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Stories for 26 August 2004
Cornwall Camborne Redruth News
Sewage spill forces beach to be closed
Pollution readings 80 times the Blue Flag standard forced the closure of Gwithian Beach for three days. more...
Go ahead for landfill site given by agency
THE Environment Agency has finally issued the permit to allow County Environmental Services Limited (CES) to operate an extension of the United Downs landfill site at St Day near Redruth. more...
Children call for another play day
MORE than 200 people turned out for the first North Country Play Day, which was a roaring success according to organisers. more...
Residents' anger over scrapyard
ANGRY residents are afraid that new equipment planned for a scrapyard less than half a mile from Camborne town centre will exacerbate problems of dumped cars and fly tipping near their homes. more...
Sewage spill forces beach to be closed
Pollution readings 80 times the Blue Flag standard forced the closure of Gwithian Beach for three days. more...
Students jump for joy at A-Level successes
Best friends Melanie May, Emily Bray and Merrily Grout were celebrating on Thursday as all got outstanding A-level results. more...
Arson tally now 66
A fire at a dentist's surgery which caused more than £10,000 worth of damage brought the number of arson attacks in Redruth and Camborne this year to more than 60, a figure that has raised considerable concern for police. more...
Cornwall Camborne Redruth Sport
Cornish hopes of victory end after second and third days' play lost
Cornwall's hopes of a win, and possible qualification for next years C&G Trophy, were ended on Tuesday when their final Minor Counties Championship game of the season, against Dorset, at St Austell, was abandoned as a draw. In a soggy end to the campaign the entire second and third days were washed out without a ball being bowled. On Monday, following heavy overnight rain, a ground inspection by the umpires at one 1pm ended the misery for the day, after almost a third of Sunday's play had also been lost. It was worse on Tuesday morning with puddles forming on the outfield. The game was swiftly called off to continue St Austell's poor luck with the weather and county matches. The C&G tie with Worcestershire had to be switched due to a waterlogged ground two years ago while thunderstorms washed out the last day of last year's clash with Cheshire, effectively costing Cornwall a first ever title. This year's washout means that with 69 points Cornwall cannot qualify for the C&G Trophy, whatever happens elsewhere in a rain ruined last round of games. more...
Good turnout of solo, youth and sidecar riders at St Erme
The Cornwall Solo Grass Track club held their club and grand slam meeting at the weekend. The meeting, at St Erme, took place in a new field which was fast and sloping and the weather was mainly dry with only the occasional shower. Racing was very fast and attracted a good turnout of solo, sidecar and youth riders. The dust kept away which meant that there were only a few casualties and only a few riders falling off their machinery but uninjured, managing to get going to complete their race. Some of the riders unfortunately suffered with machinery problems. During the meeting some of the races were to win the grand slam and memorial race trophies and the meeting had the fastest time. Kevin Williams won the solos and Clive Stoneman/Roland Broomfield the sidecars. Trophies will be awarded at the presentation evening which in November at Indian Queen's Working Men's Club. more...
Women must settle for share
Cornwall Women had to settle for a share in this year's South West Women's County Championship when the deciding game with Dorset was abandoned as a draw at Callington on Sunday. Cornwall made 116-9 in their 50 overs after staging a recovery through skipper Rachel Eustice who made 37. more...
Superb non-contact races in junior Minis
Troon go down by four wickets
Newquay's win against Troon at Newquay Sports Centre on Saturday puts them in fourth place in the Premier League, behind St Just, Falmouth and Truro. more...
Holmans make history with well-earned result
Presidents win special tie
Veor 7 pts Veor Presidents XV 19 pts more...
Victory puts Camborne on top
Camborne scored 185-6 at Rosudgeon to defeat the home side by 14 runs. more...
Chacewater win Falmouth Cup
FALMOUTH Bowling Club hosted the final of the Falmouth Cup on Saturday in ideal conditions. The competition is played with four triples from each club on a two home, two away basis, and the final, which is always played on the Falmouth green, involves four rinks playing off for the trophy. more...
Club to have new pitch
CAMBORNE Cricket Club will soon be enjoying a new all-weather pitch, thanks to a £4,000 award from the Hanson Environment Fund's Community Grants Scheme - set up to assist small projects near Hanson sites. more...
Record year for tournament
ANOTHER record year was recorded for the fifth time in succession at the annual Wendron/Sharon Wood Mini Soccer Tournament, held on July 18. On Thursday, organisers, helpers and family gathered at Wendron to present half of the proceeds to Cancer Research UK. This year's grand total was £6842.14 and was more than £800 up on last year. more...
Cornwall Cornwall Inport
Shipping Intelligence
Tuesday, August 11 Bahamas flagged research vessel Laurentian (3,375/83) arrived at the docks from Las Palmas for a crew change and sailed later for Aberdeen. Bahamas registered coaster Pongo (664/82) arrived from Southampton to load calcified seaweed at Lighterage Quay, Truro. British salvage tug Anglian Princess (2,258/02) moved into the Carrick Roads from Falmouth Bay. more...
First of her kind
Grand Princess was the first of six Grand Class ships built for Princess Cruises. more...
Thousands to flock into town
Around 3,000 people could be coming ashore in tenders when the cruiseship Grand Princess arrives on Monday. more...
Arrival of cruise ship is precision work for pilots
Mooring such a large ship in the Cross Channel will require precision anchor work from the pilots on the Grand Princess. more...
Hundreds expected to greet super ship
The £300 million super-cruiseship Grand Princess, 109,000 tons, will be the largest cruiseship to enter Falmouth when she anchors in Carrick Roads at 0800 hours on Monday morning for a day-long cruise call. more...
High Tides
Fri, Aug 27 02.26(4.4) 14.56 (4.8) Sat, Aug 28 03.34 (4.7) 15.55 (5.1) Sun, Aug 29 04.28 (5.0) 16.43 (5.4) Mon, Aug 30 05.14 (5.2) 17.28 (5.6) Tue, Aug 31 06.00 (5.3 18.13 (5.6) Wed, Sep 1 06.43 (5.3) 18.54 (5.5) Thur, Sep 2 07.21 (5.2) 19.30 (5.4) TRURO: Subtract 22 mins. ST IVES: Subtract 15 minutes. NEWQUAY: Subtract 5 minutes. All times are GMT - add one hour for BST. more...
Cornwall Cornwall Letters
Apologies to ship for this shameful snub
A golden moment for Falmouth was missed with the exclusion of one of the nation's most prestigious vessels in maritime history to grace our shores. The HM Bark Endeavour, with its multi-national crew, were not provided the courtesy of a sheltered berth in which her crew could be rested and the ship replenished before sailing from our shores to Penzance. more...
A victim of differing waterfront factions?
With its long seafaring history, ships have always been assured a warm welcome in Falmouth, and nowadays the sight of tall ships coming into the harbour is one of the things we love most about the town. more...
Falmouth Week was a great success
Falmouth Week 2004 has come to a successful conclusion with more positive and grateful comments than ever before. It was a good week, no, a very good week! more...
Boatmen keep the waterfront clean
Myself and my workmate Roger Green initiated a maritime litter collection by our boat taking in the area between A&P County Wharf and as far as Greenbank during Falmouth Week. more...
Litter collection must be allowed to continue
Congratulations to David Evans and Roger Green of the Maritime Museum in Falmouth who have recently started to collect maritime litter in Falmouth Harbour using their own boat; and they have also begun to clear the water's edge in Falmouth. more...
It's not safe to walk through town centre
The recent comments about the difficulties faced by pedestrians in the centre of Falmouth are completely valid. more...
I was a victim of this dangerous paving!
THERE have been a number of both residents and visitors who have had falls, some very serious, caused by the uneven and damaged paving slabs or cobbles in our town and residential areas. I unfortunately was the latest victim on Monday morning, August 16, when I fell onto my face on the uneven wet slabs opposite Wheal Sara Florists, near the moor roundabout. Fortunately for me no bones were broken or cracked, I only suffered severe shock and facial damage. more...
Transport firm deserve thanks for carnival help
IN last week's Packet, dated week-ending August 21, mentioning Falmouth Carnival, you forgot to thank the very kind company that supplied the lorries, which helped make the carnival a success. Through your paper, on behalf of myself, the rest of the Falmouth and district residents and all those that saw the carnival, we would like to thank Westfield Transport. more...
Could this be the same Mitch Fenner?
AS an 82-year-old armchair critic, I have been most impressed with the athletes of the Greek Olympics, particularly the indoor gymnastics, which is my reason for writing. more...
Falmouth needs regular refuse cleaners
IN response to last week's letters of complaint, justifiably disgusted with the discarded litter and rubbish in Falmouth, I wish to make a common-sense suggestion to this pathetic and ongoing problem. My simple and effective suggestion is, why not employ, by Carrick District Council, extra staff that are appropriately paid to work early mornings and also in the evenings to clear the litter and rubbish. Their job title could be "Falmouth refuse cleaners." more...
Litter louts should face heavy fines
MAY I through our local paper give credit to all concerned for the wonderful dedication of work to the display of flowers in our local gardens and parks. more...
Pendennis parking charges
THE Pendennis parking charge proposal is on the face of it a controversial but simple "yes" or "no" issue. more...
Please support the revived Harvest Fair
Appalling increase for a poor service
I AM appalled and disgusted to read in the Helston Packet that water bills will rise by 17% over the next five years. more...
Thorough investigation into council is required
For over three years, while I have attempted to serve my fellow residents of Redruth South to the best of my ability, my impact on the ethos of the modus operandi of Cornwall County Council has been negligible. more...
Global warming did not cause Cornish flooding
The recent floods at Boscastle and elsewhere are not due to global warming. Instead, they are due to the Jet Stream, a high energy stream of air that flows around the planet. more...
Silly car drivers are the real cause for concern
I've read Skipper's latest article on bikers and can see it's obvious that his deep-rooted bias against us will never leave him! more...
Cornish Assembly better than rule from Taunton!
Councillors to receive only £200 a year more
ON the letters page of the August 11 issue of the Packet, you featured a letter from A May, South Park Close, Redruth, titled "Community charge rise to pay for our councillors." We would like to point out that the basic allowance for members of Kerrier district council has increased by £200 per annum to a total of £3,200 and not an increase of £3,200 as stated in the letter. more...
I voted against an allowance increase
IN response to the claim by A May (letters, August 11) that all councillors voted for the councillors allowances increases at Kerrier - just to say I was one of those councillors who voted against them. more...
We must all do our bit to reduce pollution
I STOPPED using fossil fuels, like coal, for my heating more than seven years ago! But previous downpours and the recent ones have absolutely plastered my white double-glazed back door with soot spots. more...
Water tax should be imposed on tourists
I read with disgust in last week's Packet that our water rates are to go up well above the rate of inflation again. As tourists put so much pressure on our supply system, shouldn't they be made to pay, perhaps via a levy on the water authorities in the areas they come from? more...
Money raised will help provide electricity
THANK you for publishing my letter, which gave good publicity to the tabletop sale at Carnon Downs; £150 was raised for Intermediate Technology. more...
Chernobyl visitors were not Russians!
Your reference to "young Russian guests" in the article on the Chernobyl children's visit to Helston could unwittingly have caused offence. more...
Cornwall Cornwall Limitededition
An important landscape
The landscape of Smallacombe on Bodmin Moor is a good example. It has been the scene of dramatic change since prehistoric times. Some three miles to the south-east of Jamaica Inn in the lower half of Bodmin Moor, Smallacombe is part of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Now a privately-owned forest, it is regularly enjoyed by permitted horse riders, and organised charity walks or orienteering events, despite the lack of public rights of way. more...
Controlling the rogues
The government has announced a compulsory sign-up scheme would be added to the Housing Bill. All estate agents are to be required to register with an ombudsman who will have the power to refer rogue estate agents to the Office of Fair Trading. more...
Books to enjoy
The results of a major new study into Cornish family history have been captured in a distinguished new 256-page book. The Cornish Family - The Roots of Our Future is the result of collaboration between The Cornwall Family History Society (the largest family history society in the UK) and the Institute of Cornish Studies. more...
What's on
Fowey River Gallery Escape, Paintings by John Brenton 18 September - 19 October Mon to Sat, 10am - 5.30pm, Sundays 11am - 4pm 38 Fore Street, Fowey, PL23 1AQ. 01726 833828 www.foweyrivergallery.co.uk John Brenton is a Cornishman born and brought up in the landscape of the china clay country. After gaining an honours degree in Creative Arts from the University of Manchester he has followed the lure of the magical Cornish light and now lives almost as far into the Atlantic as is possible - on Cornwall's wild and rugged peninsula. more...
Mirror image
The curse of Narcissus was that he could not tear himself away from his own mirror image in the pond, so that, transfixed as he was, he wasted away. Even without this curse few of us can actually walk past our own reflection and not do a quick spot check! more...
St Ives artists in London
The genesis of the London exhibition is last summer's St Ives September Show, held during the St Ives Festival. "That first effort was a huge success," said the head of the organising committee, Anthea Richards. "It was critically acclaimed as the best show of contemporary painters in St Ives for years, combining the works of so many different individuals. We¹re all hoping to build on that success by taking St Ives to London." more...
Idyllic experience
The `Newlyn School' painters are best known for their depictions of fishing community: think of artists like Stanhope Forbes and Walter Langley, and images of fishermen and boats spring to mind. Yet these artists and their contemporaries also turned their attention inland, capturing the landscape and agricultural life of Cornwall at the turn of the 20th century. more...
The cocktail effect
She has set up a website selling beauty products that contain not a single trace of anything synthetic, because she says people can feed their skin a diet of "junk food," even when they think they are doing themselves good. more...
Bucking the trend
Iain Dooley samples Audi's A2 1.6 FSI Sport. Already an extraordinary car, this A2 boasts a trick petrol engine that promises to deliver both improved economy and performance. more...
An important landscape
Landscapes - like everything else - evolve over time. Heathland, especially, is overwhelmingly a man-made and managed landscape. Grazing and burning helps maintain the heathland, preventing succession to woodland and scrub. more...
Living history
English Heritage has opened new facilities at Cornwall's Tintagel Caste. more...
New pool makes waves in Falmouth
In October 2003, work began on the second phase of the Beach Club at the Falmouth Beach Resort Hotel. Completion of the pool concludes a £2 million, six year programme of new facilities for the hotel's leisure complex under the Beach Club name. more...
Falmouth Festival of Literature & Arts
September 10-12 is a date to mark in the calendar, when once again the stunning environment of Pendennis Castle plays host to an invasion of artists from across the creative spectrum. more...
Outdoor pursuits
You have only to look at any popular areas outside the towns and you will find people rock climbing, orienteering, riding, biking or just walking. more...
Take to the water
For years passenger boats have plied their trade on the rivers, creeks, estuaries and coastine around the historic port of Falmouth. Over 10 different operators, many in business as far back as 1936, still offer regular ferry services and trips around the Fal. more...
Keep Mr Brown at bay
Inheritance Tax (IHT) - still a voluntary tax, but for how long? more...
Cornwall Cornwall News
ARSON TALLY NOW 66
A fire at a dentist's surgery which caused more than £10,000 worth of damage brought the number of arson attacks in Redruth and Camborne this year to more than 60, a figure that has raised considerable concern for police. more...
crackdown on the yobs
We need more cameras!
Additional CCTV cameras should be installed in Helston in a bid to stop "mindless" vandals ruining the town's back streets with their anti-social behaviour. more...
Cinema sermon from the vicar
The vicar of Falmouth has taken an unprecedented step and launched a campaign to have a new cinema built in the town. more...
Cornwall Cornwall Sport
Cornish hopes of victory end after second and third days' play lost
Cornwall's hopes of a win, and possible qualification for next years C&G Trophy, were ended on Tuesday when their final Minor Counties Championship game of the season, against Dorset, at St Austell, was abandoned as a draw. In a soggy end to the campaign the entire second and third days were washed out without a ball being bowled. On Monday, following heavy overnight rain, a ground inspection by the umpires at one 1pm ended the misery for the day, after almost a third of Sunday's play had also been lost. It was worse on Tuesday morning with puddles forming on the outfield. The game was swiftly called off to continue St Austell's poor luck with the weather and county matches. The C&G tie with Worcestershire had to be switched due to a waterlogged ground two years ago while thunderstorms washed out the last day of last year's clash with Cheshire, effectively costing Cornwall a first ever title. This year's washout means that with 69 points Cornwall cannot qualify for the C&G Trophy, whatever happens elsewhere in a rain ruined last round of games. more...
Good turnout of solo, youth and sidecar riders at St Erme
The Cornwall Solo Grass Track club held their club and grand slam meeting at the weekend. The meeting, at St Erme, took place in a new field which was fast and sloping and the weather was mainly dry with only the occasional shower. Racing was very fast and attracted a good turnout of solo, sidecar and youth riders. The dust kept away which meant that there were only a few casualties and only a few riders falling off their machinery but uninjured, managing to get going to complete their race. Some of the riders unfortunately suffered with machinery problems. During the meeting some of the races were to win the grand slam and memorial race trophies and the meeting had the fastest time. Kevin Williams won the solos and Clive Stoneman/Roland Broomfield the sidecars. Trophies will be awarded at the presentation evening which in November at Indian Queen's Working Men's Club. more...
Women must settle for share
Cornwall Women had to settle for a share in this year's South West Women's County Championship when the deciding game with Dorset was abandoned as a draw at Callington on Sunday. Cornwall made 116-9 in their 50 overs after staging a recovery through skipper Rachel Eustice who made 37. more...
Superb non-contact races in junior Minis
WITH a threatening weather forecast and overcast conditions, Cornwall Raceways wasted no time on Sunday and completed a full 21-race programme in record time, despite the wet weather. The previous week the track was surprisingly dusty and needed watering during the afternoon. All class numbers were down slightly due to the forecast and many drivers living in areas where it was already raining did not risk the long drive, assuming the event may have been cancelled. more...
Cornwall Falmouth News
Devoran wins fight over road
Devoran residents are celebrating after the county council's climbdown over the siting of an access road to the new primary school. more...
Lifeboat to rescue on fun day
The opening Falmouth RNLI annual fundraising fun day and quayside service which raised £1,500 was delayed because the offshore boat was in action. more...
Party leader steps in to support Crossley
Conservative leader Michael Howard has thrown his weight behind the gay Conservative parliamentary candidate for Falmouth and Camborne, Ashley Crossley who is fighting to keep his job. more...
A-level students celebrate
Falmouth Sixth Form Centre saw A-level results improve again this year with the school achieving a 93 per cent pass rate. more...
Walkers raise cash for Boscastle
TWO ramblers from Penryn are sacrificing their bank holiday weekend to raise money for the people of Boscastle. more...
Point parking stays free!
IT looked highly likely this week that plans to introduced parking charges at Pendennis Point, Falmouth, will be thrown out. more...
Cinema sermon from the vicar
The vicar of Falmouth has taken an unprecedented step and launched a campaign to have a new cinema built in the town. more...
Cornwall Falmouth Sport
Cornish hopes of victory end after second and third days' play lost
Cornwall's hopes of a win, and possible qualification for next years C&G Trophy, were ended on Tuesday when their final Minor Counties Championship game of the season, against Dorset, at St Austell, was abandoned as a draw. In a soggy end to the campaign the entire second and third days were washed out without a ball being bowled. On Monday, following heavy overnight rain, a ground inspection by the umpires at one 1pm ended the misery for the day, after almost a third of Sunday's play had also been lost. It was worse on Tuesday morning with puddles forming on the outfield. The game was swiftly called off to continue St Austell's poor luck with the weather and county matches. The C&G tie with Worcestershire had to be switched due to a waterlogged ground two years ago while thunderstorms washed out the last day of last year's clash with Cheshire, effectively costing Cornwall a first ever title. This year's washout means that with 69 points Cornwall cannot qualify for the C&G Trophy, whatever happens elsewhere in a rain ruined last round of games. more...
Good turnout of solo, youth and sidecar riders at St Erme
Women must settle for share
Superb non-contact races in junior Minis
WITH a threatening weather forecast and overcast conditions, Cornwall Raceways wasted no time on Sunday and completed a full 21-race programme in record time, despite the wet weather. The previous week the track was surprisingly dusty and needed watering during the afternoon. All class numbers were down slightly due to the forecast and many drivers living in areas where it was already raining did not risk the long drive, assuming the event may have been cancelled. more...
Falmouth duo prepare to defend title
Hot on the heels of British rowing success at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greenbank rowing club's Ron Coote and Colin Blackmore are making final preparations for the defence of their world title at next month's World Masters rowing regatta in Hamburg, Germany. more...
Falmouth rowers triumph in Two Castles Race
Despite the inclement weather on Sunday, the Two Castles Gig Race was judged an outstanding success by the event's organisers and participating gig crews, writes David Barnicoat. more...
Town share points in entertaining match
BODMIN TOWN 2 FALMOUTH TOWN 2 more...
Chacewater win Falmouth Cup
FALMOUTH Bowling Club hosted the final of the Falmouth Cup on Saturday in ideal conditions. The competition is played with four triples from each club on a two home, two away basis, and the final, which is always played on the Falmouth green, involves four rinks playing off for the trophy. more...
Wilkinson's header wins it for Penryn
Penryn 1 Porthleven 0 more...
Six-wicket win for Falmouth
Falmouth returned from Menheniot with 19 points following a comfortable win, and climbed to second spot in the Premier League. Visiting skipper, Sean Hooper, elected to field first, a decision which was soon justified as Sean Turner bowled Andrew Keeble with the score having reached just 1. more...
Cornwall Helston News
Extravaganza goes with a bang
A FUNDRAISING extravaganza organised by the Porthleven Pyrotechnics Committee went ahead on Sunday, despite miserable weather. more...
Villagers celebrate in style
Hundreds turned out to take in the music and stalls as Constantine enjoyed its best carnival in years. more...
Cove facelift nearly finished
THE completion of an innovative two-year project to protect the landscape and improve visitor facilities at Kynance Cove on The Lizard is due to be celebrated next month. more...
Better service by buses expected
Passengers using First buses in the Helston and Lizard area this autumn should see an improvement in services, local MP Andrew George said this week. more...
Students jump for joy at A-Level successes
Students and staff at Helston Community College were celebrating another outstanding set of A-level results. more...
Hopes for a great revival of festival
Townspeople are being urged to do their bit to help restore Helston Harvest Fair to the vibrant festival it once was. more...
We need more cameras!
Additional CCTV cameras should be installed in Helston in a bid to stop "mindless" vandals ruining the town's back streets with their anti-social behaviour. more...
Cornwall Helston Sport
Cornish hopes of victory end after second and third days' play lost
Cornwall's hopes of a win, and possible qualification for next years C&G Trophy, were ended on Tuesday when their final Minor Counties Championship game of the season, against Dorset, at St Austell, was abandoned as a draw. In a soggy end to the campaign the entire second and third days were washed out without a ball being bowled. On Monday, following heavy overnight rain, a ground inspection by the umpires at one 1pm ended the misery for the day, after almost a third of Sunday's play had also been lost. It was worse on Tuesday morning with puddles forming on the outfield. The game was swiftly called off to continue St Austell's poor luck with the weather and county matches. The C&G tie with Worcestershire had to be switched due to a waterlogged ground two years ago while thunderstorms washed out the last day of last year's clash with Cheshire, effectively costing Cornwall a first ever title. This year's washout means that with 69 points Cornwall cannot qualify for the C&G Trophy, whatever happens elsewhere in a rain ruined last round of games. more...
Good turnout of solo, youth and sidecar riders at St Erme
Women must settle for share
Cornwall Women had to settle for a share in this year's South West Women's County Championship when the deciding game with Dorset was abandoned as a draw at Callington on Sunday. Cornwall made 116-9 in their 50 overs after staging a recovery through skipper Rachel Eustice who made 37. more...
Superb non-contact races in junior Minis
WITH a threatening weather forecast and overcast conditions, Cornwall Raceways wasted no time on Sunday and completed a full 21-race programme in record time, despite the wet weather. The previous week the track was surprisingly dusty and needed watering during the afternoon. All class numbers were down slightly due to the forecast and many drivers living in areas where it was already raining did not risk the long drive, assuming the event may have been cancelled. more...
Record year for tournament
ANOTHER record year was recorded for the fifth time in succession at the annual Wendron/Sharon Wood Mini Soccer Tournament, held on July 18. On Thursday, organisers, helpers and family gathered at Wendron to present half of the proceeds to Cancer Research UK. This year's grand total was £6842.14 and was more than £800 up on last year. more...
Falmouth triumph in Men's and Ladies' events
Despite the inclement weather on Sunday, the Two Castles Gig Race was judged an outstanding success by the event's organisers and participating gig crews. more...
Cadgwith hosts annual Peter and Tony memorial races
Last Friday saw the annual Peter and Tony gig races at Cadgwith, in memory of the lost Cadgwith fishermen of 1994. A junior, ladies' and a men's race were held, with crews made up of regular and not so regular rowers for some rounds of the Cadgwith course (or what was left of it following recent gales!) more...
Holmans win makes history
Mullion 1 v Holmans 3 more...
Helston have it all to play for
Mullion results
Mullion ladies held their August Stableford competition last Tuesday when the winner of the bronze section and overall was Rosemary Sanders with 40 points. In second place was Caroline Grant with 36 points followed by Jenny King on 35. more...
Nigel wins men's monthly medal
Cornwall Truro News
Celebration of Cornish culture
TICKETS are selling fast for next week's massive celebration of Cornish culture which rounds off the first Gorseth held in Truro since the Second World War. more...
Care costs at the Cathedral
Visitors to Truro Cathedral on Monday could be forgiven for thinking the aliens had finally arrived. more...
Coastal chaos off St Agnes
Rip tides and unusual sea conditions have continued to cause chaos off St Agnes and the local inshore lifeboat has had to be called out 15 times so far this year. more...
Triplets off to Cambridge
IDENTICAL triplets from Cornwall have won places at Cambridge University. The 18-year-old trio from Truro College all achieved three As at A-level to take up their offers to read medicine, law and natural sciences. more...
Heads hail A-Level successes
A-LEVEL students from Truro High School were celebrating another successful year as the pass rate went up again, with even more high grades. more...
Crackdown on the yobs
Truro and district residents are being asked to join the fight against anti-social behaviour as a survey is launched to count the cost of yob culture. more...
Cornwall Truro Sport
Cornish hopes of victory end after second and third days' play lost
Cornwall's hopes of a win, and possible qualification for next years C&G Trophy, were ended on Tuesday when their final Minor Counties Championship game of the season, against Dorset, at St Austell, was abandoned as a draw. In a soggy end to the campaign the entire second and third days were washed out without a ball being bowled. On Monday, following heavy overnight rain, a ground inspection by the umpires at one 1pm ended the misery for the day, after almost a third of Sunday's play had also been lost. It was worse on Tuesday morning with puddles forming on the outfield. The game was swiftly called off to continue St Austell's poor luck with the weather and county matches. The C&G tie with Worcestershire had to be switched due to a waterlogged ground two years ago while thunderstorms washed out the last day of last year's clash with Cheshire, effectively costing Cornwall a first ever title. This year's washout means that with 69 points Cornwall cannot qualify for the C&G Trophy, whatever happens elsewhere in a rain ruined last round of games. more...
Good turnout of solo, youth and sidecar riders at St Erme
Women must settle for share
Cornwall Women had to settle for a share in this year's South West Women's County Championship when the deciding game with Dorset was abandoned as a draw at Callington on Sunday. Cornwall made 116-9 in their 50 overs after staging a recovery through skipper Rachel Eustice who made 37. more...
Superb non-contact races in junior Minis
WITH a threatening weather forecast and overcast conditions, Cornwall Raceways wasted no time on Sunday and completed a full 21-race programme in record time, despite the wet weather. The previous week the track was surprisingly dusty and needed watering during the afternoon. All class numbers were down slightly due to the forecast and many drivers living in areas where it was already raining did not risk the long drive, assuming the event may have been cancelled. more...
Three points a boost for City
Truro edition more...
Chacewater win Falmouth Cup
FALMOUTH Bowling Club hosted the final of the Falmouth Cup on Saturday in ideal conditions. The competition is played with four triples from each club on a two home, two away basis, and the final, which is always played on the Falmouth green, involves four rinks playing off for the trophy. more...
Road denied maximum points
The Jolly's Drinks ECB Premier League provided yet another tense, last ball finish at St Just on Saturday where Grampound Road denied the home team maximum points in their championship challenge. more...
Devon Devon News
Jellyfish pay Devon a visit
THIS week, thousands of Compass Jellyfish have been washed up on Devon and Cornwall's beaches. more...
Olympic winner speaks to Mid Devon Star
MID DEVON'S Olympic hero Helen Reeves has spoke to the Star this week about the thrill of her bronze medal success in the kayak slalom. more...
Somerset Bridgwater News
Talks in bid to avoid bin strike
STRIKE action could be narrowly avoided in Sedgemoor as waste giants Cleanaway gets closer to reaching an agreement with their binmen. more...
Merger is 'go'
RADICAL plans to merge Bridgwater and Cannington colleges have been at last ratified and the Mercury can exclusively confirm the two will combine next week. more...
Somerset Burnham On Sea News
Knifepoint raid in Highbridge
POLICE are on the hunt for an armed robber, who held a woman and a 14 year-old girl at knifepoint as he carried out a daring daylight robbery at a shop in Highbridge. more...
RNLI has car towed away
ANGRY bosses at Burnham's RNLI have carried out their threat of getting vehicles towed away after a car blocked their access, and prevented the town's lifeboat from launching in an emergency. more...
Anger over cuts to bus services
SOMERSET county councillors have been warned to re-think their decision to slash bus routes serving Burnham and Highbridge - or face losing their seats on the authority. more...
Somerset Burnham On Sea Sport
Hard cheese for Cheddar
BURNHAM romped to their first win on Saturday in some style against last season's first-division champions, despite missing three of their top players. more...
Somerset Chard News
Co-ordinator for pioneering project
A FORMER senior probation officer has been appointed co-ordinator of the pioneering Chard and Ilminster Community Justice Panel. more...
Somerset Ilminster News
Bed and breakfast wins food prize
HOSPITABLE South Somerset venues tasted success in the Taste of the West Awards 2004. more...
Somerset Minehead News
New £2million sewage works
Kilve is to get a £2 million sewage treatment works. more...
Somerset Somerset News
Man released over stabbing
A man has been released on police bail in connection with the stabbing of a Taunton newsagent. more...
Somerset Taunton News
Appeal for information over stabbing
Police have made renewed calls for information over the stabbing of a Taunton newsagent. more...
Somerset Wellington News
Pub to become community focal point
The new landlord of a Rockwell Green pub wants regular customers to make themselves at home. more...
Southwestfarmer News
Changes help diversification
Legislative changes to non-agricultural business tenancies could have considerable impact on the farming community and save landlords and tenants time and money, advises Duncan Sigournay, an agricultural law specialist at Thring Townsend. more...
Farmers go for gold
Two dairy farmers in the South West are competing in the Olympics of the dairy industry. Richard Butler from Wiltshire and John Round from Gloucestershire are two of the six finalists in this year's NMR/RABDF Gold Cup. more...
Minister offers support
So much has changed in just three years. The Rev Roger Greene was commissioned as Cornwall's Agricultural Chaplain on September 1, 2001 at Duchy College in Cornwall at a special service in the open air. more...
Confidence returning
Confidence is returning to agriculture in the South West. The price of farmland is continuing to rise as demand outstrips supply and buyers look to extend their holdings. more...
Hypomagnesaemia can result in death of cows
NADIS (National Animal Disease Information Service) is a network of 40 veterinary practices and six veterinary colleges monitoring diseases in cattle sheep and pigs in the UK. This month Richard Laven PhD BVetMed MRCVS writes to South West Farmer about hypomagnesaemia (Grass Staggers) more...
Where has all the livestock gone?
After writing last month's article we were waiting for a break in the weather to combine the winter barley. We duly got some fantastic weather. I was quite pleased with the crop of barley we got and also the amount of straw we had. Please can we have some more sun so we can combine the wheat? I think any dry weather would be gratefully received. more...
Tightening up on sheep tagging
The Livestock Auctioneers' Association is urging all farmers and livestock markets across the South West to tighten up on sheep tagging - or face even more stringent regulation at the hands of the European Union when new legislation comes into play next year. more...
Simmental - one of our premier beef breeds
A major beef event for the South West takes place on September 29 at the Hatherleigh Livestock Centre, Devon. more...
Good summer for Red Ruby Devon cattle
The popularity of Red Ruby Devon cattle continues to increase as more and more farmers see the advantages of this hardy native beef breed. Devons are well known for their ability to do well even on poor quality grass. With CAP reform looming, reducing feed costs while still producing a top quality end product is going to be all-important. Another great advantage of the breed is easy handling and easy calving, allowing farmers to keep staffing levels to a minimum. more...
Innovation underpins dairy revitalisation
New technology is proving to be the key for Launceston-based dairy farmer Adrian Jose as the success of new ultra-productive forage leys and the more recent introduction of robotic milking combine to reinvigorate his milk production business. more...
Lot of good material coming through
Eight new varieties have just been added to the 2005 NIAB Descriptive List of First Choice Early Varieties for both Favourable and Less Favourable Sites, with four appearing as first choice on one site only. The list has been shortened slightly to 66 varieties as opposed to 70 in the previous year. more...
Blight on increase say BPC
POTATO blight pressure has increased enormously during a long period of high humidity and rain showers in the South West warns the British Potato Council (BPC). more...
Feeding stubble turnips can greatly cut costs
FARMERS wishing to reduce winter feed costs should consider grazing stubble turnips says David Bright, the Salisbury seeds specialist. more...
Devon river hit by slurry leak
THE Environment Agency has urged farmers to remain vigilant after more than 3,000 fish died when slurry leaked into a tributary of the River Mole near South Molton in Devon. more...
Humble spuds in the limelight
As many know, I do a lot of sea fishing and am a member of West Bay Angling Club. more...
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