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  • FALMOUTHCream tea

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
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    THE Friends of Penwerris Church in Falmouth are hosting a cream tea next Saturday at the Laburnum Hall. The event from 2pm until 4pm will be in aid of the church restoration project. Entry is £3 and there will also be a raffle and bring and buy stall.

  • FALMOUTHLifeboat alerts

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
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    FALMOUTH'S two lifeboats were called out within half an hour of each other on Friday. Just before 11am the inshore lifeboat rescued four adults and a child stranded between Greeb Point and Portscatho. Less than 30 minutes later, the all-weather lifeboat was called to assist a boat near the East Narrows buoy. All those rescued by the RNLI were brought to shore unharmed.

  • FALMOUTHNursery plan

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
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    A PRE-school is set to reopen at the Old Penwerris School in Falmouth. Plans have been submitted to remove part of the boundary wall on Penwerris Lane to create vehicle access and parking. There is currently no such access and for safety, it is planned to create a drop-off area and nine spaces for occasional parking for the church. The nursery school is set to run from 8am until 6pm Monday to Friday and until noon on bank holidays.

  • PERRAN FOUNDRYOpen to view

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
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    A MAJOR new housing development between Falmouth and Truro will open its doors for viewings for the first time this week. The Perran Foundry site, near the Norway Inn on the A39, contains a total of 80 lofts, apartments and riverside homes. The historic site had been left derelict for decades before developers moved in.

  • Falmouth teen Jasmine Brett wins volunteering award for children's street dance sessions

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
    Jasmine Brett picks up her volunteering award in Manchester.
    A FALMOUTH teenager has been recognised for her volunteering to help improve the lives of others through sport. Jasmine Brett's dedication and motivation in running street dance sessions for girls over the past two years led to her being named South West Volunteer of the Year at the Co-operative StreetGames Young Volunteer Awards. She began running sessions for 8 to 16-year-olds at the Dracaena Centre, but has now started doing...

  • Support workers' clean-up

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
    From left, Jayne Tucker, from the Stonham Project; Cornwall councillor Hannah Toms and Sister Kate from Bethany House, Woodlane.
    CLIENTS and staff from Falmouth's Simon House helped clean up a local beach. The gang from Stonham Home Group, which operates the house, were joined in the litter-pick at Swanpool as part of a volunteer day by Hannah Toms, Cornwall councillor for Falmouth's Penwerris ward. Simon House caters for 11 clients who have complex needs. Support includes signposting to other organisations for help with issues such as drugs, alcohol and...

  • Uni estates' team in line for UK award

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
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    THE organisation which oversees shared university services at the Tremough campus is in line for a national education award. The estates and development services' team of Falmouth Exeter Plus is shortlisted in The Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards, in the outstanding estates team category. It is the first time the team has entered and is the only nominee from the South West in the category. Falmouth Exeter Plus...

  • M&S staff set to pedal for 24 hours

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
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    FIVE staff from Falmouth's Marks & Spencer store will be getting on their bikes for charity. Kieron Matthewman, Jayne Bevans, Trudy Lynn Ruane, Dan Jenkin and Kieran Jermyn are taking part in a 24-hour endurance event. They will be among 1,400 staff from across the country competing at the BIKE 24 at Rockingham Motor Racing Circuit in Corby tomorrow. Money raised will go towards cancer charities Breakthrough Breast Cancer and...

  • Philanthropist Dennis Arbon of Falmouth appointed MBE for support of the arts and community

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
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    A MAN who has put his own money into supporting arts and the community in Cornwall has been appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Dennis Arbon, of Falmouth, has been recognised for his philanthropy with the Hall for Cornwall, Cornwall Youth Brass Band and other organisations. The 81-year-old said: "If there is a worthy cause in the community setting that needs funding I will help. "Anything that benefits the...

  • Teenagers praised for rescue of injured kayaker at Maenporth Beach, Falmouth

    By West Briton at 07:15 on 20/06/13
    Rebecca, left, Jack and Sophie saved a capsized kayaker.
    THREE teenagers have been praised for rescuing a kayaker injured after getting caught in a rip tide at a Falmouth beach. Falmouth Surf Life Saving Club members Rebecca Philips, 18, sister Sophie, 16, and Jack Stephens, 18, went to the man's aid at Maenporth after he capsized his craft and lost his paddle. "He was only able to get himself and the craft on to rocks within the surf zone, sustaining cuts to his legs, feet and...
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