PLANS for a 'sensational' giant oyster sculpture which will open and close with the tide has been given the go-ahead by Cornwall Council.

The £275,000 piece of art will stand almost 30ft tall at a Falmouth waterfront location yet to be announced – and be lit up at night by small fibre optic spotlights.

Permission for the proposal, which was backed by Falmouth Town Council, was granted approval by under delegation this week.

Several sites are under consideration but local feedback so far has favoured the Banjo site off Events Square.

The Oyster could be ready in time for the Falmouth Oyster Festival in October 2015.

One local business owner welcomed the proposal. Nigel Carpenter, of St Michaels' Hotel & Spa, described it as "sensational, very exciting and very appropriate."

A disgusted mum of two has been left "horrified" after saying she found a "wriggling tapeworm" in a burger bought from a supermarket in Cornwall.

Anna Seth-Smith claims she discovered the parasite when she cut in to a cooked Sainsbury's "butcher's choice" beef quarter-pounder she purchased in Helston on Wednesday evening.

Sainsbury's has apologised to primary school teacher from London and it had not seen the "foreign object" but will work in full cooperation with Environmental Health.

The food giant also said it did not believe the creature found in the burger was a tapeworm.

Ms Seth-Smith was hoping to enjoy her last night in Cornwall by having a family BBQ with her partner Jon Heath, daughter Elena, 7 and Atticus, 15 months, at Skyburriowe Farm.

The 44 year-old said: "I bought the pack of four burgers around 6.30 and we were just cooking them on a BBQ with some sausages which were also from Sainsbury's.

"I had prepared a really lovely green salad and we were just getting ready to eat. We got one of the burgers off the BBQ and put one on a plate to check it was cooked and before we knew it a vigorously wriggling tapeworm appeared out of the meat.

"We just starred at it in shock. It just wriggled and wriggled and then died.

"We are just horrified. I was going to give it to my daughter, imagine that. It makes me feel sick just thinking about it."

The incredulous couple quickly threw the other three burgers away.

At 9am the following morning she rang to report the case to the department of Environmental Health at Cornwall Council, who collected the burger and the worm for analysis.

"I just feel appalled – what if the whole batch is contaminated and people have already bought them and haven't eaten them and they are just sitting in their fridge?" She added.

Ms Seth-Smith has said that the incident may affect the way she eats and shops in the future.

She continued: "It definitely put us off our food and I have gone off burgers completely.

"I guess it is one of those urban legends. People talk about it happening, but as you don't know of anyone who it is happened to you just assume it isn't really a problem. I never would have imagined it would happen to us."

Sainsbury's said: "Based on the information we have, we are confident that this is not a tapeworm something which has been confirmed by a veterinarian. It is completely false to suggest so.

"Our British mince beef is inspected throughout production and our supplier has confirmed they have had no issues reported."

Ms Seth-Smith said she will report the incident to supermarket once she has been given the results from Environmental Health.

The Cornwall Council Environmental Health department said they are carrying out an investigation in to the incident.

New research by Public Health England suggests standardised packaging of tobacco products could boost Cornwall's economy, as well as bringing health benefits.

The new figures come following recent official data from Australia, where standardised packaging was introduced in December 2012. Data released by the Australian Treasury show a 3.4% fall in tobacco sales by volume in the first year following the introduction of standardised packs.

If that was mirrored here, PHE predicts that total savings in Cornwall would be more than £5.5 million.

"With tobacco a major cause of health inequalities – the greatest harm being suffered by the most disadvantaged – the benefits would be most felt in areas of greater social deprivation," said a PHE spokesperson. "It would not only reduce the devastating harm caused by smoking and boosting health improvement, but also increasing families' disposable income – money that could be spent on other things providing a real boost to local economies.

"Retailers earn relatively little profit from tobacco sales. On average, only 7 - 9% of the cost of tobacco is retained by the retailer, compared to 20 - 30% for food and drink products. Money saved by customers from reduced spending on tobacco is likely to be spent elsewhere locally and benefit local businesses more."

Drugs giant Roche has said it will appeal against the decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) not to provide a new breast cancer drug developed during trials at the Royal Cornwall hospital, Truro.

Trials carried out in Cornwall showed the drug extended patients' lives by up to six months with reduced side effects.

The drug, previously known as TDM1 and now known as Kadcyla, is said to mark a breakthrough in that it allows chemotherapy to be delivered directly to cancer cells, destroying them from within.

Duncan Wheatley, clinical oncologist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, said: "Kadcyla works in a different way to other treatments for breast cancer.

"In trials, Kadcyla was shown to prolong the lives of women with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer, compared with existing therapies, while also minimising many of the side effects associated with standard chemotherapy."

Many of the side effects associated with standard chemotherapy such as hair loss, severe diarrhoea and fatigue, were reduced in patients taking Kadcyla.

But NICE has decided it cannot recommend the new drug because it is too expensive. This decision means that women living in England must rely on their clinicians' successful application to the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) - a temporary funding solution available only until 2016 - in order to receive Kadcyla. No such fund exists in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, meaning that many patients in the UK may not receive Kadcyla at all.

Drugs company Roche, which developed Kadcyla, said the UK was continuing to lag behind other countries across Europe with comparable purchasing power in terms of access to innovative cancer medicines. Kadcyla is currently available and routinely reimbursed without restriction, in many European countries including Finland, Denmark, Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

"NICE's rejection of Kadcyla demonstrates quite simply that their current system is broken, not fit for purpose and in need of a complete overhaul when it comes to advanced cancer," said Dr Jayson Dallas, General Manager, Roche Products Limited.

"Despite Roche offering a significant discount we are once again disappointed that NICE has not shown any flexibility on access to Kadcyla – a drug with qualities that NICE Chief Executive, Sir Andrew Dillon, described on live television as "impressive". Kadcyla's linker technology has taken more than 30 years to develop and the drug itself is a product of more than 15 years of research and development. Refusing patients access to this drug is an incredible injustice and tantamount to turning the clock back in cancer research and development. We plan to appeal this decision."

A HOMEOWNER has praised a "great community" after neighbours dragged his beloved dog from his burning house.

Tony Woodhams, from Methleigh Parc in Porthleven, was sipping his first drink during a mid-week mini-break with partner Karen Wake when he got the call from a member of staff alerting him to the fire.

Mr Woodhams, who owns a popular ice cream kiosk and Tony T Shirts Harbourside Shop, immediately rushed back not knowing whether or not his dog, Breeze, had been a victim of the blaze.

He said: "My sister and her husband had arranged a little break for us in St Austell and we had just sat down on the veranda with our first drink when I got a call telling me that there had been a fire at my house.

"I immediately rang my mother who was working in the shop and despite being 70-years-old she shut the shop and ran up to my house where she found lots of people waiting outside.

"The drive home was the longest drive because I didn't know if Breeze was alive until my mum called back and told me that a group of people had smashed the front door and pulled her out."

Another neighbour immediately took Breeze, a dog who can often be seen greeting customers outside of the kiosk, to the vets where she was given a check over and some cream to combat the effects of the smoke.

Mr Woodhams describes his six-year-old dog as a "popular character" as she has already appeared in the Harbour to Harbour book that consists of photographs of characters from around the village.

"I'd like to say a massive thank you to all of the neighbours who helped, especially the three of four guys who went in and saved breeze.

"I've received amazing support from people around the village and it really is a great community."

One of the men who entered the burning house to save Breeze was Paul Richard who lives nearby.

He braved thick smoke to crawl into the house and beckon the terrified dog from hiding out onto the street.

He said: "I think the dog was just too afraid to move until it saw me.

"It was probably a foolish thing to do but it would have been cruel to have left the dog to die."

The fire started in Mr Woodham's hot tub and the blaze destroyed much of the house and the majority of its contents inside.

Mr Woodham's and his family have now moved into a holiday let bungalow for an estimated six months while they wait for the damage to be repaired.

A FALMOUTH guesthouse-owner who was only able to move her eyelids for four months after a rare condition left her paralysed said she was "one of the lucky ones" after finally returning to her feet.

The family of Karen Ames were told to prepare for the worst after a bout of flu turned into Guillain-Barré, a disorder which attacked her immune system and left her in a coma for five days and in hospital for eight months.

It took a further nine months for the 57-year-old to be able to walk unaided, and she still has problems with balance, nerve damage and short-term memory.

Mrs Ames woke up on Friday, February 24, 2012, with flu-like symptoms, then collapsed and passed out on the floor of her home in Falmouth.

"The side of my face was paralysed," she said.

"My husband, Nick, said it looked like I had had a stroke. By Sunday I was on life support; I had stopped breathing.

"The condition attacked the nerves in my brain, which just shut everything down."

Mrs Ames, who runs the Red House with her husband, was placed into an induced coma for five days while her husband and 15-year-old daughter Nicole could only sit and wait by her hospital bed.

"It was quite traumatic," said Mr Ames. "We were told that she might not make it. It was horrific and quite upsetting as we still didn't know if she was going to be paralysed for the rest of her life."

When she was brought out of the coma, Mrs Ames was almost completely paralysed.

She could only communicate through blinking at a specially-designed alphabet card, which her husband translated into words.

This is how she remained at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro for more than three months.

Mrs Ames said: "It was just really surreal. I understood what people were saying but I couldn't take it in.

"I knew I was in a safe place and I was at peace."

After three and a half months Mrs Ames started to feel her fingers and was able to use a personal stereo to listen to the radio. She was then moved to Marie Therese House, part of St Michael's Hospital, in Hayle, where she learned to walk and talk again during a four-month stay.

By the time the 2013 Falmouth Race for Life event came around, Mrs Ames was using a four-wheel walking aid, but was determined to take part.

"I did the race in under an hour with the four-wheel walker, then threw it away after the event and I've not looked back," she said.

Mrs Ames still has residual problems but she feels luckier than others she met during her life-changing ordeal, who have been left permanently paralysed.

The experience has left her with even more determination to live life to the fullest.

"I'm one of the lucky ones," she said. "So now I'm trying everything in life. It has made me even more determined. Life is short – if you want to do something you just go for it."

A MODEL boat maker has claimed a victory over "bureaucratic red tape" that could have stopped him showing his creations to the public.

John Wicks, 74, has thanked the West Briton and its readers after we revealed he faced being kicked off Lemon Quay.

Mr Wicks has spent years making the model boats he displays at Lemon Quay, spending about £20 on a taxi from his home at Threemilestone.

One is of the paddle steamer Compton Castle, which now lies beside the quay, and Mr Wicks has produced a leaflet on the vessel's history which he sells for £1 to cover the cost of production.

However, a PCSO, who saw him selling one, threatened to report him for unlicensed street trading in an area classified as a highway.

Mr Wicks branded the action "bureaucratic red tape", saying he had been given permission by Truro City Council, which manages the space, but was told he would have to buy a licence, costing up to £10 a day, to continue showing his boats and offering the pamphlets.

Our story prompted a huge public outcry; in only three days 400 people signed a petition demanding the former merchant seaman be allowed to stay free of charge, and butcher John Roach, the landlord of the Pannier Market, offered Mr Wicks a space in privately owned Tinners Walk.

On Monday, however, Mr Wicks received the news that Cornwall Council's licensing team had found "a way through" the red tape.

Geoff Brown, Cabinet member for homes and communities, said the PCSO was right and Mr Wicks did need a street trader's licence, but there was an "alternative solution".

"Because he only exhibits for a couple of days a week, not making a profit and doing it just as goodwill, he can apply for a street collection permit," said Mr Brown.

The permit, normally granted to charities, is free, and any profit Mr Wicks makes after taxi fares and pamphlet printing costs he can donate to the charity of his choice.

"It's a win all round, because I'm sure everybody who sees the boats likes to see them and he gets a huge amount of enjoyment in showing them," Mr Brown said.

Mr Wicks said he cried tears of joy when he was told the news. "I'd like thank the West Briton, its readers and everyone who's supported me for everything they've done," he said. "I really do appreciate the help that I've had.

"People were saying, 'I've read that in the paper; I'll sign your petition'.

"The public have backed me 100 per cent."

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Mr Wicks has also been invited to show his models at Newquay Lifeboat Day, organised by Mr Brown's wife, on August 24, and offered transport to get to the event.

Truro City Council confirmed his display stand did not impinge on the highway.

Cornwall's sailing superstar Sir Ben Ainslie is among more than 200 celebrities and public figures urging Scotland to stay part of the UK ahead of the country's historic vote on independence.

Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Dame Judi Dench, Simon Cowell, Tom Daley and Professor Stephen Hawking are also among the famous names to sign an open letter to "voters of Scotland" in the build-up to next month's referendum.

The letter says: "The decision on whether to leave our shared country is, of course, absolutely yours alone. Nevertheless, that decision will have a huge effect on all of us in the rest of the United Kingdom.

"We want to let you know how very much we value our bonds of citizenship with you, and to express our hope that you will vote to renew them.

"What unites us is much greater than what divides us. Let's stay together."

The list of famous names, which includes Oscar and Grammy winners, Olympic medallists and a Nobel prize recipient, represents "the best of British talent and intellect" according to the Let's Stay Together campaign.

Olympic stars Sir Ben, Daley and Sir Steve Redgrave have added their signatures along with broadcasters Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Parkinson and Hollywood stars Helena Bonham Carter, Sir Patrick Stewart and Michael Douglas.

Lord Lloyd-Webber, Sting and Sir Cliff Richard are on the list, as are comedians David Walliams, Steve Coogan, Ronnie Corbett and Eddie Izzard.

Baroness Lawrence, whose teenage son Stephen was murdered by racists in 1993, has also backed the campaign.

All of the celebrities who have signed the letter are unable to vote in the referendum, organisers have said.

Famous Scots who have added their signatures include Corbett, former rugby star Kenny Logan, actress Louise Linton and TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher.

A spokesman for pro-independence campaign group Yes Scotland said: "It's great to know that Scotland has so many friends and admirers, and we know they will all continue to be our friends and admirers after we vote Yes on September 18.

"We're sure that everyone who genuinely has Scotland's interests at heart will be delighted in future years to see a fairer and more prosperous Scotland emerge using the great opportunities of independence to grow our economy and make an even bigger contribution on the global stage."

A spokesman for pro-union campaigners Better Together said: "It's great to have the support of so many well-known faces.

"Our friends and family in the other parts of the UK don't have a vote, but they do have a voice. The are using that voice to say one thing loud and clear - let's keep our UK family together."

The letter was organised by TV historians Tom Holland and Dan Snow ahead of the referendum on September 18.

A giant version of the open letter was presented near Tower Bridge in central London as Snow and Holland were joined by TV presenters Ben Fogle and June Sarpong yesterday.

Apprentice star Lord Sugar, who has signed the letter, said: "It's for Scotland to decide how to vote but it has consequences for all of us. That's why so many of us have come together to say: let's stay together. We've achieved so much together and I know we can achieve so much more."

Members of the public will be encouraged to add their names to the letter when it goes on tour across the country this week.

THE company behind a proposed 150-homes development in Falmouth has lodged an appeal against it refusal.

The plans for the 154 homes at Bickland Water Road in Falmouth, which include 59 affordable houses, were refused by Cornwall Council in February.

Refusing the application by submitted by Midas Commercial Developments, a council spokesman said the proposed development would erode the green space separating Budock Water from Falmouth and "harm the character and appearance" of the area as well as lead to the loss of high grade agricultural land.

Police are hoping members of the public spotted thieves stealing a bright yellow kayak from a Truro home.

The 'identifiable' kayak was snatched on Sunday (August 3) between 8am and 7pm from a property on Halbullock View, Gloweth, Truro.

Anyone who has any information regarding the theft is asked to contact Truro Police by calling 101, quoting the crime reference number CR/095447/14 or email truro@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk.

Alternatively call Crimestoppers, free and in confidence, on 0800 555 111. 

A day after celebrating his 17th birthday, Cornwall golfer Harry Hall won the point that ensured England were crowned Boys' Home Internationals champions for the third time in four years on a dramatic final day at Western Gailes Golf Club in Ayrshire.

England had won their opening two matches against Scotland and Wales and needed a result against defending champions Ireland, who like Scotland, still had an outside chance of winning if results had gone their way.

In the end, England turned things around in the final singles session to defeat Ireland by 8-7 to complete a set of three wins for the week.

But at one stage, eight of the singles matches were in Ireland's favour, which would have been enough to turn around the 3-2 deficit from the morning foursomes, but would also have been good enough to retain the title based on the highest number of individual points won.

However, that scenario never materialised as England rallied and when West Cornwall's debutant Hall won the last two holes to win by one hole against Cathal Butler, the match was secured.

In all Hall took three points out of five from the week.

Earlier this year he won the Welsh Youths Open Championships.

He was also represented England Golf in the Irish Boys' Open and the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, finishing equal eighth in the latter.

"That was very, very tough, I don't want to have any more days like that on a golf course," said a relieved England captain Derek Hughes afterwards. "

Fair play to Ireland, they came out with a new team this week and put in a great effort. I am proud of the way my lads battled, especially when it didn't look good for a time, but the likes of Harry coming down the last and winning was crucial." 

Truro's Sarah-Jane Boyd shot a superb final round 65 to finish third in the English Women's Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Tangridge Golf Club in Surrey.

The England international had recorded 74s in all three of her opening rounds, but surged through the field with her six under par 65 to finish three over par for the 72 holes, seven behind the winner, Hayley Davis of Ferndown and just one behind runner-up Welsh international Becky Harries, who birdied two of the last four holes to finish the event on two over par. 

SALVAGE workers from a Falmouth company say they are "proud" to work on their toughest project in almost 40 years helping to right a stricken cruise liner which capsized off the Italian coast.

Marine drilling experts from Fugro Seacore were called in to shore up the precarious wreck of the Costa Concordia by installing an underwater table bigger than three rugby pitches.

Thirty-two people lost their lives when the Concordia capsized off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012, coming to rest on a steeply sloping rocky outcrop in 50m (160ft) of water.

As the refloated wreck reached its final resting place in Genoa at the end of July, staff from the Falmouth firm reflected on its role in a complex, international recovery mission.

Fugro marine services manager Sam Whitaker said: "We've done some tough jobs over the years, and this was up there with the toughest.

"Nobody has ever attempted anything like this before, so we had to design and build the whole thing from scratch.

"Quite aside from anything else, the 45-degree slope and the sheer hardness of the granite sea bed made drilling a real challenge.

"Thankfully, when it comes to drilling big, precise holes in granite, you can't get better than a Cornish engineer."

The company said it had to build a table of three platforms, each weighing more than five jumbo jets.

To secure the legs, the crews drilled precise holes up to 14 metres into the hard rock under the sea bed and inserted foundation piles two metres in diameter.

The installation needed to be designed and completed quickly, to prevent the wreck sliding to greater depths and allow work to begin on raising the liner before it broke up, which would have caused an environmental disaster.

But with the heavy platform sections needing to fit onto the legs exactly, accuracy was also paramount, with a margin for error of less than 10cm, and just one degree from vertical.

A 12-strong team from Falmouth, Helston and Penzance worked around the clock to complete the work, capturing waste from the drill to avoid damaging endangered underwater species.

Mr Whitaker added: "We were drilling up 600 cubic metres of waste every hour, and everything needed to be completely sealed – and ready to shut down at a moment's notice – to protect the sensitive environment.

"It was a big ask. But we were proud to be involved, to lend our Cornish expertise to such an important, international effort, and hopefully to provide some closure to the families affected by this tragedy."

EMERGENCY services searching for a snorkeller who went missing from the Helford River last night have found a person matching the man's description.

Ben Morris, 24, failed to return home yesterday evening after going swimming and was reported missing, sparking a large-scale search co-ordinated by Falmouth Coastguard.

Ben was equipped with a snorkel, a weight belt and was wearing a dry suit when he told his family he was going out alone at 7pm last night. His vehicle was found in the Mawnan Smith Church car park by police, who were involved in the search from around 10.45pm.

The Coastguard and the RNLI assisted by police officers and the police helicopter searched the Helford river and the coastline overnight until 4.30am.

The search was resumed early this morning assisted by a search and rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose and at around 9am this morning the body of a man was discovered by an RNLI inshore lifeboat on the Roseland Headland. It was recovered and flown by helicopter to Treliske Hospital.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said Ben's next of kin had been informed and formal identification would be carried out later.

Police at the scene told the West Briton today: "Searchers have found a person matching the description who has been airlifted to hospital."

The Falmouth Coastguard Rescue Team, the Coastguard Sector Manager for South Cornwall, both RNLI lifeboats from Falmouth, the Porthoustock Coastguard Rescue Team, police officers, the police helicopter and the RNAS Culdrose helicopter were involved in the search.

THE dry, sunny weather which Cornwall has enjoyed over the last week looks set to change this weekend as the remains of Hurricane Bertha cross the Atlantic.

While the storm is expected to miss most of the UK the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain for Cornwall on Sunday.

The Met Office said: "There is the potential for widespread rainfall totals of more than 50mm and coastal gusts of over 60mph, along with large waves.

"However, the system may pass harmlessly to the south of the country or spread heavy rain even further north, and the public are advised to keep up to date with warnings."

On Wednesday there had been fears that Bertha - which has battered the Caribbean with winds of up to 90mph - could cause serious after-effects in the UK, but the storm has weakened as it has crossed the Atlantic.

But there are warnings that the heavy rain being forecast could cause possible flooding.

Craig Woolhouse, flood risk manager at the Environment Agency, said: "On Sunday and Monday, a combination of high spring tides and strong westerly winds brings a possible risk of flooding to the south-west coast of England and along the Severn estuary, while heavy rain may also lead to localised surface water flooding in parts of southern and central parts of England.

"However, the forecast remains uncertain so we advise people to regularly check the flood risk situation over the next 48 hours."

AN ICE CREAM shop has come up with a novel way of dealing with a village's seagull problem during the busiest six weeks of their year.

Nauti But Ice in Porthleven, now has in-house water shooters that customers and staff can use to fend off seagulls swooping down to steal leftover lunches or ice creams.

David Page, who owns the business with his wife Lucy, says that the defensive measures have been a great success so far.

"We've been doing this for around a month now and we're not sure how it started but it's been a good deterrent.

"We sell the water shooters in our shop and one day a member of staff suggested that it could be a good way to keep the seagulls at bay.

"The seagulls are ingenious and cunning, especially when the mother and fathers are looking for food for their babies.

"They would swoop, land on the tables and when they would fly away they would knock everything over resulting in lots of broken crockery and a lot of mess."

Mr Page also explained how staff would have to run outside as soon as customers left their table to clean up before the seagulls would pounce.

When a seagull did manage to perch on a table, Mr Page's staff previously had to rush outside clapping and shouting to try and force the birds away.

The gulls also took a particular liking to Rodda's Cream Teas and would regularly make a bid to grab the leftover treats.

"Now, thanks to the water squirters the seagulls fly away as soon as they see our staff or customers reaching for the device.

"They are a great source of fun and amusement for our younger customers and the customers don't mind because it's not doing the birds any harm.

"They have very good range and can ever be used to squirt the seagulls on the roof as they are eyeing up their swoop."

OYSTER farming sites near the Fal estuary have been closed after contamination levels reached an all-time high.

The presence of E. coli in oysters at one of the three sites were recorded at 400 times the legal limit.

The scare comes less than two months ahead of the harvesting season and the Falmouth Oyster Festival.

For oysters to be farmed they need to contain less than 4,600 parts of E. coli per 100 grams of flesh.

According to recent tests by Cornwall Port Health Authority, the level recorded at Mylor Creek was 160,000 parts during the last monthly test on July 29.

At Mylor Pool it was a colossal 1.8 million parts.

At the third site, Grimes Bar in Malpas, Truro, the level was 16,000.

All three failed the test and oyster farming has been temporarily suspended.

But shellfish experts are at odds to explain the results.

Gary Cooper, from the county's Port Health authority said they were "disappointing" and results "out of character" with previous results.

He added: "We don't know what caused it. The Environment Agency and South West Water are working together to provide us with information to hopefully provide us with the source of the contamination."

Chris Ranger, from Cornish Native Oysters, who has 8,000 oysters in 'lays' in Mylor Creek, said there has only been one incident in the last seven years when oysters have not passed the contamination tests.

He said: "It is an unusual event. All we are hoping is that the Food Standards Agency realises it is either an extreme, isolated incident, or a mistake, and then discount the reading.

"If not then this is a threat to the industry."

He said the oysters he has stored in Mylor Creek can be cleaned with a certified purification machine, but the oyster season, which starts in October, could be affected if the shellfish do not pass the next tests in September.

Elsewhere on this website there will be individual match reports from the featured games of the day.

FOOTBALL:

Friday:

CARLSBERG SOUTH WEST PENINSULA LEAGUE

Premier Division: Godolphin Atlantic 2 Camelford 2.

Friendly: Torpoint Res v Saltash Utd (7.30pm).

Saturday:

SOUTHERN LEAGUE, Premier Division (3pm): Truro City v Chesham Utd.

CARLSBERG SOUTH WEST PENINSULA LEAGUE

Premier Division (3pm): Bodmin v Torpoint; Callington Tn v Bovey Tracey; Cullompton v Elburton Villa; Elmore v Ivybridge Tn; Falmouth Tn v Newquay; Plymouth Parkway v St Blazey; St Austell v Exmouth Tn; Stoke Gabriel v Launceston.

Division One West (3pm): Illogan v Dobwalls; Liskeard Ath v Helston Ath; Penzance v Holsworthy; Porthleven v Bude Tn; St Dennis v Mousehole; Sticker v Penryn Ath.

JOLLY'S CORNWALL COMBINATION (3pm): Goonhavern v Falmouth Tn; Helston v St Just; Mullion v St Day; Newquay v Illogan; Penryn v Redruth Utd; Perranwell v Porthleven; St Agnes v Hayle; St Ives v Wendron; Troon v Ludgvan.

RUGBY:

Saturday:

Friendly (6.30pm): Guernsey v Cornish Pirates.

Sunday:

Friendly (3pm): Plymouth Albion v Cornish All Blacks.

A brazen burglar stole items worth hundreds of pounds after getting inside a home near Chacewater through an unlocked window.

Police are advising the public to keep their homes secure after the thief struck in broad daylight on Monday at approximately 2pm in Wheal Busy.

Items including a PlayStation, a mobile phone, a Pandora bracelet and an 18 carat gold diamond ring, were taken. 

Anyone with information regarding the theft is asked to contact Truro Police on 101, quoting the crime reference number CR/093866/14.

Alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. 

Godolphin Atlantic 2, Camelford 2

Sixteen-year-old Jack Fairbrother scored twice for Camelford as it finished honours even in the opening Carlsberg South West Peninsula League premier division game of the season at Godolphin Way on Friday evening.
Camelford, without several first-team regulars, twice came from behind to deny Godolphin boss Tony McKellar victory in his first competitive game in charge.
McKellar's men made the perfect start when Josh Harris volleyed home Lee Paxton's cross just five minutes in.
But with 19 minutes on the clock, the Camels drew level when Fairbrother poked the ball inside Shaun Semmens' near post.
Godolphin, who finished fifth in their first premier division season, regained the lead in the 33rd minute when Phil Lowry pounced on goalkeeper Josh Colwill's error to stab the ball home from close range.
But back came Camelford, and in the 54th minute Fairbrother was on hand to tap in Ben Ringrose's cross.
The Camels could have gone on and won it as Fairbrother was denied his hat-trick by Semmens, before Dan Balsdon saw his header come back off the bar in the 87th minute.

Godolphin: S Semmens, S Flannigan, T Shephard, T Peacock, R Fallens, S Fearon (J Street 77), J Harris, L Rigby, P Lowry, L Paxton (J Fearon 46), A Dilley. Subs (not used): N Prentice, C Gadney, J Shephard.
Camelford: J Colwill, H Ahearn, L Sandercock, M Haynes, A Sleep, J Howell (R Brown 90), J Fairbrother, B Ringrose (H Westlake 67), D Balsdon, P Rushton, A Boxall. Sub (not used): P Brown.
Referee: Ben Judd.