour, seafront and