Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

A cargo ship which started sinking 10 miles off the Lizard Peninsula has been towed to safety in St Austell Bay.

Falmouth Coastguard has towed a cargo vessel into St Austell Bay after it began sinking 12 miles east of the Lizard on Sunday morning.

A 62-YEAR-OLD Newquay woman who received more than 8,000 in benefits to which she was not entitled has been spared an immediate jail term.

ST IVES School which has recently emerged from special measures has appointed a new head teacher to lead the school from the start of the next academic year.

FOUR members of a family have admitted their parts in a violent confrontation with door staff outside St Austell nightclub The Station.

THE National Trust has launched its new 3 million off-road cycle trails at its Lanhydrock estate, with predictions that they will attract thousands of new visitors to the area.

After taking over in 1999, Mr Johns led the band to the West of England Bandsman's Festival title in 2011 and narrowly missed out on retention when it finished runner-up a year later.

ASK Newquay residents for a list of their top bugbears and the issue of derelict buildings is likely to feature on most.

HIT coastal towns in Cornwall are being encouraged to bid for a cut of a A 64 million fund to help regenerate their communities.

A GAS tank began leaking at an address at Tresowes Hill, Ashton, sparking an emergency response by firefighters last night.

A DOORMAN at a Newquay pub was taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning after he was attacked with a bottle.

A cheque for A 3,000 was presented to John Buddle Chairman of the Camborne Branch of Cancer UK recently.

A BUSINESS forum has been dismissed as a "talking shop" full of "corporate chums" after it offered support for a possible new bid to build a shopping complex near St Austell.

A CAR snapped an electricity pole in half and ended up on its roof in an accident in Bodmin this afternoon.

Radstock Kawasaki star Luke Hawkins begins his defence of the Premiership Motocross Championship in the first round of the new Phoenix Tools-backed series at Kingsteignton, near Newton Abbot, tomorrow.

The first darts knockout competition held at the Three Tuns Hotel in St Keverne proved so successful it will become an annual event.

There was both delight and dismay across the Westcountry when the winners and losers of a A 27million fund to boost the fortunes of seaside towns were unveiled.

A WEST Cornwall man associated with licensing trade, together with the proprietor of an award-winning Isles of Scilly hotel, are taking over Scilly's popular waterfront public house, The Mermaid.

Woodlands, parks and gardens cared for by the trust have seen the worst damage for more than two decades, and in some cases since the "great storm" of 1987.

On Seaways Farm the crop of scented narcissi is in full bloom. Since December the family-run farm on the Isles of Scilly has been dispatching its fragrant harvest to the mainland by the armful.