NEWS that a drunk driver has been spared jail after injuring two girls from Helston in a hit-and-run incident has sparked outrage in the town.

Calls to change the date of Flora Day have been heard from local residents suggesting the ancient festival should be permanently held on its traditional date of May 8 rather than the current method of moving the event to the previous Saturday, if the date falls on either a Sunday or Monday.

LAST week I reported on the attempted ram-raid of a Porthleven jeweller which was alarmingly followed by another serious crime a few days later.

AN unfortunate victim of the negative publicity surrounding Theresa May’s recent visit to Helston may be local MP Derek Thomas.

PORTHLEVEN residents were in shock last week when a prominent business was the victim of an apparent ram raid