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Marie Curie ‘Blooming Great Tea Party’ Supporters Wanted

Two Roseland women in Ruan High Lanes are encourage locals to hold a ‘Blooming Great Tea Party’ in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. The national initiative by Marie Curie is to raise money for Marie Curie Nurses, who care for terminally ill people in neighbourhoods around the UK and Louisa Beetham and Annabelle Sylvester would like to

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The latest updates from our local police force.

Information on recorded crimes and matters on interest that are updated at the end of each month relevant to the areas of Gerrans & Portscatho, Ladock, Probus, Tregony, St. Michael Penkivel, Philleigh, St. Mawes & St. Just In Roseland, Ruan Lanihorne, Veryan & Portloe, Cuby, Trispen St. Erme and St. Allen

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The latest updates from our local Coastwatch team.

Information on recorded incidents and stories of interest from the local National Coastwatch Institute team.

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defibThank you for your interest in supporting the RSPG Roseland Defibrillator Project

If you would like to donate to this important project either transfer your donation directly into the bank account created for this project. Here are the details: Acc. Name: Roseland Surgeries Patients Group – Acc. Number: 63179419 – Acc. Sort Code: 20-87-94 Alternatively you can donate online by clicking on the PayPal button below. Thank you.

Local News

Police Newsflash – St Mawes Post Office Robbery

This message relates to crime ref GE/13/122. Sometime between 1630-1715hrs on Thursday the 13th June 2013, a large amount of cash was stolen from the Post Office in The Quay area of St Mawes. A male suspect in the area at the time was described being White, around 5ft 4″ tall of average build, had

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cornwall-roseland-peninsula-martinandjames Roseland Superfast Broadbander Becomes Coastpath Fundraiser

Martin Edwards (who has been helping Roseland Online with the rollout of superfast broadband on the Roseland) will be walking the Cornwall Coast path for charity with his son-in-law, James. A total of 169 miles, the walk will take them from Padstow to Falmouth starting on Saturday 22nd and ending on the following Saturday 29th

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defib Defibrillator Project Update – British Heart Foundation Heartstart Training

Members of the Roseland Surgeries Patients Group and the Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service are offering free Basic First Aid training to people in the Parishes of the Roseland who have expressed interest in the Roseland defibrillator project.  The course lasts around 3 hours maximum and includes techniques to administer CPR and deal with Bleeding

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cornwall-roseland-peninsula-mariecurie-trewithengardens Marie Curie Cancer Care Fundraising Day at Trewithen Gardens

Volunteers at Marie Curie Cancer Care are busy making preparations for a special fundraising day at Trewithen Gardens for Sunday 11th August.  Mr. Michael Galsworthy has kindly given the charity the day to fundraising to support the vital work of the local Marie Curie Nursing Service. The day will include a display of Classic Vehicles

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cornwall-roseland-peninsula-roselandparc2 Roseland Parc Secures Place in UK’s ‘Best Retirement Community’ Listings

For the fourth consecutive year, Roseland Parc in Tregony has been awarded second place in the ‘top 10 Best Retirement Communities in the UK’ by an independent website. The website bestretirementdestinations.com has awarded the village, owned by Retirement Villages Ltd, one of the top spots with an outstanding 97% in the national ranking and presented

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Cornwall_roseland-peninsula-Teachaman1ck Teach-A-Man-To-Fish Cast Off With Sell Out Success

Roseland Online‘s own feature writers, the Teach-A-Man team, launched their very first catch and sale yesterday. Anyone visiting the fish and chip van, The Atlantic Fryer, in Porthcurnick layby for supper last night may have noticed a special addition on the menu. The Atlantic Fryer became Si and Cat Holman’s first customer with fresh, battered Kensa-caught

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Pulling Kensa out Teach A Man – June 2013 – Cat Holman

May’s been a month of good progress for us. Although the weather’s remained quite unsettled for this time of year, we managed to find a calm day a couple of weeks ago and made the most of it to lay our mooring off Portscatho. We came round to Portscatho on Planet, our gaff cutter, with

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Book Reviews – Sallie Eden

review rory Book Review – June 2013 – Sallie Eden

Rory The Dragon and Princess Daisy by Bill Kirton. Pictures by Joe Kirton Produced by the Daisy Chain Friends’ Group, with all money raised from the sale of the book going to Children’s Hospice South West, which provided care for Daisy Elizabeth Warn, who died aged 16 weeks. Her family and friends set up the

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DVD Reviews

cornwall-roseland-I_wish_movie DVD Reviews – June 2013 – Mark David Hatwood

I Wish, Starring Koki Maeda, Ohshirô Maeda and Hiroshi Abe, Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. In this beautiful Japanese film, Ryu and Koichi are brothers who have been separated by divorce: stoic, grounded 12-year-old Koichi lives dutifully in coastal Kagoshima with his mother and grandparents, while 10-year-old tearaway Ryu is living it up with his deadbeat

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Nuc making and St Cleer, June 2 2013 002 Bee-Mania – June 2013 – Colin Rees

Well, May has been slightly better than the previous months – but Spring is still not here yet! The bees, however, are busy inside their hives, the queen laying brood for all she’s worth and the colonies that have survived the winter are growing larger by the minute – though still short of stores. This

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Nature Notes

Cornwall-roseland-naturenotes3 Nature Notes – June 2013 – Sarah E Vandome

Though rain on a bank holiday may dampen some spirits and darken the skies, there is also something greatly uplifting in the renewed zest and vigour restored Roseland flora that even in a few dry days had begun to droop a little in places, for want of water. Colour is everywhere more vibrant and saturated;

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Writers Talking

bill kirton photo Writers Talking with Bill Kirton – June 2013 – Sallie Eden

Bill Kirton, award winning author of ‘Rory the Dragon and Princess Daisy” Currently living in Aberdeen, Bill was born in Plymouth, “…it was a pretty rough area but there was a great community spirit. I lived in a pub and that teaches you lots about human behaviour”. After studying French at Exeter University and teaching

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Health, Naturally!

neck1 Health, Naturally! – May 2013 – Mike Noone

How’s that headache or stiff neck? It’s a common moment in clinic when someone is complaining of a main condition such as low back pain. I note on the New Patient form that they are also suffering from headache or stiffness in their neck, as if this is expected! I always find it’s strange that

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On The Water

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA On The Water – June 2013 – Bob Warren

Summer looks like it has finally made it and the action is taking off on the water. Last weekend saw the Pilot Cutters powering around the Carrick Roads in a lovely Northerly breeze that really suited them perfectly. These graceful vessels are the big brothers and sisters of the Pilot Gigs and were designed to

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Gardening

gm1 Gardening Matters – May 2013 – Nicola Bush

It is always good to know that someone is reading the column one writes. You always hope that is the case but unless anybody mentions it then one does not really know. Thankfully people do comment on it and lively debate often ensues. But I have to make it clear, following two comments last month,

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