Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

A charity which helps people with alcohol problems is to present a fact-filled book about drinking to schoolchildren across Huntingdonshire.

Details are still being sought on 14 men who appeared on the St Keverne Role of Honour for World War One.

Camborne and Penzance crews have been busy this morning rescuing an eight-month-old pup from an 80ft mine shaft at Gwinear near Hayle.

Helston Community College should be given "the chance it deserves" according to the area's MP, who has given the council an ultimatum.

Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers' union said: "Teachers deeply regret having to take strike action.

A decorated search and rescue serviceman from RNAS Culdrose killed himself just hours after being told he would be investigated by police.

A NEIGHBOUR risked his own safety to save a woman from her burning house in Penryn by pulling her from an upstairs window.

However, contact must be made with Camborne Property Office 01209 614748 at least 48hrs before collection, quoting lot number, to allow any necessary transfer.

Two vehicles, a heavy goods vehicle and a box van, collided between Bodmin and Launceston at about 15:45 BST, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious collision involving a number of vehicles on the A30 westbound at Blisland.

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Norman Sheffield, who had retired to the Helston area with his wife Chris, where he has family, lost his battle with cancer aged 74. His funeral took place at St Wendrona Church last Friday, where mourners included his sons from London and his daughter Sam Sheffield-Dunstan, owner of AmA©lies restaurant in Porthleven, which is named after his ... (more)

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside, but if it's a bargain family holiday you're after this summer then you're best off heading to the east coast, a new study suggests.

Firefighters were called to a fire at two terraced houses in Penryn on Friday, with one person pulled to safety before the crews arrived.

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership , Cornwall Council and the Council of the Isles of Scilly have secured a A 198m Growth Deal from Government that aims to create 4,000 jobs and 6,000 new homes.

Desperate for money, a Porthleven man went into Tesco in Helston, filled a bag he was carrying with meat worth more than A 70, and left without paying.

Falmouth residents are being sought by a student at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus who is conducting research into the causes of moth declines.

Almost 50 years ago, a boat full of men, women and children left Mylor for a day trip to Fowey little realising that none of them would survive the voyage.

Volunteers from the Falmouth RNLI Ladies' Guild received donations totalling A 280.25 from staff and customers when they collected at Asda in Penryn last month.

Possible councillors of the future joined the mayor of Helston on Tuesday last week as part of a "youth engagement" event.