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  • 25 YEARS ON: Town hammer Millbrook but Borough beaten again

    Millbrook 0, Falmouth Tn 4 On one of their favourite grounds, Falmouth Town cantered to a relatively easy win in the Jewson SWL when they defeated in-form team Millbrook 4-0. It was Town's seventh successive win at Millbrook and completed an

  • Fish found on Falmouth beach trapped in tin can

    ALL manner of debris has been washed up on the coast around Falmouth during this stormiest of weeks, but this was the troubling sight for a dog walker this morning. Ally Edgson was walking his Welsh collie on Swanpool beach just after high tide

  • First Helford River clean-up of new year

    LITTER pickers sprang into action for the first Helford River clean-up of the year, with 22 people turning out to spruce up the beach and surrounding area on Sunday. The volunteers also got the chance to christen new equipment supplied by Clean

  • COURT LIST: Man possessed knife in public place

    A DRINK driver has been banned from the roads for 22 months. Polish national Katarzyna Schmidt, aged 37, of Gilly Fields, Redruth, admitted committing the offence on December 30 at Hayle. She was driving a Ford Fiesta when she registered 86mcgs

  • Latest stadium plans to be decided

    The latest planning application for the long awaited Stadium for Cornwall will be decided by councillors next week. Cornwall Council’s strategic planning committee is due to consider a reserved matters application for the stadium when it meets next

  • Vehicle fire causing traffic delays near Truro

    A CAR fire caused traffic disruption just outside Truro this morning. The blaze happened on the B3284 westbound from The Meadows at Shortlanesend and the Tregavethan turn-off at Allet. Five firefighters on one appliance from Truro attended

  • Asda is to close its in-store meat and fish counters

    ASDA, which has a store at Penryn, has said it will close its in-store meat and fish counters and replace them with something completely different. The spaces left by these closing sections will be used for 'ready-to-eat' counters - and Asda has

  • Call for more help for Cornwall

    A major new report has called on the Government to provide more support to rural areas which are being missed by Government policy. Land of Opportunity – England’s Rural Periphery has been published by the New Local Government Network (NLGN).

  • Man admits four counts of benefit fraud

    A BENEFIT fraudster has been given a suspended prison sentence. Matthew David Autie, aged 49, of Seworgan, near Constantine, admitted four deception charges when he appeared in Truro Crown Court on Tuesday. He originally denied the offences and

  • "Time is right" for preparatory school to expand

    CORNISH preparatory school Polwhele House is expanding to offer secondary school education up to GCSE level. The co-educational school near Truro has grown steadily since it was founded in 1981 by Richard and Rosemary White and offers a nursery,