Porthleven, England News

A Porthleven man is on course to make history as he takes part in an eight-strong crew attempting to break the Mid Atlantic rowing record.

Fundraising by a Porthleven fish and chip shop will this year be in support of 771 squadron at RNAS Culdrose.

THE organisers of the Porthleven Food and Music Festival said they have been overwhelmed with raffle donations to help fund this year's event.

FISHERIES minister and Camborne Redruth MP George Eustice visited Newlyn on Friday to meet the county's storm-ravaged fishermen.

The family of Cyril Robinson have been left devastated following the break-in in Peverell Terrace, which left the house completely turned over.

THERE wasn't a postponement in sight last weekend with a full round of fixtures for the first time this year as the worst of the winter weather looks to have passed, writes Scott Haley.

Two aspiring beauty queens from the Helston area may compete for Miss England 2014 after reaching the final of Miss Cornwall.

A fund to help the fishermen of Porthleven has already reached almost A 14,000 due to "heart-warming" community support.

Residents of Helston, Mullion and Porthleven now have a stock of sandbags after they were handed out free sandbags last Friday for those in 'at risk' areas.

More than 450 volunteers have picked more than a bag of rubbish each off Cornwall's beaches in preparation for the half term holiday week.

A Porthleven builders' merchants saved the day for Helston's Cornwall Air Ambulance shop when it sprung a leak recently.

The newly formed Ruan Revellers performed Aladdin to a packed out village hall last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with an extra matinee on Saturday afternoon.

Cornwall Council has opened its multi-agency crisis centre, Silver Command, to deliver a co-ordinated response to the adverse weather.

PEOPLE in Helston, Porthleven and the Lizard can get up to 10 sandbags from Cornwall council staff today from 1pm.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg meets with Porthleven harbour master Phil Ward this afternoon, accompanied by West Cornwall MP Andrew George Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said that Porthleven's out of pocket fishermen should be able to claim aid to cover loss of earnings in the wake of last week's storms.

Porthleven fishermen Wayne Ward, Mike Perkins, Nigel Pepperell and Jonathan Fletcher were among those helping to pull all the boats from the harbour Fishermen battled to save their livelihoods last week when Porthleven's sea defences crumbled - causing the loss of ten boats.

Newlyn to Marazion where damage includes a breach of coastal defences at Eastern Green and Long Rock threatening the Paddington/Penzance railway line, residential and commercial property, South West Coastal Path; damage to South Quay, Penzance, threatening the link to the Isles of Scilly and damage also to Penzance promenade, Jubilee Pool, Newlyn ... (more)

As the UK continues to struggle with the recent severe storms and flooding take a look back at some of the most dramatic video from the past seven days: Video filmed by Jon Carroll showed rough seas crashing over the harbour wall in Porthleven, Cornwall, at the beginning of the week.