Porthleven, England News

Bad weather predictions and club illness was not enough to stop Porthleven Gig Day going ahead - thanks to rowers from other clubs pulling together.

A couple who met at a dance in Helston have been stepping out to the same tune for the last 60 years of marriage.

As the end of the school year closed in, it was time for Helston and Lizard members of the joint school council SKIP to elect their members.

Jake Shakespeare, of St Peter's Way, Porthleven, has been found not guilty at Truro's magistrates' court to charges of assault and criminal damage.

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.