This website is dedicated to ST NEOT NEWS only and is not a general website about the parish and village of St Neot, Cornwall. If you want to visit the Village/Parish website click here.
However, you can view up-to-date photos of recent events by looking on our photo gallery page. Very recent reports about village events are available to read on the breaking news page.
The most "modern" St Neot News series is now in its eleventh year of production (2012). The oldest edition I have of the previous series of St Neot News is 1907. Do you know of an earlier one?
As you can see from the photo above of the front page of the first edition back in 2002 the format has changed only slightly. But the quality of printing has improved considerably. This allows us to include photos of a much higher quality.
If you wish to contact me Chris Timms regarding editorial queries please do so via the address:-
christophertimms@stneotnews.com
We can pick up your emails via our laptop or my Blackberry or Babs iTouch so you are never far away! The above email address is also diverted to my Blackberry.
On occasions the News has been typed in both France and Spain when we are on holiday. We then email it to the printers via the laptop. | Welcome to the St Neot News Website
We have now moved on from only producing a hard copy of the News that you can hold in your hand!
There are now a number of St Neot residents, and those (wherever they may be) who wish to read the News, who value the option of viewing the News on-line. This will of course also mean that our local magazine (obviously everything in it also) will be able to be seen by the whole world!
If you wish to cancell your hand or postal delivery of St Neot News and view the on-line version instead, please use the Delivery Cancellation Button on the left of this page and complete the form.
From now on the News will be available in an e-friendly way. All monthly issues on this site will have photos in colour (when provided) as produced on my DTP programme. We cannot do this for the printed copies as funds are not available from the council to allow this. Private sponsorship has enabled limited colour issues in the past. (see below) The current year of archives will be held on the website.
Eleven issues are published per year. The printing is currently done by the “County Council” at a very favourable rate. It is not possible to have an individual issue done for January as the council printing department does not work between Christmas and the New Year.
Increasing costs of posting the news to all St Neot residents in the parish but outside the main village and the hand delivery to the village centre are constantly under review. Many more St Neotians now have computers, making the News available in that way is a very low cost option to me (and the council). All of the work done by the team is done voluntarily. Sue & Brian Williams and George Bennett have recently joined the team, George delivering the news in the village.
Babs keeps the posting database for the address labels so if you don’t get a copy sent to you, either contact her with your address or let her know that you wish to view the news on-line. We can then take you off the list collectively saving the council a lot of money. |
"Wasn't it wet this Summer!"
Every month the News prints the amount of precipitation we have had in the parish.
The figures are kindly provided for us by Audrey Dennis of Carpuan.
During November 2011 we had 90.9 mm of rain which fell on 16 days. In December we had 247.5 mm (9.74 inches) of rain which fell on 27 days. The total for 2011 was 1220.1 mm (48 inches, four feet of rain!!). However, the average yearly over the past 11 years was 1375.3 mm. and the average during 1991 to 2000 was 1441.3.
Contributions for the St Neot News should be sent to
The last day for sending contributions for inclusion in the next magazine is still the 18th of every month.
Adverts placed in the magazine will of course appear in the printed copy of the month.
However adverts that appear in copies that are on the website will only be on the web page for one month. |
My initial concept of the News included an option for local businesses within the parish (or businesses owned by people living in the parish) to advertise at a low cost. We now usually only print quarter page adverts for businesses but allow some public service adverts to be bigger. I limit the number of adverts to avoid becoming and “Ad Mag” that won’t be read by St Neotians. Quarter page adverts are currently £3.50 per issue.
If you wish to contact Barbara about advertising please use the link below.
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BREAKING NEWS IN ST NEOT
The Breaking News page contains news sent to us that needs to be brought to your attention as soon as possible. This will be posted as soon as we can after it is received. It is anticipated that the site will be updated at least twice a week. So any changes in venues, dates or times of local meetings can be bought to your notice quickly. You can contact us via the address
Sue and Brian Williams will be administering the "breaking news page"
As mentioned above, colour photos have appeared in the past. As a celebration of us reaching our 100th edition I printed the photos in colour. This coincided with the 60th Anniversary of the Village Carnival providing a fitting spectacle for the front page!
If you would like to view pictures that have appeared in the St Neot News recently please press the photo gallery button (top left of page). I have only put images on this page that are of suitable quality. If you send us photos for inclusion in the "News" please ensure that they are of at least 100k per photo.
We would like to see your comments about the site and its contents. Please leave your thoughts on the guest book page. The comments are moderated before they appear.
Site published 3rd December 2010
Site last updated 3rd May 2012
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