Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

Directors in charge of a new school academy trust on the Lizard Peninsula have described it as "an exciting time" for the five schools involved.

Two meetings will reveal the results of a town-wide questionnaire on the spending of A 250,000 in Helston.

THE A39 Atlantic Highway, between Wadebridge and Camelford, has been blocked by a single vehicle accident in the Allen Valley.

Penzance may have lost one return visitor after a teenage tourist had a sandwich thrown at him, and then getting a punch to the face.

A Ford Fiesta pulled out from Roundabout Garage and collided with a Isuzu 4x4 which was travelling east through the village.

A letter is to be written to police chiefs from St Keverne Parish Council saying what a "great shame" any reduction in police community support officers would be.

GANGSTER grannies and hairy Gruffaloes were just some of the literary characters that put in an appearance at local schools last week as part of World Book Day.

CORNWALL and Penzance town councillor Cornelius Olivier has been selected as the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for the St Ives constituency at the next general election.

Police are investigating after Tayla Woodard, from Cornwall, fell ill at a house in Tamesis Gardens on Saturday evening and was taken to hospital where she died on Sunday.

CONCERN has been expressed about a missing, Victorian, north-facing pointer arrow once embedded in a paving slab on Penzance promenade.

BUSINESS heavyweights in St Austell have thrown their support "in principle" behind a retail development at Coyte Farm two months after a 110 million scheme was rejected.

CALLS have been made for more investment in St Austell's health services and infrastructure after government statistics revealed "concerning" levels of social deprivation.

THE Carbis Bay Hotel and Spa has received more than half a million pounds of government money for its planned beachfront regeneration project in a move hailed as a boost for the local economy.

The works come nearly a year after 68-year-old Susan Norman was killed when a landslide struck her property on neighbouring Sandplace Road.

The winter weather has severely damaged the South West's rail network and it is now almost eight weeks since a train from the rest of England reached Newton Abbot, Plymouth or Cornwall.

The rapper - also known as Snoop Lion - joins previously announced headliners Chase and Status and Bastille on the top of the bill.

Jeremy Tetley, the former president of the Royal Cornwall Show and Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall, could have been prosecuted for the crash which killed him and his friend's wife, Bridget Toy an inquest has heard.

A unique Victorian steam engine is the star of Swanage Railway 's London and South Western Railway Weekend on March 15-16.

The death of a Penryn woman in a car accident last year could have been avoided if she and her husband had not accepted the offer of a lift, an inquest in Truro has heard.

When five year old Jake from the Isles of Scilly needed medical assistance at the weekend, he was very pleased that not only was he helped to feel better, but he also got the chance to fly in a Royal Navy helicopter.