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Clean seas award

The Marine Conservation Society “Campaign for Clean Seas” has won the award for Best Environmental Campaign.

MCS campaigns to reduce pollution at sea were nominated for the award by readers of Coast magazine who responded in their hundreds to propose the very best in a number of categories. Nominations with the most votes were then taken before a panel of esteemed, and critical judges.
One of the judges, TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff, said: “The way MCS engages the community in its beach cleans is fantastic.”
MCS Beachwatch involves over 5,000 volunteers each year in cleaning up and surveying beaches. MCS has also brought plastic bags, balloons, sewage and many other forms of pollution to public and government attention through its Campaign for Clean Seas.

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Truro fire crew rescues stranded family dog from rising tides

There were smiles all round this morning when fire fighters successfully brought a dog back to safety after it fell into rising tides in Truro.
The chocolate Labrador was out with its owner next to the Tesco store at Garras Wharf, Newham Road, when it fell over the wall and into the deep mud flats below, at 9.30am.
With the tides rising fire fighters had to work quickly to get the dog back to safety. They wore dry suits with life jackets as they climbed down a ladder to reach the stranded family pet.
A fire brigade spokesperson said: “In thanks, the dog licked the fire fighter’s face continually while being pulled from danger. The dog was happily reunited with its grateful owner.”

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Falmouth "creature" spotted - have you seen it?

Is it a lion, a fox or even a kangaroo? A strange creature has been spotted roaming the Falmouth coastal path between Maenporth and Swanpool by a Falmouth man who has contacted the Packet in a bid to find out what it was.

It was between 4pm and 5pm when Sam Bradbury left work and decided to go for a walk along the coastal path.

Halfway around he spotted something moving in the bushes, but was unprepared for what he says she saw.
He said: “I assumed it was a bird or maybe a dog being walked that was rustling the bushes. I stopped as I got nearer, when I realised it was neither.
“It was a little bigger than a dog and had the face of a cat with eyes that were glazed over and luminescent like a lion’s at night. It left when it saw me but appeared to only walk on two hind legs much like a kangaroo would and had behind it a bushy tail like a fox.”

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Falmouth street pastors bid coming soon

Street pastors could be coming to Falmouth through a joint project between police and Falmouth Churches Together.

Inspector John Trott, from Falmouth police station, told Monday's meeting of the town council (December 15) that in the spring he would be asking for their help in funding the project.

Other funding would come from the Churches Together group and training would be provided by the police.

The street pastors, which are already in place in Torbay and Plymouth and were introduced to Camborne earlier this year, would be in the town from 10pm up to around 4am on traditionally "busy" days such as Friday and Saturday.

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