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BBC News
18-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Hundreds of sailors take part in Freedom of Helston parade
A military parade through the streets of Helston has taken place for the first time since 200 men and women from RNAS Culdrose took part in the ceremony which saw the establishment exercise its rights to march through the Cornish Seahawk was granted the Freedom of the Borough of Helston in 1958, an honour which allows sailors to march with swords drawn and bayonets Freedom Parade was led by the HMS Seahawk Volunteer Band with seven platoons of sailors and Royal Marines. 'Strong team here' Crowds lined the streets outside the Helston Guildhall to watch the pass through which was rounded up by field gun James Hall, Commanding Officer at RNAS Culdrose, said: "We've got a lot of people deployed and that is our reason to be here, to strengthen the security at home and to protect our interests abroad. "We still have a strong team here at Culdrose because all those people deployed still need support in the background."A flypast by a Merlin helicopter coincided with the end of the parade at 11:00 BST in Coinagehall Street.
BBC News
17-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Dream' Cornish bookshop bucking national industry decline
An independent bookshop has been providing a community and economic boost to one Cornish town, despite a national decline in the Bookshop in Helston, the southern-most bookshop on mainland Britain, opened in November 2023, giving the town a bookshop for the first time in 40 years. The shop, run by Ginny Sealey, has been telling a story of continued resilience as the Booksellers Association (BA) revealed the number of independent bookshops has been on a downward trend over the last two Sealey, for whom owning a bookshop was a long-held dream, said Helston's high street had had its ups and downs but was "on its way back up again now". 'Enrich local communities' Ms Sealey said: "We're not a supermarket - you're not coming every day to buy a book - so we work closely with the library."There's a balance there for special treats, birthday presents."The latest membership numbers released by the BA showed the number of independent bookshops had fallen in 2024 from 1,063 to 1, said independent bookshops were, however, outperforming the wider retail sector , which saw about 37 shop closures per day in Halls, managing director of the Booksellers Association said: "Bookshops provide local jobs, enrich local communities and fuel local economies; they bring social cohesion and cultural capital to their towns and villages; they bring authors to schools, readers to high streets, donations to charities and support to literacy programmes. "They should be celebrated by us all but not to the point of complacency or at the cost of action."The BA said bookshops such as Helston's were having to show resilience and innovation in the face of economic uncertainty.A survey by the association revealed the top five concerns of independent bookshops for 2025 related to financial pressure via increasing overheads and softening consumer confidence. Melanie Young, who attends a book group at the Bookshop in Helston, said having it on the high street was "good for the economy"."You come to the bookshop, you maybe go down the road to the deli, you see a poster in the window for something that's happening at the new little theatre space and everything starts to snowball," she group member Margaret Logan said Ms Sealey had "added something to the town" and ran lots of additional events for Matthews, another poetry group member, added: "It's something the town has needed for a long time and this has fulfilled every expectation of having an independent bookshop in town. "I spend a lot of money in this bookshop, but I think it invites you to and I think that's for the good of the book trade as well as for the readers."
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Lego robot challenge contest returning to Cornwall
Schoolchildren in Cornwall have been invited to enter a competition which combines Lego building and robotics. Cornwall Council said teams could register their interest for the 2025/26 First Lego League tournament, which has a theme called Unearthed, based on archaeology. The competitions would set teams of pupils challenges which required them to build a robot out of Lego to complete a series of missions on a game table, organisers said. The council said teams would receive their competition kits in September, with the final taking place at RNAS Culdrose, near Helston, in March, with the best performing teams heading to Harrogate for the national final a few weeks later. Last year's event had more than 600 pupils take part in the Cornish final which was spread over two days. George Slater, education projects manager at Cornwall Education Business Partnership, said the tournament combined robotics, engineering and problem solving. He said the biggest lessons the teams learned from doing the competition included building resilience when facing a challenge, overcoming hurdles as a team, developing creativity and improving their confidence. He added: "There are so many things I could talk about in terms of how it affects different teams and the change it makes to their lives. "But the truth is every team is unique, but, with that standardised challenge at the core, they have an opportunity to develop through First Lego League and the way they want to for their future." Schools who want to take part in the competition need to register their interest. More news stories for Cornwall Listen to the latest news for Cornwall Follow BBC Cornwall on X, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@ Cornish pupils to compete in Lego contest final Students battle in Lego robot challenge Pupils tackling 'real-world problems' using Lego Cornwall Council
BBC News
15-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Lego robot challenge contest returning to Cornwall
Schoolchildren in Cornwall have been invited to enter a competition which combines Lego building and Council said teams could register their interest for the 2025/26 First Lego League tournament, which has a theme called Unearthed, based on competitions would set teams of pupils challenges which required them to build a robot out of Lego to complete a series of missions on a game table, organisers council said teams would receive their competition kits in September, with the final taking place at RNAS Culdrose, near Helston, in March, with the best performing teams heading to Harrogate for the national final a few weeks later. Last year's event had more than 600 pupils take part in the Cornish final which was spread over two days. 'Opportunity to develop' George Slater, education projects manager at Cornwall Education Business Partnership, said the tournament combined robotics, engineering and problem said the biggest lessons the teams learned from doing the competition included building resilience when facing a challenge, overcoming hurdles as a team, developing creativity and improving their added: "There are so many things I could talk about in terms of how it affects different teams and the change it makes to their lives."But the truth is every team is unique, but, with that standardised challenge at the core, they have an opportunity to develop through First Lego League and the way they want to for their future."Schools who want to take part in the competition need to register their interest.
Time of India
10-06-2025
- Time of India
Woman's adopted son held for theft
1 2 3 Belagavi: A woman's adopted son has been arrested for the theft at her house in Koujalagi, Gokak taluk, on June 7. Parvati Hallur's adopted son (nephew), Lokesh Dalwai, was arrested with 191 grams of gold ornaments valued at Rs 19 lakh. Bhimashankar Guled, the superintendent of police, said on Tuesday that only Parvati and Lokesh were present at the house when the crime took place on the night of June 7. The statements given by both of them were different. Lokesh was caught when the investigation was conducted based on some clues. It was also revealed in the investigation that Lokesh was a gambler. He frequented casinos in Goa and played online games. He incurred losses in this and took a loan of Rs 7 lakh. He pawned the gold ornaments from his house to repay the loan. 3 held in murder case In another case, the three accused who killed Sachin Kamble, 26, on Monday in a farm near Madamakkanal in Hukkeri taluk fell into the police trap within 24 hours, the SP said. The accused, Vishal Nayak, Ganesh Harijan, and Balgouda Patil, residents of Madamakkanal, have been arrested. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Helston: If You Were Born Between 1945-1974 You Could Be Eligible For This British Seniors Read More Undo The three accused killed Sachin in the field. At that time, a bus was passing along the same route. Its conductor came forward and informed the villagers about the matter. When villagers went there, they found Sachin struggling, lying in a pool of blood. It has been revealed that old enmity was the reason for the murder. Madamakkanal is a quiet village. Not a single FIR has been registered in that village in the last five years. There is a suspicion that two more people are involved in this murder case. They said that they are continuing the investigation for their arrest as well, the SP said.
