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Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall. It's Gareth here with updates on everything happening in the county, here until around 2pm when...
View ArticleMOD to sell Stonehouse Barracks - the home of the Royal Marines
The Ministry of Defence has revealed it intends to sell Stonehouse Barracks in Plymouth - which has been dubbed the "spiritual home of the Royal Marines" and 3 Commando's headquarters.In an...
View ArticleThe Daily Gull 'newspaper' gives St Ives seaside punters advice...
A creative approach to educating tourists in 'gull talk' has been rolled out in St Ives during the summer holidays. The move is a new initiative from the town's business improvement district (BID) amid...
View ArticleA swarm of 200 billion daddy longlegs are on the way, thanks to a...
A balmy summer and just the right amount of rain will trigger an invasion of giant daddy longlegs this autumn, experts have warned.A record 200 billion crane flies are expected to hatch in the UK and...
View ArticleBBC Great British Menu's tough start for Cornwall chef Jude...
Cornwall's newest celebrity chef has faced a tough start this week in a cut-throat TV culinary contest. Jude Kereama has been carving out a name for himself and for Cornwall all this week on the...
View ArticleFalmouth's Kay Kitto's son Dexter, 9, was also almost caught up...
The husband of a blind Falmouth mum said their son was inches from being caught up in the catastrophic crash that caused her horrific injuries. Nigel Kitto said Dexter, aged nine and known as Dex, was...
View Article'My wife's death was gift of life to others': husband Ian...
When he wakes up in the middle of the night and the grief is overwhelming, Ian Horrell takes solace in the fact that though his beloved wife died, she helped five people to live. Linda was just...
View ArticleLidl get permission for new St Austell store but its current...
A new Lidl store has been approved for St Austell in a Cornwall Council planning subcommittee decision. The plans to build a new store on the former Totem Timber site in Daniels Lane were approved on...
View ArticleCornwall's railway sites to be sold off for homes
Railway sites in Cornwall are set to be sold off to provide land for new homes, it has been revealed. Network Rail, which is responsible for Britain's railway infrastructure, has said it is finalising...
View ArticlePrimark is coming to Cornwall and this is what we know so far
After two years of waiting high street clothing giant Primark will finally open its Cornish flagship store in Truro next month.The budget clothing retailer is keeping the actual date of the opening...
View ArticleEden Project says employee Sarah Jane Fletcher "exploited&qu...
The Eden Project has said it was "dismayed" at finding an employee "exploited her position of trust" to pilfer £107,000. Sarah Jane Fletcher, 48, from Par Green, Par, stole the money between April 2012...
View ArticleFalmouth to welcome powerboat festival with predicted £2...
A powerboat festival could be held in Falmouth next summer bringing £2 million to the town's economy. The ambitious plans would see a series of races across Falmouth Bay, with viewing points stretching...
View ArticleThe pensioner who drove the wrong way down M5 fast lane has died
An elderly man who was filmed driving the wrong way along the M5 has died. Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to the multi-vehicle crash which occurred on the M5 Northbound between Junction...
View ArticleTills ring across Cornwall as so-called Poldark effect boosts...
The so-called Poldark effect is already causing tills to ring in Cornwall just a few days after the second series got under way. Tourism leaders have reported a spike by as much as 20% in website...
View ArticleWarning to motorists after three accidents on Cornwall's roads
There have been three accidents on Cornwall's roads this afternoon and some might cause disruption to your journey home, police have warned.A person on a mobility scooter was a victim of a hit-and-run...
View ArticleFirefighters called to put out car fire between Waterpit Down...
Firefighters were called to a car on fire near Davidstow this evening. A crew from Delabole on one fire engine was sent to the scene between Waterpit Down and the A39 shortly before 8pm.When the crew...
View ArticleHave you seen missing schoolboy Arthur Heeler-Frood?
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for help in tracing a teenage boy who has been missing from his home for more than 24 hours.Arthur Heeler-Frood, 15, from Devon, was last seen heading to school...
View ArticleA full-size replica Spitfire has been built in a Cornish shed to...
A full-size replica Spitfire is nearing completion in a shed in Cornwall before being sent off to a kingdom in Africa. Just opposite the Victoria Inn at Withiel is a collection of small industrial...
View ArticleTensions rising in Bodmin as residents prepare for nine months of...
Tensions are rising in Bodmin ahead of road closures which will be put in place on Monday as part of plans to "transform" the town for cyclists. The proposals have provoked uproar over the projected...
View ArticleConfusion reigns and anger spreads over Cornwall Council after...
Are the charges in car parks in Cornwall just too complicated, leaving motorists to fall foul of rules they fail to understand? The introduction of a flat rate charge after 5pm in some car parks...
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