Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

THE fire service has issued a safety plea to farmers storing hay after a huge blaze in Holsworthy yesterday involving 700 hay bales.

A couple who met at a dance in Helston have been stepping out to the same tune for the last 60 years of marriage.

Three of the mammals were spotted leaping out of the water just off the Cornish coast at Gwithian near St Ives.

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The chairman of the Falmouth branch of the Royal Naval Association expressed his surprise and pride after being "ambushed" following the annual Sea Sunday parade and church service.

Cornwall Council has opened a consultation on the installation of a new 'toucan' crossing at the Kernick roundabout on the A39 for bicycles and pedestrians travelling between Mabe and Penryn.

A new bus service that will ferry students, staff and local residents between the university campuses in Falmouth and Penryn will be introduced at the start of the new term.

The parents of a secondary school pupil in Cornwall have been ordered to pay costs of A 1,245 for failing to ensure their child attends school on a regular basis.

It follows the death of the two cats in the Trelowarren Street area of Camborne, between Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19. Sergeant Phil Binnie, from Camborne Police Station, said: "Following veterinary examination both cats were found to have traces of anti-freeze in their bodies.

RNAS Culdrose has announced how it plans to ease traffic on the roads around Helston during this year's Air Day.

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Shop owners in Penryn are being invited to a meeting with the aim of setting up a new 'Shop Watch' scheme, similar to the well known 'Pub Watch'.

POLICE and fire fighters are investigating the cause of a fire in Bradworthy which destroyed a car and van as well as nearby guttering and fencing.

Helston Museum is preparing to open the first in a series of exhibitions looking back at the history of the town in World War One.

As the end of the school year closed in, it was time for Helston and Lizard members of the joint school council SKIP to elect their members.

Councillors in Penryn have fully supported the demolition of an existing store and the creation of new extensions to an existing utility room at Fuschia, on Chapel Lane.

Clowns, mime artists, jazz bands and more will be back on the streets of Camborne this August as 'Fun Fridays' in Camborne returns "bigger than ever".

Keith Woolstenholmes married Judith Carrington at Ramsey St Mary's Parish Church on July 13, 1974, after meeting at school.

Famous seafood chef Nathan Outlaw will be wading in to help launch the UK's first ever Fishermen's Mission charity shop in Helston today.

The subsea system, named India Cloud Xchange , will allow the company to bypass existing terrestrial routes between Mumbai and Chennai - a route which is prone to outages - by circumventing the country's coastline to link India's west coast directly to Singapore.