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  • Bishop calls for support for ageing population

    "A "defining moment" in the history of Cornwall took place at Truro Cathedral as more than 700 people from across the county joined together to discuss the national crisis in the funding of services for older people and adults with disabilities and to

  • Success for Mawnan Fun Run

    MAWNAN Fun Run enjoyed it's best year yet with a record turn out despite the poor weather. More than 225 men, women and children ran, hopped, walked and skipped their way around the 5k course, raising in excess of £2000 in the process for the Mawnan

  • Godolphin House hand-over Monday

    It will be the end of an era on Monday as after 60 years in the care of one family, 15th century Godolphin House will pass into the hands of the National Trust. As previously reported in the Packet, the Trust acquired the Grade 1 Listed building back

  • Fun run best yet

    MAWNAN Fun Run enjoyed it's best year yet with a record turn out despite the poor weather on Sunday. More than 225 men, women and children ran, hopped, walked and skipped their way around the 5k course, raising in excess of £2000 in the process for

  • Best year yet for fun run

    MAWNAN Fun Run enjoyed it's best year yet with a record turn out despite the poor weather on Sunday. More than 225 men, women and children ran, hopped, walked and skipped their way around the 5k course, raising in excess of £2000 in the process for

  • Penryn schools in mourning over tragic deaths

    Two Cornish schools were in mourning today following the tragic death of a mother and daughter, killed in a road accident near Bodmin on Sunday. The mother was 32-year-old Linda Birkett who worked at a local junior school and her 14-year-old daughter

  • Ball signed by rugby legend up for grabs

    With the country currently gripped in Rugby World Cup fever, after Sunday one lucky bidder in Helston will be able to get in a bit of their own practice with a ball signed by an England legend. A rugby ball signed by Rory Underwood, who clocked up 85

  • Professor to retire

    Professor Keith Atkinson, Provost of the University of Exeter's Tremough Campus, Penryn, is retiring at the end of this month. Professor Atkinson championed the establishment of a campus in Cornwall for the University of Exeter, which is shared with University

  • Building on Rec seems to be personal crusade

    I AM a Falmothian, now living in Penryn, and have been following the Falmouth recreation ground saga with great interest, having very fond memories, during my younger days when at Clare Terrace School of this old ground, and all the events I used to attend

  • Truro college wins new designation

    Truro College has been designated a Talent and Performance Centre for Netball. The College was presented with a plaque by Heather Crouch, Chair of Netball South West and Vice Chair of England Netball. The goal of Netball South West is to identify and

  • Local homes for local people demand

    A community land trust project could soon be set up in the Falmouth area in an effort relieve the housing shortage of reasonably priced housing for local people to buy or rent. A similar scheme has already been set up on the Roseland where it is being