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The 64-year-old is suspected to have been murdered after he was discovered with "suspicious" injuries on Perranporth beach in Cornwall.

A PERRANPOTH woman, accused of a racially aggravated assault, has been told her case will be delayed as a result of action being taken by lawyers protesting proposed Government changes to the legal aid system.

A MAN who in 2001 became the first rower to complete a solo, unassisted non-stop crossing of the Pacific Ocean was acquitted of assault when he appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Thursday.

COMPLETED in 2013 to a high specification, this detached, three-double-bedroom home at St Ann's Chapel near Gunnislake offers open-plan living, and is for sale with no onward chain.

A "treasure trove of historically important" work by Cornish artists has been re-discovered in one of St Ives' oldest galleries.

A man who drank water from a contaminated supply in north Cornwall was later found to have four times the normal level of aluminium in his brain, an inquest heard.

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.