Prolific motormouth Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear team have landed themselves in fresh controversy after it was alleged that they used a car with a number plate that referred to the Falklands War whilst filming in Argentina.

The latest complaint comes less than a month after Clarkson offended Cornish residents by saying "it's Cornwall I've always wanted to be rid of, bunch of pasty-munching ingrates" when talking about the Scottish referendum.

The programme team is using a Porsche with the registration number H982 FKL, which some people locally have suggested could be seen to refer to the Falklands conflict which took place in 1982.

However show bosses have said the plate was merely a coincidence and was not chosen deliberately.

This year the programme has had a number of difficulties with one edition found to be in breach of Ofcom's broadcasting code for the use of a racially offensive term during a two-part special filmed in Burma, following a complaint from a viewer.

And presenter Jeremy Clarkson apologised after unbroadcast footage emerged in which he appeared to use the n-word, although he denied he actually uttered the word.

The team from the BBC2 show are in South America filming a special on a remote highway passing through Chile and Argentina.

A story about the Top Gear visit in the Patagonian daily newspaper Diario Jornada is headlined: "Top Gear is filming in Patagonia and there's controversy."

The paper says: "Even though the BBC authorities asked the popular presenter Jeremy Clarkson to behave himself during his time in Argentina, he chose to use the provocative number plate 'H982 FKL' on his Porsche, in reference to '1982 Falklands (Malvinas)'."

But the executive producer of Top Gear, Andy Wilman, said: "Top Gear production purchased three cars for a forthcoming programme; to suggest that this car was either chosen for its number plate, or that an alternative number plate was substituted for the original is completely untrue."

An accident has resulted in a section of the A30 being shut this afternoon.

The incident took place at Blackwater and involves several vehicles and an oil spillage.

Motorists are being urged to avoid the road and traffic is also moving slowly at nearby Chiverton Cross Roundabout.

Emergency services are currently at the scene and five people are being treated by paramedics.

Two fire crews from Truro and Redruth, as well as rescue tender from Camborne Fire Station arrived at the scene and were able to confirm that no people were trapped inside the vehicles. 

It is estimated that the road will reopen around 4pm.

Truro City 4 Banbury United 1 

 City came from 1-0 down at half time to beat the struggling visitors and move up to fifth in the Southern League premier division table.

But the home side looked to be handed a massive piece of luck right on half time when the Oxfordshire side had defender Tom Fishwick sent off   for kicking the ball away by referee Steve Annis.

Fishwick claimed it was a case of mistaken identity and he had not been booked earlier in the game and that instead it was fellow defender Jack Westbrook who been shown yellow for a foul on Barry Hayles.

But the decision stood and City took full advantage to turn around a 1-0 half time deficit to cruise to three points with two goals from top scorer Craig Duff and one apiece from Rob Farkins and substitute Isaac Vassell.

It was just the tonic City needed ahead of Tuesday night's trip to leaders Poole Town and on the back of last week's disappointing home defeat against Slough Town.

But in the first half they never really got going until Banbury took the lead six minutes before the break with Leam Howards touching home a rght wing cross from Jacob Walcott.

Craig Duff rattled the bar as City finished the half strongly but Fishwick's red card was the turning point.

There was only one team in it after the break and it took City just three minutes to draw level when Duff cut inside from the left before firing home his seventh goal of the season with a a low drive.

It was all City and when Duff was brought down by Callum White for an obvious penalty and the former Bideford man made no mistake from the spot to put the home side 2-1 up on the hour mark.

Substitute Isaac Vassell struck the post before Rob Farkins made the game safe with a powerful close ranger header from Jamie Lowry's corner.

With ten minutes left Vassell added a fourth from Les Afful's cross to complete a remarkable turnaround.

CITY:  Moore; White, Pugh, Farkins, Long; Ash, Green (capt), Brett, Duff, Hayles, Cooke. Subs (not used): James, Searle.

Yellow cards: Pugh.

BANBURY UNITED: Bedwell; White, Lynn, Martin (Tappin 72), Fishwick, Westbrook,  Walcott (White 78), Hawtin, Shama, Howards (Cray half time), Murombedzi.

Red card: Fishwick .

Yellow cards: Bedwell, White, 

Goals: Howards (39) 0-1, Duff (48) 1-1, Duff (59 pen) 2-1, Farkins (69) 3-1, Vassell (80) 4-1.

Crowd: 424.

Referee Steve Annis (Penzance).

Doncaster Knights 22, Cornish Pirates 24

by Nigel Walrond at Castle Park

CORNISH Pirates made it back-to-back wins with a superb victory at fifth-place Doncaster Knights on Saturday afternoon.

It was the proverbial game of two halves, with Doncaster dominating a large part of the first 40 minutes to lead 10-3 at the break, only for the Pirates to come storming back with 21 unanswered points, before conceding two late tries.

The Pirates came under the cosh from the off, and conceded a try after only eight minutes, with blindside flanker Latu Makaafi breaking free from a ruck on the visitors' 22 before feeding outside centre Mat Clark to race over, with winger Dougie Flockhart converting.

The visitors pulled three points back with a penalty by fly half Kieran Hallett, but they should have scored a try at the end of the first quarter, when a slick handling move off a line-out created a two-on-one overlap on the right, but full back Matt Evans inexplicably failed to pass to unmarked winger Kieran Goss and the chance was snuffed out.

The Cornishmen's set piece was struggling, and Flockhart slotted one of the penalties they were coughing up to stretch the Knights' advantage to seven points.

The Pirates responded well, with Laurie McGlone breaking a tackle to set up a great attacking position, but once more a dropped pass saw the opportunity go begging.

Doncaster launched wave after wave of attacks in the closing stages of the half, but they were kept out by some excellent defence from Pirates, who lost winger Kyle Moyle with a suspected dislocated shoulder late in the half, with Laurence May coming on for his Championship debut.

Pirates suffered a further blow just before the break when yet another scrum penalty saw loose-head prop Jack Andrew sin-binned, but they were pleased to be only trailing 10-3 at the interval.

Despite being a man down, Pirates made an excellent start to the second half, winning their own set-piece ball and camping in Doncaster's 22, but they could not turn their pressure into points, though the hosts had fly half Jamie Lennard sin-binned for a professional foul.

Pirates blew another gilt-edged try-scoring opportunity in the 52^nd minute, when May opted not to deliver the final pass to Evans for an easy five points, and was held up over the line as he tried to go for glory himself.

However, it did not prove costly, as only moments later, scrum half Tom Kessell wriggled over for a try from close range, and Hallett's conversion made it 10-10.

Four minutes later they were unbelievably in front for the first time, with Tom Riley's excellent long pass giving skipper Chris Morgan the chance to put Evans in for the touchdown, with Hallett again adding the extras for a 17-10 lead.

They then grabbed their third try in nine minutes when a catch-and-drive line-out led to Hallett crossing in the corner, and he added the touchline conversion off the far upright.

Doncaster set up a tense finale when Makaafi and captain Michael Hills got over for late tries, with Flockhart converting one to get them within bonus-point range, but Pirates hung on for an excellent victory.

Doncaster Knights: Jarvis, Flockhart, Clark, Armitage, Lewis (Bulumakau 67), Lennard (Roberts 60), Palu (Bravo 67), List (T Davies 56), Hunter (Bergmanas 67), Quigley (R Davies 67), Challinor (Phelan 68), Hotson, Makaafi, Hills (capt), Shaw.

Cornish Pirates: Evans, Goss, Riley, Hendrickson, Moyle (May 40+3), Hallett, Kessell (Cattle 75), J Andrew (J Ford-Robinson 49), Carpenter (Channon 27), Paver (Gendall 66), Carrick-Smith (Ford-Robinson 41-49, Graulich 66), Barry, Morgan (capt), Cheesman, McGlone. Replacement not used: Atkinson.

Scorers: Doncaster: Tries: Clark, Makaafi, Hills; Con: Flockhart (2); Pen: Flockhart. Pirates: Tries: Kessell, Evans, Hallett; Cons: Hallett (3); Pen: Hallett.

Yellow cards: Doncaster: Lennard 50; Pirates: Andrew 40+4.

Referee: Greg MacDonald (RFU).

Attendance: 1,368.

A debate has erupted about whether or not Cornwall Council should be turned into a Welsh-style assembly.

Liberal Democrat councillor Simon Rix claims to have been approached by people upset that the council lacked powers.

He said: "Lots of people complain about Cornwall Council not being able to do certain things and not having the power to change things.

"The answer is to give Cornwall Council extra powers and turn it into an assembly."

The topic of an assembly was raised at the Liberal Democrat part conference and the party has already voted to campaign for an assembly.

The proposal has already been met with stern opposition however, with Cornwall Councillor Fiona Ferguson going on record to voice her disapproval of the plans.

She said: "I think the idea of putting another layer of politicians when you're actually trying to save money on frontline services would be a big mistake and I don't think it would be well received by people at all."

Cornish nationalist part Mebyon Kernow said the plans didn't go far enough.

Councillor Dick Cole said: "The Lib Dems say they want devolution but all they're talking about is tweaking local government, which is totally lacking in ambition.

"We need real devolution. We need Cornwall to be seen as if it was Wales or Scotland, not just an English county."

CAMBORNE 21  DRYBROOK 13

Despite managing a fourth Tribute South West One West  league win of the season Camborne were left disappointed to not secure the try-scoring bonus point from the numerous chances they created, reports Bill Hooper from the Recreation Ground.

The cool, crisp dry conditions were ideal for running rugby. Camborne kicked off towards the clubhouse end soon earning a first penalty chance for fly-half Rob Mankee which he pushed wide of the uprights.

Camborne continued to dominate the early stages of the game but couldn't turn their advantage into points.

Camborne then suffered a blow when centre Jamie Briant was forced to leave the field injured adding to another lengthy casualty list for the Cherry and Whites.

Having weathered the early onslaught Drybrook came more into the game at the beginning of the second quarter to rock Camborne with the opening try of the game when centre Simon Rugman scored an un-converted try on 22minutes.

Camborne stormed back at their visitors with flanker Cameron Bone scoring a well-worked try which Mankee converted.

Drybrook kept in touch with a penalty soon after kicked by scrum-half Tom Treharne.

Camborne continued to put various phases of play together and well served by locks Tony Whittle and Ben Kemp, whilst No.8 Dave Roberts was having his usual influential game.

Further drives saw Camborne up to the Drybrook line with Roberts being driven over for the Cherry and White's second try. Mankee was once again on the money with the conversion to give Town the advantage at half-time 14-8.

Camborne began the second half well scoring a third try soon after the break when hooker Sam Bartle was driven over with Mankee once again adding the extras.

It looked like they would kick on and wrap up the bonus point without too much trouble, however a combination of errors and wrong options only served to frustrate the home side and it's supporters.

Drybrook, despite having a player in the sin-bin, managed to cut the deficit when Rugman bagged his second try of the game on 63 minutes.

Winger Grant Thirlby and scrum-half Taron Peacock all went close as Camborne battled for the fourth try, whilst Rugman almost had a third try for the visitors but was pinged for a double movement.

Camborne will take the win but will be left mightily frustrated by the performance, which they will hope to put right next week.

Camborne 21 pts

Tries – Bone, Roberts, Bartle, Conversions – Mankee (3)

Yellow Card – Bone (79)

Drybrook 13 pts

Tries – Rugman (2), Penalty – Treharne

Yellow Cards – Bourne (53), Jelf (68)

Camborne: J Parma, R Floyd, J Briant, S Kenward (Capt) G Thirlby, D Mankee, T Peacock; N Endean, S Bartle, W Webster, T Whittle, B Kemp, J Goldsworthy, C Bone, D Roberts.

Replacements (all used): R Kevern, S Milliner, N Stanlieck

Drybrook: K Taft, S Peaper, J Cooke, S Rugman, M Baldwin, B Large (Capt), T Treharne; D Jelf, A Howells, E White, G Nott, W Greenway, L Fisher, D Price, M Bourne.

Replacements (all used): M Renton, N Morgan, G Holdsworth

Referee: Kevin Williams (Cornwall RSS)

Crowd: 450

Briton Camborne-man-of-the-match: Tony Whittle, another fine performance from the lock, who continues to enhance his growing reputation with each game.       

YOBS who urinated on play equipment at Heartlands adventure park have been condemned.

Staff were made aware of an incident where a seven-year-old schoolgirl was left "soaked in urine" after going down a slide.

Her mother, Victoria Silgram-Pitt, then wrote on Facebook: "People who take their children to Heartlands park 'BE AWARE' ... my seven-year-old went down the slide and was soaked in urine!!

"She was absolutely devastated and embarrassed when the culprits stood there laughing that she in fact was covered in their ****. My mother then got abuse from them. This is the second time this had happened. It's a massive shame as it's a lovely park but I do not feel it's safe to let my children and my mother go there any more."

The team at Heartlands have since apologised and promised to make every effort to prevent such incidents from happening again.

Sean O'Neill, chief operating officer at Heartlands, said this was the first instance of this kind the park was aware of.

He said: "The team members at Heartlands are appalled and disgusted to hear of the alleged action of a group of youths in the free adventure playground."

Mr O'Neill said the playground has always been well-respected and well used, with very little vandalism since it opened in 2012.

He said it was regularly patrolled by Heartlands' grounds team members during opening hours, assisted by volunteers into the early evening.

He added: "Unfortunately, despite members of the team being on site and on patrol at the time of this incident, this group still carried out their disgusting action.

"We would like to apologise to members of the family for this experience and can assure them that we will make every effort to prevent such incidents from happening again. We totally condemn such behaviour and would ask anyone witnessing any similar acts to immediately contact the police by calling 101 and then making a member of the Heartlands team aware."

A village on the outskirts of Camborne could be set to be the unlikely home of a brand new sitcom.

Radio and sitcom writer Phil Whitmore, friend Matthew Cobb and director Steve Harris-Jackson, who are based in Leicestershire, want to raise £10,000 to make episode one of 'Praze & Beeble', described as being a "spookily surreal horror-comedy series".

In the series, the two main characters – Mr Praze and Mr Beeble, played by Sidney Kean and Paul Croft – get caught up in each episode with a spoof of popular cult fantasy monsters such as The Ghoul, Alien, the Ring Ghost Girl, Body Snatchers, Tribbles and Nightmare On Elm Street.

Steve said it was writer Phil Whitmore who came up with the idea of basing the sitcom on Praze an Beeble.

"While making his way through Cornwall after a stressful part in his life, Phil discovered Praze by complete accident," he said.

"While it was getting dark he came across what he called a really creepy lane with bats flying over his head.

"This really stuck with him as he is, like myself, a big Hammer House Of Horror fan."

The pair plan to film in the local area and use local people to play the supporting characters.

"We've spoken to Crowan Parish Council and they've agreed to help us achieve this," said Steve.

"We'll also be sourcing crew from the local area, using new and inexperienced talent if need be. The aim is to use as much of the local area as possible to create that eccentric British feel that's so important for the sitcom."

The film-makers are now looking to fund a full pilot episode to take to the studios, but they also plan to fund the cost of the full six episodes by themselves.

It is hoped that £10,000 will cover the cost of paying for the hire of high-definition cameras, sound, lighting, costumes, props and monster make-up, cast and crew, transport, and of the various studio and location sequences.

"We aim to create a really slick, TV-broadcast-quality Episode 1 of Praze & Beeble that we can pitch to TV," Steve said.

For more information, visit their company website at www.spacecustardmediaprod- uctions.co.uk

You can also find Praze & Beeble on Facebook – www.facebook.com/pages/Praze-Beeble-The-TV-series/431338340235289

To watch the trailer and to sponsor the project visit www.sponsume.com and search for Praze & Beeble.

Two of the UK's leading education centres celebrated their strengthening links with a formal signing ceremony.

The University of Exeter and the Eden Project held a signing ceremony on Friday and also planted a tree to mark the partnership between the organisations.

Welcoming the partnership, Eden executive vice Chairman and co-founder Sir Tim Smit said that Eden was very excited to be collaborating with the University of Exeter.

He said: "Exeter is one of the finest universities in the country. This marriage is really important to us and will enable us to become an educational hot house.

"It marks ten years of the university's presence in Cornwall and it shows that we are both here for the long haul, creating bright futures for the people who want to study and learn with us."

Professor Mark Goodwin from the university announced that they have jointly committed to finance a project development fund to pump-prime more exciting initiatives between the two organisations.

He said: "Eden is a wonderful partner for us to work with. As an iconic brand, it provides a test-bed of more than 800,000 visitors annually which means that we can truly engage the public in our newest research and discoveries."

The university and Eden are already working together in areas as diverse as social enterprise, student dissertations and community engagement and now wish to establish a formal partnership in order to develop new joint initiatives.

Rail bosses have rushed to refute claims that train companies are "ripping-off" passengers regarding compensation for late and cancelled trains.

According to the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA), the operators were paid £167 million by Network Rail during 2013-14 for delays caused by track, signal and other infrastructure failures, for which the taxpayer-funded company is responsible.

But train operators only handed over an estimated £50 million to passengers.

The union called for a "fundamental change" to the rules, saying that train operators automatically get compensation if a service is five minutes late. But passengers can only claim a partial refund if a train is 30 minutes late, and a full refund if it is one hour behind time or more. But a spokesperson for the Rail Delivery Group, which represents operators and Network Rail, said: "Passenger compensation is completely unrelated to the rail regulator's scheme where payments between Network Rail and operators are designed to discourage delays and encourage punctuality.

"When delays occur it disrupts people's journeys and can put them off travelling altogether, hitting train company revenues and the amount operators pay back to the Government for investment in the railway. Payments between operators and Network Rail reflect this. Passengers are at the heart of what we do and the rail industry wants to provide an even more reliable and efficient service.

"Despite more journeys being made punctually, compensation paid to passengers under the Delay Repay scheme has increased by £10million in the last year. Payments are increasingly generous and easy to apply for and are made regardless of the cause of a delay."

Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA union which uncovered the figures in Network Rail papers, said: "We have to stop this rip-off. If billionaires like Sir Richard Branson at Virgin get compensation when their trains run five minutes late, passengers should."

He called for passenger refunds to be fundamentally reformed "because the dice is loaded against passengers in favour of the private rail firms".

The TSSA's figures relate only to nine rail operators which have signed new franchise deals. These include Cross Country trains, which operates some services in the peninsula and paid out compensation amounting to £1.2million in 2013-14.

First Great Western, which runs services from the Westcountry to London, said: "Broadly speaking the compensation agreements in place with Network Rail accurately reflect the additional costs incurred by infrastructure not being available to keep our customers moving – such as the cost of running bus replacements, diversionary train routes, and the cost of making our tickets available on other train operators' routes, as well as refunding passengers' tickets where they are unable to travel."

A spokesman added: "There are a number of safeguards in place which guard against profiteering from compensation arrangements for these kinds of disruption." This includes our profit share agreement with the Department for Transport, which is designed to ensure profit over the level anticipated in the original franchise agreement is returned to Government."

A 58-year-old motorcyclist from Redruth has died following a collision between his bike and a car on the A39 this morning.

The incident took place at 10.45am on the busy road at Allen Valley near Camelford.

A police spokesman said: "The rider of the motorcycle, a 58 year old male from the Redruth area, was pronounced deceased at the scene, his next of kin have been informed.

"The A39, Allen Valley remains closed at this time while enquiries are conducted at the scene."

Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact the police on 101 quoting log number 346 of today's date (October 5th).

A dog owner has fired out a warning after his dog had a narrow escape when it swallowed a fishing hook yesterday afternoon.

Steve Broklesby's 16-month-old Dalmatian Sally was being walked on Perranuthnoe Beach when she found the hook with a prawn attached as bait.

Sally promptly scoffed the prawn, hook and all, and was rushed to Head and Head Veterinary Practice in Helston who operated on her that afternoon.

Mr Broklesby said: "My wife Paula was helped by the Surf Nomads surf group who managed to get the fishing line and weights that were attached to the hook out before she choked.

"They cut the line on a rock with the bait and the hook was nowhere to be seen, so we took Sally to the vets who X-rayed her and found the 5cm hook in her stomach.

"Amazingly it hadn't got stuck in her oesophagus as it went down. She was then operated on successfully to remove the hook and we went to collect her this morning.

"She had a lot of stiches and is in discomfort but at least she is alive."

Mr Broklesby, who lives with his family in Godolphin, says that fishermen should take more care and stop leaving hooks complete with line and bait on beaches, saying that if Sally didn't find and eat it, then another dog definitely would have.

"All the fishermen need to do is put the hooks in the bin or in their tackle boxes, it is really irresponsible and dangerous to leave them discarded on the rocks."

A weather warning remains in place for tomorrow morning with forecasters warning people in the county to brace for high winds.

The Yellow Weather Warning for Wind has been issued by the Met Office to Cornwall between 6am and midday, with strong gusts set to last into the afternoon.

Despite the strong winds the weather is set to remain largely dry with rain not expected to arrive until the evening.

The outlook for the rest of the week is also bleak with strong winds and rain set to last until Friday.

An outstanding personal best performance of 32m 10s by  Dan Rodgers (Launceston Road Runners) saw him romp to victory in Sunday's Newquay 10K road race, round 14 of the Cornwall Grand Prix Series sponsored by Cornwall Glass and Glazing,  which attracted more than 500 runners, writes Alan Rowling.

Rodgers's training partner, the double Senior and Veteran England Cross Country International Miranda Heathcote (Newquay Road Runners), who was  returning to action after a quiet summer season, front ran to victory in the Ladies' race and is now gearing up for another quality cross country season.

Rodgers, currently the county's number one male distance athlete, came with a plan.

He said: "Today I targeted the course record of 31.41 set by Kevin Toher five years ago and was on schedule for the first five miles but knew that I was slowing in the closing stages. Still I have to be pleased with a 29  seconds best over this distance on the road."

Rodgers led from the gun, with Ash Chambers (Liverpool Harriers) slotting into second place, ahead of one of the county's most promising young middle distance runners, Sam Lane de Courtin (Tavistock AC). The Cornwall AC pair Justin Thomas and Paul Smith were running together in fourth and fifth positions.

By four miles Rodgers had inevitably extended his lead, with Chambers, who recently began his Exeter University Masters degree at the University in Falmouth, still in second but being closed down by Thomas (3^rd) and Smith (4^th) as Lane de Courtin faded.

The impressive Rodgers crossed the line almost one and a half minutes ahead of Chambers, with Thomas completing the podium positions.

After a steady start the recent Truro Half Marathon winner, Ken Walker (Newquay Road Runners) moved through to finish fourth, passing Smith (5^th) in the closing stages, although the Cornwall AC man did have the satisfaction slicing forty seconds off his best.

Heathcote also led the Ladies' race from gun to tape, although the runner up Emma Schuck (Hayle Runners) always had the Newquay athlete in her sights but couldn't quite close the gap, perhaps suffering a little from finishing second and achieving a huge personal best at the Robin Hood Half Marathon seven days previously. 

Schuck crossed the line 20  seconds behind Heathcote, with another Hayle Runner, Jane Khan, who is enjoying a holiday in her native county away from the desert sands of Dubai, in third position.

KEY FOR CLUBS

CAC Cornwall AC, CR Carn Runners, ECH East Cornwall Harriers, FRR Falmouth Road Runners, G&G Grit & Grin, HR Hayle Runners, LH Liverpool Harriers, LRR Launceston Road Runners, MBH Mounts Bay Harriers, MH Mile High, NRR Newquay Road Runners, PM Plymouth Muskateers, QRC Quakers Running Club, STA St Austell Running Club, TAV Tavistock AC, TRC Truro Running Club, TT Tamer Trotters, U Unattached.

RESULTS

Men: 1 Dan Rodgers LRR 32.10, 2 Ash Chambers LH 33.37,3 Justin Thomas CAC 33.54, 4 Ken Walker NRR 34.15, 5 Paul Smith CAC 34.23, 6 Paul Whear CR 34.34, 7 Colin Snook CAC 34.36, 8 Sam Lane de Courtin TAV 34.39, 9 Jordan Morant HR 35.09, 10 Richard Pascoe MH 35.31. Age Categories: Under 20: 1 Sam Lane de Courtin, 2 Tom Slattery CAC 38.37, 3 Bailey Gill FRR 39.17. Under 35: 1 Dan Rodgers, 2 Ash Chambers, 3 Jordan Morant. 35-39: 1 Colin Snook, 2 Lee Burrows CAC 39.13, 3 Matt Curtis HR 39.58. 40-44: 1 Justin Thomas, 2 Ken Walker, 3 Paul Smith. 45-49: 1 Paul Whear, 2 Jason Webb CAC 36.21, 3 Adrian Ball CAC 36.24. 50-54: 1 Nick Martin MH 36.42, 2 Mick Chapman MH 38.23, 3 Mark Dorrell CR 38.58. 55-59: 1 Martin Davis NRR 38.19, 2 Laurie Lee STA 39.39, 3 Peter Allen NRR 40.50. 60-64: 1 Tom Polglase CR 42.09, 2 Dave Thompson QRC 44.41, 3 John Gossan U 46.02. 65-69: 1 Paul Wright NRR 41.59, 2 Doug Alsop STA 45.23, 3 Peter Uren MBH 45.57. 70-74: 1 Stewart Townend HR 48.11, 2 Richard Jenkin U 57.45. 75+: 1 Tony Berry TRC 48.53, 2 Norris Kington CAC 56.02. Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 70 points, 2 Mile High 104 points, 3 Hayle Runners 178, 4 Newquay Road Runners 184 points, 5 Carn Runners 197 points, 6 St Austell Running Club 206.

Ladies: 1 Miranda Heathcote NRR 36.50, 2 Emma Schuck HR 37.20, 3 Jane Khan HR 39.21, 4 Rhiannon Strickland CAC 40.25, 5 Anne Luke TT 40.48, 6 Wendy Chapman TRC 41.01, 7 Anne Waller MBH 41.24, 8 Jessica Buscombe STA 41.28, 9 Joanna Herd NRR 42.04, 10 Charlotte Bennett HR 42.20. Age Categories: Under 20: 1 Charlotte Cayton-Smith CAC 44.04, 2 Dulcie Atkinson CAC 44.36, 3 Martha Carlisle CAC 47.14. Under 35: 1 Emma Schuck, 2 Jane Khan, 3 Rhiannon Strickland. 35-39: 1 Wendy Chapman, 2 Joanna Herd, 3 Julia Pearce CAC 42.54. 40-44: 1 Miranda Heathcote, 2 Anne Waller, 3 Charlotte Bennett. 45-49: 1 Emma Murray STA 42.33, 3 Sharon Daw ECH 43.52, 3 Karen Harrison CAC 43.58. 50-54: 1 Katherine Martin MH 47.25, 2 Lynn Counter NRR 48.49, 3 Susan Darke PM 50.24. 55-59: 1 Anne Luke, 2 Jeanette Duncan G&G 50.48, 3 Pat Coates NRR 51.30. 60-64: 1 Janet Watson FRR 50.36, 2 Lavinia Marshall LRR 57.50, 3 Sue Burges LRR 59.09. 66-69: 1 Susan Mellis STA 54.37, 2 Jackie Jenkin CAC 57.45, 3 Carole Drew CR 66.21. 70+: 1 Lisa Wright NRR 64.24, 2 Timothea Cardell HR 68.07. Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 95 points, 2 Hayle Runners 98 points, 3 Newquay Road Runners 'A' 133 points, 4 St Austell Running Club 146 points, 5 Mounts Bay Harriers 282 points, 6 Newquay Road Runners 'B' 332 points.

CORNISH community hospitals are leading the way in end-of-life care.

Camborne Redruth hospital and Helston hospital are among ten in the county to receive a major national award for the quality of care they are providing for patients.

They were presented with Quality Hallmark Awards by Suzanne Jones, of the Community Hospitals Association, at the National Gold Standards Framework Centre (GSF) annual conference in London last week.

The community hospitals demonstrated that they were well placed to meet their patients' needs helping them communicate their wishes and co-ordinate their care.

The hospitals have demonstrated the ability to better plan patients' care with GPs and district nurses, enabling many to return home quickly.

Pam Butler, sister at Lamorna Ward, Camborne Redruth Community Hospital, said: "GSF has helped us formalise what we were doing already, improving our coordination and communication.

"For patients, this means we now engage in more detailed conversations with them about the care they want and where they want to receive it and share these wishes with our health colleagues in the community."

The GSF Centre is the UK's largest provider of training for health and social care staff.

PLANS for a wind turbine on farmland near Tregony have sparked fears it could pave the way for two more within a mile of each other.

Cornwall Council this week gave planning permission for a 79-metre turbine on Pitts Down Farm, which borders part of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Earlier this year it rejected plans for a similar turbine at Tregonan Farm, whose developer has lodged an appeal.

In addition, public consultation has been opened on a third turbine proposal at the Cornwall Council-owned Barwick Farm, less than a mile from Pitts Down Farm.

Cuby Parish Council chairman David Attwater said: "This does open up the possibility for additional ones.

"This wind turbine is almost identical to the one that was rejected at Tregonan Farm, about one mile south, and closer to the AONB.

"Clearly at the planning committee there were sufficient members, it would appear, who thought the visual impact of this turbine is of a lesser degree than the Tregonan one.

"Cuby parish is disappointed ... and concerned that this may have a bearing on the outcome on the appeal for the Tregonan Farm decision.

"We face the prospect of having three very large wind turbines within a mile of each other," he said.

Local resident Des Mennear, chairman of Tregony Parish Council, said: "Localism is dead in Cuby. People should have a say.

"I'm speaking as an ordinary citizen of Cornwall. All these wind turbines are spoiling our lovely countryside."

Cuby Parish Council voted to oppose the granting of permission for the turbine at Pitts Down earlier this year, but on Monday members of Cornwall Council's central sub-area planning committee voted 7 to 5 in favour of giving planning consent for the scheme.

The proposal includes the erection of the turbine and associated infrastructure including a transformer, a substation, a hardstanding for a crane and a temporary construction area.

The plans also included an upgrade and extension of the farm access and track, and widening the existing entrance to the site.

On Cornwall Council's planning website, Phil Michell had written: "This application is far too high at 79m – Truro Cathedral is 76m, in comparison.

"As a holiday accommodation owner, people come to this area for its natural beauty, not for it to be blighted with wind turbines everywhere."

But Samuel Care wrote: "Wind turbines such as this should be supported as they are an important step towards securing our future energy supplies and helping us to avoid dangerous climate change.

"This turbine appears to be positioned away from possible sensitivities such as landscape areas, towns and villages and is therefore in a suitable location."