Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England News

CLOSED for two years, a Penzance pub has reopened its doors and is serving frothing pints and tasty meals once again.

Menfolk of Helston and the Lizard Peninsula took a moment to honour the "mo" at the weekend as they welcomed the conclusion of "Movember."

A REDRUTH man has been found guilty of attempting to murder a teenage boy in a brutal and attack who he stabbed 15 times as he lay sleeping in bed.

Surf lifesavers in Cornwall are to be trained for a frontline role helping emergency services in flooded areas anywhere in the UK.

All the cats were infested with fleas and four of the ten kittens had eye infections which had not been treated by a vet when the RSCPA learnt unemployed Deborah Jayne Thomson had housed them.

George Osborne has boasted the British economy is growing at twice the rate expected just nine months ago, and faster than any other major country.

IT'S BEEN another record year for wildlife spotters riding the Scillonian III between St Mary's and Penzance with top sightings including a leatherback turtle and a minke whale.

DOC MARTIN: REVEALED features behind-the-scenes footage from the newest DOC MARTIN series shot on location in Port Isaac, Cornwall, England.

West Cornwall MP Andrew George has spoken in the House of Commons about the campaign to extend the road fuel concession to Cornwall.

Penryn College's Interact Club played host to a group of children from the town's junior school who were given the chance to get up close to some unusual pets.

The Cornwall Sustainability Awards recognise the work of businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that are actively trying to improve their own sustainability and that of the Cornish economy as a whole.

ST AUSTELL Brewery is raising a glass to a dedicated group of regulars at the King's Arms in Lostwithiel who trekked along the North Cornwall coast and Camel Trail to raise 5,175 for charity.

Students from the Heamoor Cornish class will be performing a Cornish language version of the pantomime Puss in Boots at The Acorn in Penzance on Thursday, December 12 at 7.30pm.

A new three digit number will be available in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly next year for anyone who needs non-emergency medical help.

A LEADING health campaigner says she is "very concerned for the residents of West Penwith" over the options outlined for the future of a local community hospital.

It will be used to renovate Poltair Nursery in St Austell and also further develop provision at their Lostwithiel nursery, near St Winnow School.

The overturned vehicle has blocked the A390 in to Liskeard, near to Callington Road and queues are forming from the Merrymeet junction.

A FORMER Bodmin police officer took her own life after her husband learnt she'd had a relationship with a colleague.

Cornwall Air Ambulance is asking offices across the county to go green this Christmas to help keep their lifesaving red helicopter flying.

A MAN in his 20s has been airlifted to Derriford Hospital with 'life-changing and life-threatening injuries after being in collision with a car on Alverton Road, Penzance at about 5.40pm today.