Porthleven, England News

Norman Sheffield, who had retired to the Helston area with his wife Chris, where he has family, lost his battle with cancer aged 74. His funeral took place at St Wendrona Church last Friday, where mourners included his sons from London and his daughter Sam Sheffield-Dunstan, owner of AmA©lies restaurant in Porthleven, which is named after his ... (more)

Desperate for money, a Porthleven man went into Tesco in Helston, filled a bag he was carrying with meat worth more than A 70, and left without paying.

The front page of the Helston Packet that showed the awesome power of the surf crashing into Porthleven harbour has picked up the 'Front Page of the Year' at the EDF awards.

Extreme pain and loss of hearing caused by chronic tinnitus led to a man taking his own life in Porthleven.

Artists, friends and well wishers gathered in Porthleven's Old Life Boat Station gallery on Monday to celebrate the restoration of the storm damaged building and hear the announcement of the winners of the Spirit of Porthleven Art Competition.

A coroner has called for greater warnings over the dangers of swimming at Loe Bar following the death of a holidaymaker on New Year's Day.

Of these, 11 were thefts relating to the Masked Ball, predominately involving stolen mobile phones.

A teaching assistant from Guildford died when he was swept out to sea while skinny dipping with friends at an "extremely dangerous" Cornish beach as they celebrated the new year, an inquest has heard.

A friend has told of the moment he watched his best friend get dragged under a large wave early on New Year's Day at Loe Bar and not reappear.

The issue was raised when councillors met last Thursday, after the owner of the Mill Lane Campsite contacted town clerk Corrie Thompson.

The cover of the February 12 edition, showing Porthleven's harbour being beaten by huge waves, is in the running to be named "Front Page of the Year" in the EDF Energy South West of England Media Awards.

Director of fundraising Alison Godfrey said: "We are really excited to be opening our first ever charity shop.