The police have issued an appeal for witnesses today after a woman pedestrian received life-changing injuries after a collision with a car. It happened in Penzance in Lansdowne Place on Tuesday, July 11. MPC Sam Sargent said: "Police were called just before 5.50pm to reports of a serious collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle."The pedestrian, a woman in her 60s, received possible life-changing injuries as a result of the collision with the black Ford Focus and was taken to...

An interview has given an insight into the work of the investigators who are called to serious and fatal crash scenes across Devon and Cornwall, to work out what has happened.Have you ever wondered what happens when a road is closed after a crash? What investigations actually take place and what happens afterwards? Members of Devon and Cornwall's Serious Collisions Investigation Team have spoken out about exactly what their jobs entail.Read more: Double-decker bus and car collide on busy...

The waters around Restronguet are a sea of red this week as the Mirror dinghy championships get under way. The iconic dinghy with its trademark red sails was designed by a BBC television presenter who had a home in St Mawes as a boat you could build yourself from a kit. It has been used by many Olympic sailors to train and has stood the test of time. Up to 100 boats from the likes of Australia, South Africa and France will be racing in the national and world championships, many manned by...

Contractors who built a controversial biogas plant in Cornwall have been ordered to pay almost £300,000 in fines and cost over the "avoidable" death of a worker who was expecting his second child.Father-of-two Ionel Soci died from a heart attack when he was crushed by a heavy piece of steel being used to direct the flow of concrete while working for a sub-contractor on the project at Penare Farm, Higher Fraddon, in June 2014. It has since been completed and is run by a company...

A man and woman serving life for the barbaric murder of a 63-year-old Camborne man have seen their appeals against conviction thrown out by top judges. Michelle Casterton, 45, and Daniel John Quinn, 25, were jailed for the murder of Terry Oldham, who died after he was assaulted with a broom handle. A third offender, 26-year-old Aaron Mallen, was also caged after the trio were convicted at Truro Crown Court in November 2015. Read more: Police condemn Terry Oldham's murderers for their...

One of Cornwall's up-and-coming acting talents will be seen performing by millions at London's Madame Tussauds. Although he has not been made into a waxwork model - yet - Jake Wyatt's career looks set to rise after he clinched a part in the world famous waxwork museum's new play along experience. After appearing in films alongside Brad Pitt, Mark Wahlberg and Liam Neeson the Penzance man is well and truly on the showbiz radar. He is now appearing in a trailer and promotional video for a the...

Plymouth police have dropped a murder investigation after the results of a post mortem on a sailor in his twenties were released. A woman aged 25 had been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 24-year-old man was found dead at a property in Ermington Terrace, Mutley. Officers had been called to the scene at 5.15am on Sunday after concerns were raised for a man at the property. The 24-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the scene. Read more: Hayle man Alan Rouffignac jailed for...

So, what is one of the things you do when the sun has disappeared behind the clouds and the heavens have opened to give endless amounts of rain, fog and cold weather on your holiday to Cornwall? You go for a cream tea, of course. But visitors be warned: there is only one way to enjoy the traditional afternoon treat in Cornwall: jam first.Of course you can feel free to take your pick on your way here or home when on the other side of the Tamar and even put the cream on first with the jam on top...

A jury has retired to consider the fate of two men accused of murdering a neighbour in a St Austell park back in January. Joshua Buscombe, 24, and Jordan Bishop, 21, are on trial at Truro Crown Court over the murder of Stephen Bull, who was stabbed in the head in a St Austell park in January. The two residents of the town's Cosgarne Hall hostel deny murdering the 31-year-old. Fellow hostel tenant Daniel Altass, 22, admitted the murder of Mr Bull when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court in...

Special measures are being put in place to try to tackle excessive air pollution caused by cars in a village on a main commuter route in Cornwall.Grampound has been officially declared the county's eighth air quality management area (AQMA) and an action plan is now being compiled.Cornwall Council has been monitoring the air quality in Grampound since 2014 and confirmed that findings showed "excessive levels" of nitrogen dioxide in the air.The pollution, which is said to be...

Nearly 900 Cornish businesses could get discounts on rising business rates.In the March 2017 Budget, the Government announced a £300 million fund over four years to provide discounts to support companies facing the steepest business rates increases as a result of the revaluation of all business rate assessments. Cornwall will receive £2.7 million from that fund to help small local businesses facing the biggest rate increases. Read more: Residents owe Cornwall Council a shocking...

The death of Princess Diana and the outpouring of grief that followed was a unforgettable moment in British history. Thousands of floral tributes were left outside Kensington Palace, her London home, in the days following her death, before the country came to a standstill as millions stopped to watch her funeral. It is hard to believe that those events were 20 years ago in August - and the anniversary will be marked with a series of events. Read more: Witnesses of Station Road crash in Truro...

The builders of a controversial biogas plant in Cornwall are facing large fines for safety breaches which led to the death of dad-to-be working at the site. Ionel Soci, 34, was crushed to death when a temporary wooden structure used for pouring concrete collapsed on him on the site where the Greener for Life plant was being built at Higher Fraddon, Exeter Crown Court heard. He was working for contractors who were constructing the huge facility at Penare Farm on June 11, 2014, when he...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. We'll be looking at all the traffic until this evening, so keep checking back to make sure you get wherever you're going as quickly and safely as possible. We will of course also be breaking news as it happens and keeping an eye on the weather. It's Gareth here until 2.30pm when I hand over to the late team. If you've seen something going on and want us to...

Wadebridge Football Club faces playing its matches ten miles up the road at Camelford next year if ambitious multi-million-pound development plans get the go ahead. In March, Leicester-based property developer Michael Merriman submitted fresh plans to build 146 houses on the current football club site at Bodieve Park. The £5 million proposals also include relocating the club to a new site to the north of Wadebridge School, utilising land that is currently occupied by the school playing...

Four youths who sank a boat in a Cornish harbour while tombstoning are to write letters of apology to the owner. Police said the lads, aged between 12 and 14, had been jumping into the water from Church Street car park when the incident happened on Monday. PCSO Sam Crowther said: "They decided to climb on a boat, when it flipped over and sank."They didn't mean for it to happen, it was children who made a silly mistake. They didn't realise the consequences of what they were...

It is said to be a pioneering position open to anybody, although success is not guaranteed. St Agnes fashion brand Finisterre is recruiting a full-time 'wetsuit recycler' with the aim to find an innovative way of making new wetsuits from old ones. The role is supported by Exeter University and is said to come with the potential of bringing positive change "on a massive scale". Read next: Cornwall job vacancies near you Tom Kay, Finisterre founder, said: "There have been some...

Three people were cut off by the tide at the spectacular Hell's Mouth cliffs today. The three people in wetsuits were down at the base of the cliffs, which plunge dramatically straight down into the sea all along that stretch of coastline. Hell's Mouth is a gaping hole, where the sea has eroded the cliffs to create a huge void. The site is a popular place for tourists to look down at the waves below. Read next: Coverack flash floods: Then and now one week later in pictures Coastguards...

One week on since flash flooding swept through the pretty seaside village of Coverack, much as returned to normal. On July 18, the village on the Lizard peninsula was engulfed in torrents of water which swept through houses and shops and ripped up the roads. Water poured over the seawall like a waterfall. By a miracle no one was seriously injured although one woman was almost swept to her death and another couple had to be airlifted from their flooded home by the coastguard helicopter. See...

A 21-year-old man went missing when he scrambled down onto a 460ft high cliff in Cornwall. Coastguards said they would not have found him if it wasn't for a crew member's "incredible eyesight".Bude Coastguard Rescue Team and Hartland CRT were paged at 2.50pm on Monday (July 24) and tasked to Vicarage Cliff in Morwenstow, near Bude, when a walker went missing.Read more: Watch German tourists rescued by coastguard helicopter after getting cut off by the tideThe casualty, a 21-year-old...