Motorist trapped in vehicle after collision on A30 near Hayle
Two drivers were treated for minor injuries after a collision near a notorious black spot on the main A30 in West Cornwall. A blue Renault Clio and a black Mini collided near Hayle. The incident...
View ArticleWoman suffers 'life-changing injuries' in truck collision on A30
A woman was airlifted to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a truck on the A30 in Cornwall. The woman, said by police to be in her 30s, was in collision with a...
View ArticlePhilpotts family question assessment of mentally ill after Cornwall tragedy
The way mentally ill patients are assessed and treated must be improved or more people will lose their lives, the brother of a man who killed his wife and ten-year-old son in a house fire said...
View ArticleDevon and Cornwall police and crime boss Tony Hogg defends 6p tax rise bid
Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg has defended his newly-revealed draft plans to raise council tax as a small price to pay to keep more bobbies on the beat.Budget proposals released by the...
View ArticleDevon and Cornwall police and crime boss Tony Hogg defends 6p tax rise bid
Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg has defended his newly-revealed draft plans to raise council tax as a small price to pay to keep more bobbies on the beat. Budget proposals released by the...
View ArticleWoman rescued from sea in Falmouth
A woman was plucked from the sea 400 metres from Falmouth's shoreline in the early hours of Friday morning in a situation which could have had a 'much more tragic outcome'. The woman, who had...
View ArticleNewquay Zoo bids fond farewell to rare Vietnamese creatures
Two Owston's civets, a vulnerable species from Vietnam, are to be moved back to their native country after thriving in their Cornish home.The animals will be moved from Newquay Zoo to the Carnivore and...
View ArticleNewquay Zoo bids fond farewell to rare Vietnamese creatures
Two Owston's civets, a vulnerable species from Vietnam, are to be moved back to their native country after thriving in their Cornish home.The animals will be moved from Newquay Zoo to the Carnivore and...
View ArticlePolice in Truro appeal for stolen vase
Police in Truro are appealing for information after a vase was stolen during a burglary this week. The vase was taken during a break-in at a home in Truro between 1st and 2nd February. It is...
View ArticlePolice in Truro appeal for stolen vase
Police in Truro are appealing for information after a vase was stolen during a burglary this week. The vase was taken during a break-in at a home in Truro between 1st and 2nd February. It is...
View ArticleHelston march on with victory over ten man Truro City
Truro City Res 1 Helston 4Helston maintained their pursuit of leaders Godolphin Atlantic with a comfortable Carlsberg Division One West victory over a Truro side who were forced to play for an hour...
View ArticleTruro City just unable to salvage point after fightback
Dover Athletic 3 Truro City 2A brave second half fightback by City just failed to earn them a battling point at high-flying Dover.Trailing 3-0 at the interval at the Crabble Stadium, the Cornish...
View ArticleReds repel Raiders to boost promotion hopes
Redruth 26 Worthing 22Redruth's first home league game in 2013 saw them inflict a third loss on National League 2 South leaders Worthing Raiders at the Recreation Ground, reports Bill Hooper.The Reds...
View ArticleTesco plan would split Looe in two...
A controversial scheme for a new Tesco superstore on a greenfield site on the outskirts of Looe in Cornwall goes before the Strategic Planning Committee in Truro this Thursday 7 February with a...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue horse near Redruth
Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service were called to Sinns Common at Redruth just past 3pm on Saturday afternoon to rescue a horse.Units from Redruth, Camborne and Falmouth were sent to the incident and...
View ArticleCooker starts kitchen blaze in St Agnes
Firefighters were called to deal with a kitchen fire on Trevaunance Road in St Agnes just past 1pm on Sunday afternoon. Two fire crews from Perranporth attended the incident and confirmed that a cooker...
View ArticleWar of words flares up in Lanner affordable housing row
A blistering attack by a senior Cornwall councillor over a legal bid to block 25 affordable homes was "emotive" and "unnecessary", a parish council has said.Councillor Mark Kaczmarek, Cornwall...
View ArticleTeachers on 3-day strike in Penzance school over workload row
Teachers at a Penzance primary school will today start a three-day strike in a dispute over their workload.The members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) predict that the action will affect six...
View ArticleCouncils face legal battle over Truro Waitrose supermarket plan
A legal challenge is being mounted to controversial plans for a Waitrose supermarket, Cornish food centre and new homes on Duchy of Cornwall land.The £40 million scheme, in a valley on the eastern...
View ArticleSt Austell teenager detained for killing his mother
A drunken teenager who ran over and killed his mother in a fit of temper has been sent to a young offenders' institution.Lewis Foster, 19, was drunk and emotional when he got behind the wheel of his...
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