An ultra-modern £5m training centre to attract more students into the engineering and construction industries and equip them with the latest skills is to be built at Camborne, Pool Redruth College. The massive investment is part of a £12.4 million package
Councillors at Redruth town council are so disgusted with Kerrier district council's lack of communication over the hike in car parking charges and time restrictions, it is considering making an official complaint to the ombudsman. The authority wrote
Unemployment in Cornwall is at an all-time low and there is every possibility it will get better despite forecasts by some pundits that manufacturing is going into recession. Figures show that in Kerrier the total number of people registered out of work
FURIOUS mum Antoinette Wilcox spurned hospital chiefs after her daughter's vital operation was postponed twice. Surgeons were unable to perform the lengthy six-hour operation on Katie, 12, because her mother claimed there was a staff shortage at the Royal
The name Kimberley is perhaps one of the best known in Falmouth and to many, and in particular those who have made a study of the town's history, it will mean none other than a family who have owned large chunks of the town for generations and still do
The man behind a scheme to increase mooring facilities at Port Pendennis Marina, Falmouth, has hit back at critics who fear the close proximity the extended pontoon system will be to the docks and to shipping. Mike Webb who runs Castlematters Ltd., which
AS employment perks go, Falmouth teenager Sarah Duckett's has to be among the best. She won a cool £40,000 on a scratch card, which she had whimsically bought at the end of her shift at Threshers off licence last Friday, purely because it was a new type
For the first time in more than 30 years of trading Trago Mills are to accept credit cards. The company which has a shop in Falmouth and out of town centres in Liskeard and in Newton Abbott, Devon, will be breaking new ground when they exhibit for the
INTENSE negotiations were taking place this week over the future of the long term manager of the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth. Bob Phipps, 51, who lives in Gyllyngvase Terrace, Falmouth, is expected to take early retirement this week under a new restructuring
The charity supports trained nurses to allow cancer patients to stay in their own homes and provides grants for specialist equipment such as bedding, lighting and heating. The ferry sported a big Macmillan banner for the day and the crew members wore
Fed up residents in Carleen are calling for action to be taken to stop drivers speeding through their village. Two pets have been run over and killed in the past fortnight and local people say excessive speed is to blame. Calls for calming measures have
Visitors to Helston Folk Museum on Saturday were enchanted by the playing of young Porthleven flautist Claire-Louise Auguste. Claire-Louise, aged nine, a pupil at Porthleven School, has won a number of awards since starting to play the flute three years
Brisk bidding at the meat auction helped boost proceeds from St Keverne Band's annual ox roast last week to around £5,000. Opened by Henry Bosustow MBE, who has been involved with the band for over 50 years, the event was a success from beginning to end
Curnow Shipping, the Falmouth-based ship management company with its offices in Killigrew Street, is to close down in the near future. The writing had been on the wall for Curnow after the company failed in its bid to win another five year term to operate
FESTIVITIES galore took place on Saturday at St Agnes when people took to the streets in colourful costumes and floats. The carnival procession on Saturday, which assembled at Enys Park, was a great success despite a deluge of rain which came down when
For the first time in more than 30 years of trading Trago Mills are to accept credit cards. The company which has a shop in Falmouth and out of town centres in Liskeard and in Newton Abbott, Devon, will be breaking new ground when they exhibit for the
OVER 2,000 overgrown footpaths in Cornwall have yet to be cleared despite efforts to make the countryside "open for business" following the foot and mouth crisis. Ramblers and walkers all over the county have found many footpaths and public rights of
GREEN-fingered students from Camborne Pool Redruth College spent four glorious days on the Isles of Scilly, beautifying the Abbey Gardens on Tresco. Local students Richard Bryant, Nigel Willoughby, Vivian Curtis and Patrick Libby are studying on the RSA
Raw sewage littered the waterfront off Greenbank on Thursday following a torrential downpour. As the town centre suffered its second flooding in a month so residents of Greenbank became increasingly angry with SWW who have carried out extensive works
THE first book ever to be written about Pendennis Motor Cycle and Light Car Club, Race Around a Castle, was launched in spectacular style at the weekend. Over 100 people turned up for the eagerly-awaited occasion at Falmouth's Membly Hall Hotel on Saturday
MORE people have spoken out against uneven pavements in Falmouth following the Packet's report last week of two elderly women stumbling and injuring themselves in the town centre. Three more women have told of the serious injuries they sustained when
Flash floods wreaked havoc in Falmouth on Thursday, closing the town centre for most of the day. Water poured into shops and businesses causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. It was the second time within a month that heavy rain had caused flooding
Falmouth's Marine Band kept up with tradition when they turned out to support the Falmouth Carnival on Saturday. Always wanting to surprise the crowd with new uniforms this year they turned out dressed as Cossacks and with women accompanying them as if
A major Falmouth shipping company is to close. Curnow Shipping who have offices in Killigrew Street where more than 15 staff are employed failed in their bid to renew a Government contract to operate the RMS St Helena passenger vessel for the next five
THE first book ever to be written about Pendennis Motor Cycle and Light Car Club, Race Around a Castle, was launched in spectacular style at the weekend. Over 100 people turned up for the eagerly-awaited occasion at Falmouth's Membly Hall Hotel on Saturday
More than 250 exhibits in 12 different categories were on display in the public hall at Porthleven for the village's annual summer show. Standards were high in all classes and the judges faced a hard task choosing the winners, in particular in the popular
810 SQUADRON, the advanced and operational flying training squadron specialising in the Sea King helicopter, decommissioned last week at RNAS Culdrose. To mark the event a ceremonial decommissioning parade was held at Culdrose. First formed at Gosport
The recollections of a brother and sister evacuated to Helston during the Second World War have prompted family members to seek further information about their time in the county. The quest was inspired by a chance meeting in Greece with Helston residents
Over 400 guests enjoyed a respite from recent rains at Gweek Quay Boatyard to celebrate the re-commissioning of the famous classic wooden racing yawl Lutine of Helford. Lutine floated last week for the first time since 1988 as she was blessed with holy
Over 2,000 people attended the launch of a new musical project called the Cornwall Youth Music Action Zone (CYMAZ) at Boscawen Park in Truro and took part in a variety of entertainments linked to National Playday Week. CYMAZ was formed four months ago
A new guide book to Truro will be of use not only to the visitor but those who live in or near the city. Published by Focus Publishing of Tavistock, the book contains considerable material provided by Penny Fincken, a Blue Badge Guide used to taking people
VALERIE Johnston, commercial manager at Truro Museum, welcomed the delivery of the second batch of fast-selling handcrafted cards by students on the St Kits programme, a community and training enterprise, that is part of the Centre for Foundation Studies
A UNIQUE opportunity for the West Country to see a reconstruction of the "missing section" of the 231ft long framed Bayeux Tapestry, and to learn of its story, comes this summer in Cornwall. Using the original stitch, with plant-dyed yarns on the same
CRIMEFIGHTERS in Cornwall are being rewarded with £500 to spend on crime prevention after winning first prize in the regional heats of a nationwide competition launched by ADT Fire and Security. Beating off stiff competition, Kerrier District Neighbourhood
THE 38th annual Illogan Horticultural and Domestic Show was held in glorious sunshine. This was probably the last time the show will be staged in Illogan Village Hall, as the committee has been successful in its bid for the old infants' school in Illogan
FORTY-TWO members excelled themselves by entering nearly 350 beautiful fuchsia exhibits at the Camborne-Redruth Fuchsia Society's 12th annual show at Camborne School last Sunday. Janette Eathorne broadcast "live" from the venue whilst judging was taking
HOLMAN Climax Male Voice Choir met for their 62nd annual general meeting which was held at Camborne School and was followed by a social get together with wives and friends, including the presentations. The secretary, in his report, made comment to the
