FITNESS enthusiasts have got dressed up to raise money for the Breast Cancer Campaign.

Carn Brea Leisure Centre's Big Pink Weekend was organised to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month and featured activities with a distinctly pink theme.

Throughout the weekend customers made donations to participate in pink studio fitness classes and showed their support with a Bras Out For Breast Cancer dress code.

Gym and studio manager Amelia Blackford said: "As a charitable trust and social enterprise, it's great for us to be able to help other very deserving charities.

"Our staff and customers have been amazing, as always, and have helped to make this another really successful event."

Over the weekend £406.92 was raised, including £76 donated by 14-year-old Katie Broad, who made and sold loom band jewellery.

Other activities at the centre included a quiz night and cupcake sale, and Carn Brea was flooded with pink balloons over the weekend.

YOUNG Rotarians from Penryn have been praised as a "dedicated team" of fundraisers.

The new officers of Penryn College's Interact Club met Rotary Great Britain and Ireland's president Peter King at BF Adventure in Longdowns.

He was in Cornwall visiting Rotary districts and asked to meet the team which won the title of best club in the country for its competition based on BBC TV show The Apprentice. Teams were given £20 each and had to invest it to make as much as they could.

Their latest efforts have raised money for books and school equipment for children in Africa.

Penryn Rotary Club matched their total and it was enough to send 12 boxes of equipment, which children from the club went to the depot and helped assemble.

Mr King said: "I'm so proud of the achievements of Penryn College Interact Club, being the youngest, and the Rotary Club of Penryn, the smallest club in Cornwall, which always punches above its weight. I hold these up as an example as to what can be achieved by youngsters with a dedicated team behind them."

He praised Rachael Bastian and Lisa Cooke at Penryn College, who help run the club.

The four students, Janna, Cassie, Courtney and Matt – club president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer respectively – were officially inducted during their meeting.

They then got to go down the zip wire at the centre.

Next month the club hosts a fundraising disco and in late January a spider event, when children will be able to meet tarantulas.

Another Apprentice-style competition is also planned.

GROWING potatoes helped secure pupils of one Falmouth primary school a special playground bench.

The colourful buddy bench is aimed at helping youngsters who need a friend at St Francis School.

Anyone who feels lonely can sit at the bench and an older pupil will come and talk to them.

It was a prize in an annual Potato Marketing Board competition for schools.

The school has entered before, but it is the first time they have won, after their haul of potatoes proved the heaviest from the entries across the South West.

They had to grown a local variety and a national variety in potato bags.

Gardening club co- ordinator Doreen Varker said: "We're very pleased. The children harvested them and, once weighed, cooked and ate them."

A DECISION to delay plans for a major roundabout scheme in Falmouth could scupper it entirely because of a deadline over funding.

Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee deferred making a decision on the planning application for the £2.3million project at Union Corner, saying it had concerns.

The scheme proposes replacing two mini-roundabouts with one bigger one at the junction with Kergilliack Road.

It was drawn up to tackle congestion in the area and in the light of projected traffic growth as a result of various housing schemes in the area, and is also seen as a key step in facilitating Falmouth School's plans to improve sports facilities by taking over the former Budock Hospital site.

The scheme includes a new road leading from the roundabout across the hospital site to link up with Trescobeas Road.

A motion to approve Cornwall Council's own application for the roundabout was lost on the casting vote of chairman Rob Nolan and it was agreed to defer a decision in order to look at some of the issues – including the design and its impact on two properties at Woodman's Corner with access off the roundabout.

A planning officer warned members that any delay could be costly.

The scheme has secured £1.6 million from the Department of Transport but this has be to spent by July and will only be given once the work is completed.

"It's a six-month build and this [delay] could scupper it," he said.

"There are other steps they have to go through, getting tenders, and they are already up against the programme."

Councillor Mark Kaczmarek said he wanted local members to be involved in the design as other roundabouts were "a shambles".

However, it was pointed out by Councillor Neil Hatton that the lack of land available and the effect on other homes precluded the possibility of drawing up any other scheme.

Resident Martin Rosevear said the new design of roundabout, if approved, would force him to cross two lanes of traffic to get out on to the road or having to brake as he left the roundabout – creating a danger – in order to enter his property.

"This is extremely difficult and potentially dangerous, as slowing off the roundabout is not expected behaviour," he said.

Steve Gudge from Cornwall Council said the scheme had been safety audited for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. "It has been a long-held aspiration to develop a much-needed transport enhancement at the site," he said.

"It was identified as unable to cope with existing traffic flows or any future flows from development."

Cornwall and town councillor David Saunby said he had "real reservations" about the proposal's ability to alleviate congestion. "The scheme is destined to fail or at best show little improvement," he said. "I feel the designers have got it wrong."

Councillors are now seeking an extraordinary meeting before the December committee meeting in order to make a decision as soon as possible so the funding is not lost.

A "SELFLESS" and "generous" worker at Helston's naval air station has been commended for his efforts with a special award.

Peter Cole has been presented with the Captain's Award for 20 years of service at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose, HMS Seahawk.

He has been employed in a number of roles across the air station and, said Chief Physical Training Instructor (PTI) Lee Herron, had always provided "sterling service".

"For the past 14 years he has worked in the station's physical training department and has acted as essential continuity for a multitude of different Physical Training Instructors and countless customers, receiving plaudits for his limitless efforts," he said.

"Selfless and with huge reserves of common sense, Pete has demonstrated extraordinary levels of initiative, flexibility and trust.

"For him, his basic job description is merely the start of his responsibilities; he continually identifies tasks that without his tenacity would simply not be done.

"He was first employed as a storeman, but his generous nature has been an invaluable asset during periods of manpower shortage when he has ably stepped in to provide astute guidance.

"His advice is much sought after from every level; it is always considered and consistent and he never shirks a difficult decision."

Presenting Mr Cole with the long service award Captain Mark Garratt, the air station's commanding officer, said: "Mr Cole is a fine example to those around him.

"His personal commitment, dedication and determination have contributed directly to the physical development of a generation of RNAS Culdrose personnel.

"For his sterling efforts, and for his overall contribution to HMS Seahawk and the PT department, I am delighted to recognise Mr Cole with this award."

AN alleged attack on a referee has been dismissed by the Cornwall Football Association (FA).

Jordan Myatt from Tuckingmill claimed he was punched from behind by a spectator shortly after he blew the final whistle in a match between Hayle FC and Redruth-based Storm Football Club (FC) in May.

After separate investigations by the police and Cornwall FA the charges brought by the 18-year-old against a Storm FC player were dismissed in September.

Richard Pallot, governance manager at Cornwall FA, said: "A discipline hearing was convened by Cornwall FA and after considering all the evidence an independent panel found that the charge against the Storm player was not proven."

A spokesman from Storm FC said: "The club are delighted that the accusations have proved unfounded and that justice was upheld.

"The medical evidence dismissed the claims and a complete lack of witnesses, despite there being several in attendance, meant there was absolutely nothing to back up the stories.

"We would like to thank the Cornish FA for its part in this matter.

"As a result of their hearing, the referee will no longer officiate games involving Storm FC."

Despite efforts by the West Briton, Mr Myatt was not available for comment at the time of going to press.

A NUMBER of high-quality artworks left a judge with some tricky decisions at an annual exhibition.

Event organisers have hailed Troon Methodist Art Group's annual exhibition at the Camborne Community Centre as a great success with more than 70 paintings and other works on display.

Eleanor Bowell, club chairman, said: " It was a very good day and we had a steady stream of visitors."

Judge Paul Jenkins awarded Elisabeth Rickard the best in show for her work, Bluebells, in Pendarves Woods.

Runner-up was Brenda Grassby's oil painting, Lavender Bloom, while Isabel Wood scooped the Ivor Williams Shield for her painting, Walking The Dog.

A new trophy donated by Joy D'Arcy in memory of Phyllis Hosking, was won by Treve Harris for his small oil painting depicting mining heritage.

LOTS of laughter raised loads of lolly for next year's Truro City Carnival.

Comedian and performer Johnny Cowling entertained the crowds at Truro City Football Club where £300 was raised for the carnival.

Organiser Jonathan Keam, also thanked the football club's chairman Pete Masters for the generous donation of three season tickets for the raffle.

Next year's carnival will be on Saturday, July 11.

AN ARTIST has thanked the "generous" and "caring" community for rallying round to help after her home collapsed.

Kerry Tomlins, who works as a Reiki healer and in an office, was dismayed to find herself homeless after a wall of her rented cottage in Piece, Bowling Green, crumbled into the road last week.

Concerned neighbour Anne Lenten spread Kerry's story and started a fund for her in the village which has raised more than £200 through an online GoFundMe donation page and more has been given to landlord Nick Lake of nearby pub The Countryman.

Kerry said: "It is overwhelming, I feel very blessed. I didn't really know Anne before last week and when she came over with another neighbour to tell me about the fund we all got quite tearful.

"It is a really beautiful thing to come out of a crisis, and, in a strange way, it has brought the community together because it has got people talking and coming out and working together."

Anne, who has lived in Bowling Green since 1987, said: "When it happened I thought, 'well, I will see what I can do to make it easier for her'.

"Something like this can happen to anybody, I really feel for her and we are just hoping to make it as less stressful as possible.

"I think it is important for Kerry too to feel that the community and local people care."

The outer wall of the cottage, which has stood for decades on the exposed space between Piece and Carnkie, gave way last Tuesday afternoon.

Kerry said: "My neighbour called me and said 'you have to come home, your wall has fallen down' – he said it had made a really loud noise and he thought it was thunder. I was grateful to be alive because large blocks fell on to the road, right where I park my car and where I walk my dog several times a day.

"I was just relieved that no one was hurt."

The 36-year-old, who celebrated her birthday on Monday, has been inundated with offers of places to stay, and is currently living with friends.

She visits the collapsed cottage with her Siberian husky dog, Evie, every day to care for her four cats – all of which escaped unharmed.

Kerry remains upbeat and hopes to return to the cottage in six months' time.

She said: "I believe that the universe has a sense of humour and everything happens for a reason – I certainly don't have anything to grumble about when people are made homeless every day with nowhere to go. I almost feel like I don't deserve the fund when there are so many other people in need, but I am incredibly grateful for the love and support everyone in the village has shown me."

Donations to Kerry's fund can be given to Nick Lake at The Countryman pub or donated online at www.gofundme.com/ga0f24

A PROPOSED new project that will mine tin off the north Cornwall coast could be set to create hundreds of jobs and breathe life back into Cornwall's mining economy.

Experts have predicted that a surge in tin demand and the closure of a number of mines across the world will lead to companies flocking to Cornwall to utilise the county's plentiful tin supply.

Marine Minerals LTD, based in Falmouth, is already one year into a two-year research project and has leased sites at Portreath, St Ives Bay and Cligga Cliffs between St Agnes and Perranporth.

If plans go ahead the company will take sand from several kilometres offshore using a seabed crawler excavator, bringing it into Hayle Harbour before extracting the tin concentrate.

Mike Proudfoot, who is chief operations manager for Marine Minerals LTD, says that he hopes the project will be in operation by the end of 2017 and has assured environmentalists that methods used will pose little threat to the environment.

"We will be taking from waste dumped on the seabed and then pump it onto our mother vessel. The spiral then separates the product we're interested in from the waste material, before the waste is placed back to where it was taken from initially.

"Of the 100 per cent of sand that we will take from the seabed, 95 per cent of it will be placed right back.

"We've already been granted an exploratory licence from the Marine Management Organisation and are studying all the wildlife in the area and consulting with a number of environmental governing bodies."

Mining expert Joff Bullen, whose Mining In Cornwall series of books has reached nine volumes, has backed the project. "Following on from the perceived shortfall in tin in Cornwall, four or five companies have expressed an interest in mining in the area," he said.

"Jobs aren't just created for the people working in the industry. It's predicted that for every job created in mining, in turn four more are created in other business areas that support the miners."

According to official figures, San Rafael mine in Peru, one of the world's biggest producers of the metal, is set to close in 2017 leaving a massive supply shortage.

Mr Bullen said that he believed that Cornwall was undoubtedly still very rich in resources and the original collapse of the county's mining industry was caused by external factors. such as the end of the First World War.

Marine Minerals LTD hopes to agree to pay a landing fee to the trustees that are set to take over the management of Hayle harbour, and says they will help clean and maintain the channel once the research project has been completed.

Howard Lyons, Hayle town councillor and representative of Save Our Sands, said: "As an organisationWe are in principle against anyone moving material from the bay, but if Marine Minerals LTD can do so without affecting sand levels and water quality then we would be prepared to support the proposal."

John Bennett, chairman of the Hayle Harbour Trust, the organisation likely to take over the running of the harbour, and the Hayle Harbour Advisory Committee said he would wait until the research project was completed before commenting. revealing his stance.

"If the harbour trust agreed to work with Marine Mineral LTD then everybody would have to be happy with the proposal and any potential issues resolved.

"We will wait until they have conducted their research and then talk. and see what they have to say.

"It could potentially be a good thing for the harbour and the town if the project generates between £100,000 to £200,000 in fees and creates lots of jobs."

CORNISH Pirates captain Chris Morgan said it was easy to lift the players for their clash with Cross Keys, despite their British and Irish Cup hopes suffering a huge setback in the days leading up to the game.

The Pirates completed their first series of British and Irish Cup fixtures with a bonus-point victory over Cross Keys at the weekend.

But despite their 35-34 success, their chances of advancing from Pool Four remain slim.

Last week, the RFU issued Pirates a points deduction for fielding too many players during a period of uncontested scrums against Bedford Blues earlier in the competition.

The decision has been appealed and Pirates could still resume the competition in December with 11 points instead of 7.

Either way, Morgan says the players will show the same pride in their performances.

He said: "In our minds, we won that British and Irish Cup game against Bedford.

"But we try not to think too much about what's happened last week, the week before or in the past, the game in front us is the one that matters.

"We didn't have to do much to lift ourselves for this week.

"Away at Doncaster, with a very similar team, we were unlucky not to get the result.

"We had just spoken about how momentum is important and we need to be winning games regardless of the competition.

"Whatever the final outcome of the appeal, we have taken a bonus point win now, we are doing everything we can.

"We still have to go away to Cross Key and Bedford and also Donny at home still to come – anything can still happen.

Heart

"Endeavour from the boys has never been in question this season. They have always shown heart and stuck at it.

"We have a lot of belief in what we are doing, and it shows in the way we tend to come back into games."

The Pirates lost an early lead against Cross Keys but staged a superb second-half comeback to come back from 28-17 to win the game in the final 20 minutes.

"Unfortunately, we've gone through patches in almost all the games where we have given the opposition too much respect or let them get into it," said Morgan."

"We said at the start of the season that this is not a really young team any more, there is some good experience in there as well.

"We have some young exciting players but we do have a new set-up with the coaches, with Gavin Cattle and Alan Paver playing as well as coaching, that's something different.

"We are trying to play some good rugby but we need to defend aggressively, and that is leading to some exciting games.

" We need to put it together for 80 minutes, get that cohesion in both attack and defence for a whole game now."

TRURO Cathedral is holding a ten-day festival of arts events commemorating the centenary of the start of the Great War.

More than 20 events have been confirmed, starting on Monday and including lectures, films, school displays about the war, art exhibitions, worship, poetry readings, concerts and recitals.

The events will culminate in the release of more than 10,000 poppies, representing the Cornish war dead and made by Cornwall's schoolchildren, from the central tower at 11.02am on November 11, after the two-minute silence, allowing them to float down to the cathedral floor.

The Dean of Truro, the Very Reverend Roger Bush, said: "The Great War is something that still influences and resonates with many people today. What the cathedral is offering is a chance for people to explore something of the horror, the courage and the determination of people not to be overcome by despair that the war consistently evokes in our imagination.

"The arts are a particularly effective way to reflect on difficult and challenging issues and help to give us different perspectives.

"In this case we hope that they will contribute to the process of honouring our collective memory.

"In word, music and art we hope to shine a few more beams of light into the collective layering that is our past so that further elements of the truth of this cataclysmic and world-changing event can come to light."

Headlining the event is the former MP and Cabinet Minister Michael Portillo, who will be one of three lecturers delivering a lecture programme examining the war.

Well known as a broadcaster and political commentator, his lecture, on Monday at 7pm, will explore the role that railways played in determining how the war was fought and even how they affected the outcome of the war itself.

Other lecturers include Professor Paul Fiddes of Oxford University on Tuesday, and Dr Catriona Pennell from Exeter University on Thursday, November 6.

There will also be two performances of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, on November 8 and 9 at 7.30pm, in which the poetry of Wilfred Owen and the words of the traditional Latin Requiem are set to music. It is nearly 30 years since the last performance of this iconic choral work in Cornwall and Three Spires Singers, a large orchestra and Truro Cathedral Choir will all combine for a moving and emotional tribute to the dead of the Great War.

Before the concert on November 8 Britten expert John Bridcut and BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawney will discuss the work at 6pm in the Chapter House.

Three classic movies about the war – All Quiet On The Western Front (November 4), Gallipoli (November 5) and Regeneration (November 6) – will also be shown on the Big Screen in the cathedral.

On Wednesday, November 5, at 7pm there will be a musical tribute to poet and composer Ivor Gurney, who fought in the war as a private soldier, by Jonathan Carne, Naomi Johnston and David McKee.

On Friday, November 7, at 1.10pm Luke Bond, the cathedral's assistant director of music, gives an organ recital exploring the war's effects on the music and personalities of early 20th-century British music, and providing a visually arresting backdrop to all the events will be two linked art exhibitions by St Ives artist Roy Ray, entitled No Man's Land and Trenches.

Roy juxtaposes fragments of the soldiers' lives and fragments of the terrible war machine to create a stunning testament to sacrifice, loss and horror over the loss of life.

Roy has been working on his No Man's Land exhibition during the past few weeks within the cathedral.

Cornwall Remembers is Truro Cathedral's four-year commemoration of the centenary of the First World War and consists of a range of worship and other linked events which are taking place throughout the 2014-18 period.

Funding for the week of events has been partly provided by the Arts Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

For more information about Cornwall Remembers see www.cornwallremembers. org.uk or www.trurorcathedral.org.uk

Tickets for most events are available from the Hall for Cornwall on 01872 262466 or www.hallforcornwall.co.uk

POETRY commemorating the First World War will be read by familiar faces from across Cornwall in Truro Cathedral next week as part of its Cornwall Remembers project.

Retired teacher Simon Price has selected 35 war poems, from the hundreds written, to commemorate the centenary of the start of the Great War.

The First World War was different from previous conflicts not just because of the 20 million deaths, but because it produced in England an unprecedented – and unsurpassed – outpouring of literature, particularly poetry.

Mr Price said: "In undertaking the project, some criteria for selection were definitely needed.

"I had to find as wide as possible a range of material, covering the idealism as well as the disillusionment, the horror and pity of the trenches, and the experience of civilians back home.

"I had to include the voices of women, and voices from Germany and other countries. I wanted to cover the many different human reactions to the war, including the powerful cries of simple grief, or outbursts of bitter or sarcastic anger, as well as the many less obvious and more complex responses, but above all I looked for poems that would paint for us what it was like: vignettes in the mud of Northern France and Belgium, or inside the field hospital, or in the farmland and streets back home."

A poem will be read on the hour each day of the week between 10am and 4pm from Monday to Friday, November 3 to 7, taking the place of the usual prayers on the hour.

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POLICE are appealing for information about a theft that took place in Redruth earlier this month.

The shoplifting incident took place at the town's Tesco store on Tolgus Hill, on Saturday October 4.

The police are interested in speaking to the man pictured who was seen in the store at around 5:50pm.

If anybody can help identify the man then please phone 101 quoting crime reference number CR/111966/14.

Despite lurid headlines warning of the 'worst winter for 100 years', forecasters seem divided over the prospects for the coming months.

Papers including the Daily Express have suggested heavy snow, freezing gales and sub-zero temperatures will start to affect the UK from next week - and could last for up to five months.

They have quoted James Madden from Exacta Weather, whose long-term forecast has predicted temperatures of -27C for parts of the country.

He told the paper: "Over the coming weeks and into November, it is likely to turn progressively colder, even very cold at times, in particular, in parts of the north as northern blocking becomes a somewhat more prominent feature.

"This is likely to bring some significant snow across higher ground within this period.

"This may also bring the first snow event of the season to some much lower levels of the country, in particular, in some parts to the north and east of the country, but these wintry weather events may also not necessarily be restricted to just these parts, and some much lower levels of the country could also experience their first taste of wintry weather for the season in terms of overnight snow or developing wintry showers."

However, other forecasters do not seem so sure, especially the Met Office, who predict temperatures will be near or above average for the next month.

The national forecasting agency's 30-day outlook states: "The autumnal, changeable conditions are likely to continue for many through the end of October and the beginning of November.

"During this period, southern or southeastern areas could see more in the way of dry, settled spells, with sunshine at times making it feel mild, but also the risk of mist and fog developing overnight.

"However, the southwesterly flow is likely to bring spells of wet and windy weather which should affect mostly northern and western areas, but perhaps reaching other areas as well at times. Daytime temperatures likely to be near or above the seasonal average."

Netweather is also forecasting average temperatures for the next month ahead.

It is hoped that approval will be granted for plans for a new roundabout at Union Corner in Falmouth next month after a positive meeting about the various issues.

The matter was deferred on Thursday by Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee who had some concerns regarding design and impact on residents.

But a meeting took place yesterday with councillors from Falmouth and Budock, residents and Falmouth School to look at those concerns.

And Cornwall Council has said today that meeting was positive and the application will go back to the committee on November 20.

The scheme has been given £1.6 million Department of Transport funding for the project, but only if the work is completed byJuly next year.

There was concern the deferral could put paid to the whole project, and possibly to Falmouth School's plans to take over the former Budock Hospital site to improve its sports fields and create facilities for the community.

Part of the roundabout plan included a road through the school site from Union Corner to Trescobeas Road.

A spokesman for Cornwall Council said: "Officers and Members from Cornwall Council met with local residents and representatives from both Budock Parish Council, and Falmouth School to try and resolve the key areas of concern.

"A positive agreement has been reached on all outstanding issues and it is now intended that revised proposals addressing the specific concerns highlighted by the Committee are submitted for consideration at their next meeting."

THERE will be fire in the skies over Cornwall and Plymouth over the next week for Bonfire Night to mark Guy Fawkes' historic plot.

Here we round up some of the events to help you choose where to go if you fancy watching the whizzes and bangs of explosives overhead.

TREMORVAH Playing Fields Group, in association with Truro City Council, is holding its annual bonfire and fireworks display on Wednesday, November 5, from 5pm to 7pm. The event will raise money for Cornwall Air Ambulance and Penhaligon's Friends.

Gates open at 5pm with the fire lit at 5.45pm and fireworks set off at 6.45pm. Hot food and refreshments will be on sale and there will be stalls selling snacks, glow-sticks and sparklers. Admission for adults £3, children over 4 £1 and under-4 are free.

Any child bringing along a guy will have free entry – judging will be at 5.30pm by Truro's Mayor. Tremorvah Playing Fields are on Bodmin Road, opposite Archbishop Benson School, Truro.

TRURO Fireworks Display – Wednesday, November 5 at Truro City Football Club. The bonfire will be lit followed by a dazzling display at 7.30pm. Entry is £5 for adults, children £3 and under 3s are free. A family ticket for two adults and two children is £16. Free parking is available and disabled access.

ST ERME Community Centre annual family fireworks display will be on Saturday, November 1, from 6.30pm.

Adults £4, children £1. There will be hot dogs and burgers, homemade soup and a licensed bar on the cricket field opposite Rowes Honda, Trispen, near Truro. Free parking.

WENDRON Cricket Club's Family Firework Party is on Wednesday, November 5.

FALMOUTH Fireworks Display is on Wednesday, November 5.

CHACEWATER Fireworks Display takes place on Wednesday, November 5 at the Chacewater Millennium Green, Gates open from 6.30pm for a barbecue, bonfire will be lit at 6.45pm and display starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £3 for adults and £2 for children.

PORTHLEVEN School Bonfire Night Fireworks is on Friday, November 7.

PROBUS Young Farmers Charity Fireworks Display takes place this Saturday at the Probus Gardens. Gates open at 6.30pm and fireworks 7.30pm. Tickets are £4 for adults, under-16s £3 and under-5s free.

MITHIAN, St Agnes Fireworks Display takes place on Wednesday, November 5 at the Miners Arms, Mithian. Bonfire will be lit at 6.30pm and the fireworks display will start at 7pm. Entry is by donation and parking will be provided nearby.

HEARTLANDS' third annual bonfire night celebration, fireworks, bonfire, concessions and entertainment for all the family takes place at Pool on Wednesday, November 5, from 5.30pm to 9.30pm.

TREGONY Fireworks Display is on Saturday, November 8 at Tregony Sports Club. Gates open at 7pm, Guy Fawkes competition at 7.30pm and fireworks start at 8pm. Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for children.

PENZANCE Fireworks Spectacular takes place on Wednesday, November 5. There will be family entertainment at the Magpies Football Ground, Alexandra Place, Penzance.

Back by popular demand, the Samba Celtica Band will provide an exciting pre-fireworks atmosphere inside the football ground where spectators can also enjoy a hog roast, popcorn and refreshments whilst the excitement of the crowd and anticipation of the display builds.

Gates open 6.30pm, fireworks start at 7.30pm. Adults £5, children £2.

Proceeds from the event help Rotary support community causes.

CARBIS Bay Holidays are delighted to be the main sponsor for the Carbis Bay Bonfire and Fireworks Party once again. Together with other local businesses they look forward to welcoming you to Carbis Bay Beach to see the fireworks, enjoy the barbecue and join in the fun.

Start with the lighting of the bonfire at 6pm on Wednesday, there will be a barbecue, mulled wine, hot potatoes, teas and coffees, doughnuts, candlyfloss and sweets.

£1 entry per person (suggested donation).

There's a free shuttle bus from the Porthrepta Road car park (council pay and display car parking charge applies).

BODMIN is looking forward to another colourful firework display on Wednesday, November 5 when £8,000 worth of pyrotechnics are let off in Priory Park.

The annual spectacular will celebrate war films, with theme tunes played during the evening, with gates open at 6pm. Advanced tickets are £3 adults and £2 for children from Bricknells, Stan May Stores, Morrisons, Bunts Newsagents, Martin and Budge, Sproulls Solicitors and Bodmin Football Club or £5 and £3 on the night.

PLYMOUTH is preparing to host a bonfire night and fireworks display for the whole family to enjoy. Taking place on The Hoe on Wednesday, November 5, visitors can enjoy fairground rides, food and drink from 4pm.

Entertainment, courtesy of Heart FM, will take place from 6pm on the grass area of The Hoe in front of the Royal Citadel. Performances from Alice Sposito, Street Factory, Alice Gullick and The Sound will entertain the crowds while the bonfire is lit at 7.30pm.

POLPERRO is yet again hosting its annual and very popular fireworks display which will take place this Saturday (weather permitting). The magnificent display will take place against the stunning backdrop of Peak Rock at 7.30pm sharp. Entry is free but donations are gratefully received as the cost of the fireworks is self funded by the village. In addition there will be a bonfire on the beach and a Children's Guy Fawkes competition which will be judged at 7pm by the fish market. Visitors can also enjoy a barbecue which will take place alongside the fish market in the harbour in aid of the Rowing Club.

RILLA MILL, near Callington, has a grand firework display on Saturday, November 8, at Parsons Meadow. Gates open at 6.30pm, with the display at 7.15pm. There will be hot refreshments. Entry adults £4, children £1. Under 5s go free.

WADEBRIDGE Firework Display is this Saturday.

ST DENNIS Firework Display is also this Saturday.

PORTH Fireworks Display is on Wednesday, November 5.

BUGLE School Firework Display is on Wednesday, November 5.

TYWARDREATH School Firework Display is on Wednesday, November 5.

LOOE Firework Display is on Saturday, November 8.

AFTER 13 years and the deaths of more than 400 servicemen and women, British Forces have left their final post in Afghanistan.

As the final union flag was taken down and camps Bastion and Leatherneck were handed back to Afghan control on Sunday, many were left wondering if the war against the Taliban was worth the loss of 453 British lives and millions of pounds.

The conflict, prompted by the terror attacks on the World Trade Centres in 2001, has had a profound effect on families across the UK.

Since its start Cornwall has lost nine men in the war, the youngest of whom was 21-year-old acting Corporal Richard Robinson, from Saltash.

Alongside British deaths, the USA lost 2,210 soldiers, the Afghan armed and police forces lost 13,500 people and at least 21,000 Afghan civilians have been killed over the past 13 years.

Christina Schmid, who lost her Truro-born husband Staff Sergeant Olaf – known as "Oz" – has spent half a decade addressing the effects of the conflict.

She told BBC One's Inside Out South West programme: "It has been five years since I lost Oz and in that time I have come a long way. I have tried to redefine myself and move forward which has been a bit of a struggle at times. I have moved house, moved county.

"He was just a beautiful, beautiful, strong character.

"Did he die in vain? I don't think so, he saved lives doing the job he loved."

Staff Sgt Olaf was a former head chorister at Truro Cathedral and joined the Army in 1996.

He died on the final day of his last tour of Helmand Province while he was trying to diffuse a roadside bomb, leaving behind Christina, his stepson Laird, mother Barbara, brother Torben and stepbrother Greg.

Speaking to the West Briton in 2010 Christina said: "I had no idea how utterly exhausting and excruciating grief would be. I loved him so much and he just stopped me in my tracks.

"Oz was that person in my life who made me the best I can be. He was my driving force."

Christina accepted a posthumous St George Cross for bravery on her husband's behalf at Buckingham Palace in 2010 and since then she has campaigned for better conditions and treatment of soldiers.

She added: "I want our politicians to think much harder about when and how we commit our troops, I want our generals to be less optimistic and I want us as a nation to think about the real costs of war."

The widow has since remarried and recently gave birth to a daughter.

Since 2001 infrastructure, education and health care in Afghanistan and has vastly improved.

Despite this Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Saturday that there was "no guarantee" Afghanistan would be "stable" or "safe" after Britain's departure.

The Government has pledged an annual fund of £248 million until 2017 to develop aid in the country and the Afghan National Security Force.

Cornish servicemen who died in Afghanistan since 2001:

■ Flight Lt Gareth Nicholas, 40, Newquay. 120 Squadron RAF, September 2006.

■ Acting Cpl Richard Robinson, 21, Saltash. 1st Battalion The Rifles. January 2009.

■ Acting LCpl Paul Upton, 31, Looe. 1st Battalion The Rifles. February 2009.

■ LCpl Darren Hicks, 29, Mousehole. 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. February 2010.

■ Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid, 30, Truro. The Royal Logistic Corps. October 2009.

■ Sgt Paul Fox, 34, St Ives. 28 Engineer Regiment. February 2010.

■ Sapper Elijah Bond, 24, St Austell. 35 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers. December 2011.

■ Leonard Perran 'Pez' Thomas, 44, Camborne. 1st Batallion Welsh Guards. July 2012.

■ Cpl James Walters, 36, Leedstown, of the Army Air Corps. April 2014.