Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

A Helston woman has called for more people to be screened for a hereditary heart condition after her 24-year-old son died suddenly.

EVERY council in the Westcountry has been ordered to come up with plans to improve standards in dozens of failing primary schools.

MEMBERS of two ambulance crews who attended a brutal murder carried out by a Penzance man have been commended at the House of Commons.

People living in Helston have been put on flood warning this weekend. Heavy rain over the summer and autumn has led to unusually high water levels in the River Cober and Loe Pool.

THE row over the proposed new terminal for the ferry between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has taken another twist with plans announced to set up another service linking the archipelago with the mainland.

LORD Teverson attacks Graham Facks-Martin's letter of November 13 on Cornwall Council's financial state.

It may have been a Lions show but it was dogs on display not cats at a Redruth charity event.

FROM a pork sausage with orange marmalade to an ice-cream made from sheep's milk, yesterday's Taste of the West awards ceremony was full of surprises.

The sailors captured six days ago when their racing yacht was intercepted by the Iranian navy while sailing from Bahrain to an event in Dubai Oli Smith and Luke Porter, two of the five British yachtsmen detained by Iran.

A bus full of passengers has been involved in a crash with a fire engine in north Cornwall.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to transfer specialist cancer services from Cornwall to Plymouth could be suspended at the 11th hour after an astonishing U-turn, writes the WMN's Lyn Barton.

WEST Cornwall firefighters were called out to tackle two blazes in and around Helston in the early hours of this morning.

A CONTRACT cleaner from Penzance died from a single stab wound to the chest after a violent argument with his teenage girlfriend, an inquest heard.

A painter who has dedicated many years to portraying his native North Cornwall is holding his first exhibition for two years.

A PERVERT who gets a sexual kick out of slurry has been jailed for breaching a restraining order banning him from a farm where he indulges his fetish.

A BUNGALOW was severely damaged in a fire near Holsworthy last night. Four fire engines, from Holsworthy, Bude and Hartland, were called to the house at Pancrasweek at about 1am.

By CHARLIE KNOWLES: Two stories couldn't fail to catch my eye recently. Both are remarkably similar in detail, both are remarkably disturbing in implication.

OBJECTORS to a proposal for a public leisure access trail at New Mills, Launceston, say more public consultation is needed before the scheme goes ahead, and fear the plan will have an adverse affect on the area.

Harting villagers have mounted a 'Save our Loo' campaign after their public convenience was targeted by Chichester District Council's wide-reaching proposals to cut spending.

THE cheeky faces of two French pilots serving with the RAF in wartime Cornwall look out from the screen, one with a grin, the other with a twinkle in his eyes.