Asda has won its year-long battle to build a larger out of town superstore with petrol filling station at Kernick, Penryn.

Work on the building proper is expected to begin in the autumn and the store opened in the spring or summer next year.

"We are delighted. We have been waiting for a long time for the decision," said a company spokeswoman.

"We are looking forward to opening in the area and providing the people of Falmouth with a service they want. We will begin just as soon as we can."

What has been Asda's success in the year long wait has ended in disappointment for Tesco whose application to build alongside the river at Ponsharden has been refused. The site was said to be suitable but inappropriate.

A Penryn butcher has decided to call it a day.

News that Asda has won its appeal for a larger superstore at Kernick has not helped and Mr Martin Mullins is not planning to compete with them or any other superstore on the outskirts of town.

Mr Mullins says he will quit the butchery business that has provided him with a living for many years.

Together with his wife Christine, Mr Mullins has been running his shop in Lower Market Street for 15 years, but now says "Enough is enough".

"I am going now because things could be worse next year," he said.

"I am gutted - like everyone we had our dreams and have worked so hard but it is becoming impossible. If I opened every day from six 'til 12 I still wouldn't get the customers.

With Mr Mullins departure there is only one butcher remaining in Penryn and just over 309 traders in Upper and Lower Market Streets.

Penryn's former retained firefighters are still waiting for tankards and a scroll they were promised from the town council more than two years ago.

Some are disappointed by the council's failure to keep its promise.

Councillors are understood to be somewhat embarrassed by it.