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Falmouth School Council held their meeting this month at the Council Chambers in the Municipal Buildings in Falmouth.

The Student Council members were joined by The Town Mayor Geoffrey Evans C.C, Councillor Gerald Quin-Chee, Councillor Allyson Biggins, Town Clerk Mark Williams, Community Police Team Members Sgt Chris Miles and PC Matt Cummings and heard about the types of decisions made in local politics and found out about local policing.

Kimberley Park has received a Green Flag Award which is a national award for public and community parks and green spaces which recognizes well-managed, high-quality green spaces. It is one of three Falmouth Parks to be so recognised in 2012.

To celebrate the success a Green Flag will be raised in Kimberley Park on 18^th July prior to Love Parks Week which runs from the 21^st to 29^th July.

Falmouth Town Council’s burial records for Swanpool Cemetery are now available to view from the Town Council’s website completely free of charge. Members of the public are now able to search across all of the cemetery records and perform their own genealogy searches. The online database of deceased records can be viewed by name or year and scanned images of the original pages from the historical cemetery registers are also available for viewing.

The Tremough Campus in Penryn is holding its first ever BioBlitz on Saturday 16 June 2012. The main event will be held from 10am until 4pm with additional early morning and late evening activities.

The aim of the BioBlitz is to survey the flora and fauna on campus, and raise awareness about the fantastic biodiversity on our doorstep.  The event will be led by the students’ union’s EcoSoc society, along with University of Exeter alumnus and Really Wild Show TV presenter, Nick Baker, who will be visiting the Campus to help out.

In the words of multiple Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong: “If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.”

It is in this great spirit of determination that the Falmouth and Exeter Students’ Union, FXU, in partnership with University College Falmouth (UCF), present the fun spectacle that will be the first ever Woodlane Uphill Bike Race.

Students from the University of Exeter (UoE) and University College Falmouth (UCF) have joined forces with the Tremough Campus Services Group (TCSG), the partnership that delivers buildings, facilities and services on behalf of the two institutions in Cornwall, to collaborate on the formation of a new Biodiversity Enhancement Plan for the Tremough and Woodlane Campuses.

University College Falmouth and the University of Exeter, who share and jointly manage the Tremough Campus in Penryn, will be showcasing creativity, originality and ground-breaking research in all sorts of ways for the local community and visitors to the town to enjoy between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 19 May 2012.

From performances and photography to dolphin monitoring equipment and marine energy test devices, there will be a whole host of things for all the family to see and do at two pop-up venues in the town throughout the day.

Falmouth’s community Shuttle Bus that joins two key parts of the Town Centre has been upgraded to provide a more accessible service. The updated bus will be in operation from Monday 7^th May and although the same size as its predecessor, it is a great improvement with twin opening doors and step free entry, making access far easier.

The Town Council contribute £10,000 annually towards the running costs of this popular community service and Cornwall Council meet the remaining costs. 

Mark Killingback joined 781 Newquay Squadron Air Training Corps as a cadet before joining the Merchant Navy in 1979.

Mark was commissioned as Pilot Officer at 781 Squadron in December 1999 and served as a Squadron Officer whilst on leave from the merchant navy.

In April 2001 Mark moved toFalmouthto work ashore at Falmouth Harbour Office and transferred to 1157 Falmouth and District Squadron as a Squadron Officer.