Letters

Storm brewing in Porthleven - by Paul Caddy

LETTER: 'Porthleven sadly no longer on our list of preferred locations' after spill

A letter from a reader

Letter: Are they REALLY earthquakes?

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Letter writer questions why only those with loyalty cards now get any supermarket discounts

LETTER: No 'loyalty' from supermarkets if you don't hand over details!

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A pre-app has gone in to convert Waterside House in Penryn into student accommodation

LETTER: Conversion of Waterside House into student accommodation not good

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Protestors from Just Stop Oil on the Tremough Campus

LETTER: Grateful for lecturer's support for Just Stop Oil protests

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Just Stop Oil protestors on the Cornwall Campus

LETTER: I am not surprised by the Just Stop Oil protest by students

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Just Stop Oil protestor Holly Astle sits in front of the Falmouth University building she has just spray painted

History lecturer supports Just Stop Oil activists who spray painted uni buildings

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LETTER: Why wasn't the Dracaena Centre equipped with sufficient vaccines?

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The plans were approved despite concerns that it could hamper plans to revitalise the town centre.

LETTER: Pods decision will be 'a disaster for Penryn'

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The audience talking could be heard over the sound of the bands

LETTER: Big dance acts won't come if they can't make themselves heard

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Don't let waste checking lead to rubbish in laybys, says letter writer

LETTER: Don't let Cornwall become a 'rubbish in every layby county'

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A busy Princess Pavillion garden

LETTER: Pavilion management doing a good job - from a holidaymaker

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A letter from a Helston resident

LETTER: A bit of common sense from the council, please?

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MP Cherilyn Mackrory said she was shocked at the increase in parking charges, introduced by her own party

LETTER: What an extraordinary interview with town's 'all but invisible' MP

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How the new lodges would look at Gwel An Mor, Portreath

LETTER: 'If you want to blame us, blame us for wanting to boost local tourism'

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Mr Roscoe parked his car at the entrance to the beach where he says it was keyed

LETTER: Keyed car should NOT have been parked at entrance to beach path

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The former Arla creamery site at Trevarrian near Cornwall Airport Newquay

LETTER: 'Planning decision makers don't represent the whole community'

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The news has been welcomed by Falmouth and Truro MP Cherilyn MacKrory

LETTER: MP's refusal to vote on Boris Johnson findings 'dereliction of duty'

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Neighbouring parish councils strongly object to the Halo Village student development near Penryn

LETTER: There absolutely no need to build student village here

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Tresillian House in Falmouth is under threat of closure

LETTER: 'The sense of abandonment by the Abbeyfield Society is palpable'

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photo of Cherilyn Mackrory MP by the sea in her Truro & Falmouth constituency

LETTER: 'The greatest threat to our waters today is sewage'

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A Culdrose fire engine overturned on the Lizard road in December last year

LETTER: Please act before somebody gets badly hurt!

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Market Street bollard, Falmouth

LETTER: 'They need their heads examined!' Moving rising bollard is 'lunacy'

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Parking spaces in Commercial Road are being removed to house homeless in temporary accommodation

LETTER: Looking for better parking for businesses? - Good luck with that one!

LETTER: 20mph speed limit is a joke where I live in Falmouth

LETTER: 20mph speed limit is a joke where I live in Falmouth

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LETTER: welfare of students takes precedence over that of the permanent residents

LETTER: 'Welfare of students seems to take precedence over permanent residents'

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Cornwall's heat-producing granite rocks are clear on this graphic Picture: British Geological Society

LETTER: Farmers should get behind geothermal power plants (the closer the better)

Lloyds Bank in Helston is closing in January 2023

LETTER: Do banking Scrooges wish to 'decrease surplus population' with closure?

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Vans parked along Cliff Road, Falmouth

LETTER: Discourse over van dwellers always seems to employ stick very little carrot

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Porthleven pensioner JC Perkins waited 18 hours in ambulance outside the Royal Cornwall Hospital

LETTER: 'I waited 17 hours in an ambulance - pay NHS staff what they deserve'

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LETTER: Sadness and disappointment regarding the state of Falmouth

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Gylly Beach is plagued by sewerage releases threatening it's blue flag status

LETTER: Sewerage discharges at Gylly Beach are shocking

Protestors outside County Hall recently

LETTER: Ships and Castles: The choice is yours Falmouth!

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Vans parked on Boscawen Road

LETTER: These shabby old vans have to go now!'

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The view from Ships and Castles towards Falmouth

LETTER: 'We must not give away the town's 'jewels’ for the profit of developers'

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Campaigners outside County Hall on Thursday. Picture Jory Mundy

LETTER: 'Falmouth will be robbed' £2m not enough to fund new pool

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Vans parked on Cliff Road

LETTER: I won't be returning to Falmouth while overnight street parking continues

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Ships and Castles closed earlier this year

LETTER: Protest last chance to be heard in fight to save headland and keep pool

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Twenty is plenty has been introduced across the county

LETTER: Keen to understand the rationale behind this overzealous 20mph signage

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Nat West is closing its Falmouth branch this summer

LETTER: 'Like lambs to the slaughter' over Nat West, Falmouth branch closure

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Boris Johnson was at the Royal Cornwall Show on Friday following the confidence vote

LETTERS: Two Packet readers air their opposing views on Boris Johnson

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Mike Truscott, David Barnicoat, Gill Grant and John Marquis with the donated books

Unofficial 'reunion' as well known Falmouth writers make donations to history

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A planning application has been submitted for a new geothermal power plant located in Wendron.

‘This project has given us hope for the future’: Why I support geothermal drilling

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Falmouth fireworks.

Disappointing that there were no fireworks for New Year's Eve

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Falmouth mayor Steve Eva wishes everybody a happy new year

Mayor sends new year message to residents of Falmouth

Conservatives to hand out even more of Cornwall's covid aid to second homers

'Conservatives to hand out even more of Cornwall's Covid aid to second homers'

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How the proposed development will look on Bell's Court

'We are committed to provide lower cost homes for Falmouth'

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Dennis Helmore from Australia wants to work out where he stayed in Cornwall in 1956

LETTER: Help! Can you work out where we stayed in Cornwall in 1956?

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Cornwall Council chamber file picture

LETTER: 'Cornwall is being levelled down, rather than up'

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An artist's impression of how the restaurant would have looked

LETTER: 'County council's planning system is not fit for purpose'

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Professor Debbie Stark, Public Health England south west regional director and NHS regional director of public health for the south west, has written an open letter to Cornwall and the south west

Open letter to Cornwall and the south west on eve of lockdown lifting

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Support us and the town of Falmouth to get on top of this spike

Support us and the town of Falmouth to get on top of this spike

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Falmouth mayor Steve Eva - photography by Exposure Photo Agency

'I would personally like to thank them all for their respectful protest actions'

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Extinction Rebellion will be targetting the media centre in the Maritime museum

We apologise for any disruption our protest cause

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