UPDATE: The 12-year-old local boy was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske in Truro by land ambulance. He suffered minor injuries following the fall, Falmouth Coastguard team confirmed.
A SCHOOLBOY is being treated by paramedics after falli...
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A SPECIAL guest from South America will pay a visit to the Royal Cornwall Show next month.
This Armadillo is part of the Newquay Zoo crew who will be exhibiting at the showground at Whitecross near Wadebridge when the three-day show opens on June 6.
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A MOTORCYCLIST has been airlifted to hospital following a serious road traffic collision near Truro.
The A390 is currently closed both ways following an accident involving a motorcycle and car between Trewithen roundabout in Probus and B3275 Tresillia...
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UPDATE @ 8.10pm: The road is still closed. Police have described the motorcyclist's injuries as "life changing".
UPDATE @ 5.30pm: A 20-year old motorcyclist from St Austell has been airlifted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth with serious injuries f...
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The Met Office has issued a county-wide weather warning with strong winds expected across Cornwall tomorrow.
A yellow wind alert was announced today, with a "swathe of strong winds" expected to develop in the northeast of the country before moving s...
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A new face on the Fowey high street has had tastebuds tingling thanks to their novel take on an old favourite.
Lazy Jack's Kitchen launched mid-way through March and brought with it a new twist to that seaside staple, ice cream.
Not content to se...
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A HELSTON woman who confronted two suspected terrorists in London has been praised for her bravery.
Prime minister David Cameron said that Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, "spoke for us all" when she challenged the men suspected of murdering a soldier in the...
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UPDATE 2.45PM: NEWQUAY Cornwall Airport has responded to news that Flybe will scrap its London service from next March, saying it signified "no loss in confidence in the airport's viability".
Managing director Al Titterington also commented on statist...
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A 370-year-old coin from Truro could sell for thousands of pounds at an auction in Dorset next month.
The 4.5cm silver coin was used to pay Royalist troops during the English Civil War. It is said to be in "remarkable condition" and amongst one of t...
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NEWQUAY Cornwall Airport has suffered a double blow today as passenger figures reveal a drop for the fifth consecutive year and Flybe announces plans to scrap its London flights.
The airline will stop running its Gatwick service on March 29 next year,...
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St Clements Hill in Truro will close for almost a week so underground gas and water works can take place.
The road will be closed between 7pm on Sunday 26 May and 7pm on Friday 31 May.
The works, which are taking place as part of the Trafalgar ro...
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The fixtures for the 2013-14 domestic rugby season for Cornish teams outside of the National Leagues have been released by the RFU throwing up a tasty local derby as a season opener in South West 1 West.
Camborne, who narrowly missed out on promotio...
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Cornwall's two major military bases have not heightened security following the brutal murder of a soldier in London yesterday.
Two men believed to be terrorists butchered a soldier in broad daylight outside an army base in Woolwich.
Military faciliti...
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THE nation's best known film critic Mark Kermode continues his love affair with The Plaza cinema, Truro, later this year.
A frequent visitor to Cornwall and The Plaza (he recently took his family to see Star Trek Into Darkness there), Kermode follows...
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GETTING in touch with long-lost friends can be hard at the best of times –but what if all your pals think you're dead?That was the surprising predicament facing Christine Greenslade, 66, when she decided to visit her west Cornwall birthplace for ...
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Three hero police officers helped save the life of a man who cut off his own genitals in Penryn.
PC Jules Evans, PC Kim James and PC James Tompson were called to Mutton Row on Friday evening after reports that the man had used a kitchen knife to sel...
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Two surf instructors went to the rescue of a 71 year-old man after he collapsed in the sea off Polzeath.
The man was face down in the water right by local surf instructors, Paddy Driscoll and Luke Purser. As they started to help the man, RNLI lifegu...
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Two surf instructors went to the rescue of a 71 year-old man after he collapsed in the sea off Polzeath.
The man was face down in the water right by local surf instructors, Paddy Driscoll and Luke Purser. As they started to help the man, RNLI lifegu...
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UNION flags, cheering crowds and even a special gift for the latest addition to the Royal Family greeted the Queen when she visited St Ives.Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, she travelled along the picturesque St Erth to St Ives train line before ...
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AT St Ives station, hundreds of schoolchildren and spectators gathered to see the Queen and Prince Philip arrive for their tour of the picturesque town.A group of somewhat bemused passengers got off the preceding train to be greeted by banks of jubilan...
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STILL wearing their best suits for the Queen's visit, members of the RNLI lifeboat crew were called out on a shout just hours after meeting royalty.The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were shown the Mersey class all-weather lifeboat, the Princess Royal, ...
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