Bert Biscoe's call for people to ditch their cars has sparked an...
Cornwall Council's cabinet member for transport has provoked a huge outcry after suggesting that people should ditch their cars and move into towns to live and work. Bert Biscoe's comments came as he...
View ArticleShop robber Talen Snelson was caught after quick-thinking worker...
A Cornish robber who threatened to infect a salon worker with HIV has been jailed after a quick-thinking colleague took a mobile phone picture of him as he fled. Talen Snelson left shop assistant Kirby...
View ArticleTWO more pop-up brothels have been uncovered by police in Newquay...
Police have uncovered two more pop-up brothels in Newquay in the past week.Concerned officers are calling on the public to help them keep a track on the temporary sex dens, after two more were found to...
View ArticleTexting driver pictured veering across A38 between Saltash and...
The terrifying moment a texting driver veered across a main road in Cornwall has been caught on camera. The motorist was snapped on the A38 between Saltash and Liskeard near the Treulfoot junction. The...
View ArticleAppeal to find missing ShellEye scientific probe in St Austell...
People are being asked to keep an eye out for scientific gear washed up around St Austell Bay.The missing kit is a detector for measuring water quality and contains data which the researchers would...
View ArticleGirl from Hayle airlifted to hospital by Cornwall Air Ambulance...
A toddler has been airlifted to hospital after she suffered scald burns from a hot cup of tea.The 21-month-old was injured on Thursday night in Hayle. The emergency services were alerted and...
View ArticleTwo cars were left on Penzance promenade - so road workers neatly...
These two motorists might be a little red-faced when they return to their cars to find road workers have laid a new road surface around them. The cars - left parked on Penzance promenade - have created...
View ArticleFormer model shares photos of "disgusting" pair...
A neighbour has posted pictures on the internet to try to find the "absolutely disgusting" pair who urinated in town centre street in front of young children.The former model, who asked to be named...
View ArticleCornwall LIVE: Weeing men shamed, traffic councillor won't quit,...
Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall.Today's headlines so far:Councillor responds to calls to resign over traffic chaosState pension...
View ArticleNewquay burglary spate sees 15 businesses hit in the space of two...
A spate of burglaries in Newquay has seen more than 15 businesses targeted in the town over the past two months.Newquay Tyres on Trencreek Road is the latest business to have been burgled, after...
View ArticleSt Ives Councillor Liz Penhaligon has responded to calls for her...
A St Ives town councillor has spoken out after more than 200 people demanded her immediate resignation at a meeting to discuss traffic chaos in Lelant. Residents in the village near St Ives vented...
View ArticleState pension protest: Cornwall women stage cliff-top demonstrat...
Campaigners staged a cliff-top protest at a Cornwall beauty spot in their latest in a series of action to fight changes to state pension ages.The women dressed in suffragette style sashays and holding...
View ArticleHarvest Moon: Here's everything you need to know about the final...
Star gazers are in for a treat tonight because the final lunar eclipse of the year is due to take place. A lunar eclipse happens when the moon moves into the Earth's shadow, and can only occur when the...
View ArticleCornwall's Poldark MP Scott Mann 'riding two horses at once' in...
A Cornish MP dubbed a "Poldark-lookalike" could be fighting for his political life as a result of proposed boundary changes which rob him of thousands of voters – and give them to Devon. North Cornwall...
View ArticleWrong uniform: Parents react angrily after Penrice school...
Parents have reacted angrily after their children were threatened with isolation at a St Austell school for wearing the wrong uniform. Some pupils at Penrice Academy, in Charlestown Road, St Austell,...
View ArticleThe A30 is at a standstill due to 'holiday traffic'
The A30 is at a standstill this lunchtime as traffic experts blame holiday traffic for the congestion.Even though half-term is over, the kids have gone back to school and the weather has been fairly...
View ArticleWalking, reading and writing poetry next for Helston nurse Liz...
A popular nurse from Helston Community Hospital is retiring at the end of the month after more than 40 years' work for the National Health Service (NHS). Liz Pickard, whose 43 years in healthcare...
View ArticleCornwall transport boss Bert Biscoe gets roasted for road schemes...
Bert Biscoe, the councillor in charge of roads and transport at County Hall, was given a rough ride this week when he said that Cornwall Council's transport policy was aiming to discourage car...
View ArticlePolice called to shoplifter at Truro Tesco find drunk woman under...
Police were called to a report of a shoplifter at Tesco in Truro and found a woman who appeared to be intoxicated and had fallen and hit her head. The 47-year-old woman was given a duvet by Tesco staff...
View ArticleCornwall LIVE: Breaking news, traffic, travel and weather for...
Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall. If you've seen something going on and want us to check it out, or have a traffic update for us,...
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