Wadebridge, England News

This is Cornwall can now reveal the full transcript of an interview given by Cornwall Councillor Collin Brewer, which has prompted calls for his resignation and investigations by the police and council.

Comments made by controversial councillor Collin Brewer are now being investigated by Cornwall Council to find out if he has breached the authority's code of conduct.

The former housing minister Grant Shapps talked about housebuilding's "vital role" in boosting the UK economy with jobs, homes and apprenticeships, during a visit to Linden Homes' The View development in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

A controversial Cornwall councillor who was re-elected th the council despite his controversial comments that disabled children should be put down has now compared disabled kids to deformed lambs killed by farmers.

A protest will be held in Truro against the "barbaric" comments from a councillor who compared disabled children to deformed lambs killed at birth.

Hundreds of women took the to the streets of Falmouth yesterday to take part in the annual Race for Life event, raising funds for Cancer Research.

At 1.05am this morning Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service received a call to a fire in a bus depot.

Collin Brewer, the Cornwall councillor who was re-elected despite saying some disabled children "should be put down", has likened the decision to that faced by farmers with deformed lambs.

A man from Leeds will be travelling to Wadebridge later this month to raise money in memory in Trevor Grills, the Fisherman's Friends singer who was tragically killed last February.

Five Cornish disability charities have joined forces to say the councillor who resigned over comments that disabled children should be 'put down' as they cost Cornwall too much, and was then re-elected, is not fit to hold office.

CORNWALL's largest independent care provider is looking for land in Truro to build a new care home for older people.

Campaigners have demonstrated in Cornwall following the re-election of a councillor who previously said disabled children "should be put down". A meeting had been scheduled in Truro earlier between leaders of disability groups and the councillor, but was postponed as Mr Brewer is unwell.

WINNING WAYS: Pete Skea, who has cerebral palsy and stood for election in response to comments made by Wadebridge councillor Collin Brewer about disabled children, has won a seat on Bodmin Town Council.

Colin Brewer, Independent councillor for Cornwall, hit the headlines earlier this year when he suggested disabled children were costing too much and should be "put down." That's right.

Officials at the scene of the accident at Padstow harbour: the survivors are being treated for a range of injuries.

A father and his eight-year-old daughter were killed yesterday when they were thrown from a speedboat and it mowed them down.

Hundreds of people have already signed an online petition calling for Colin Brewer to resign his newly won place on Cornwall Council.

Collin Brewer, the Cornwall Councillor who said disabled children should be "put down", has been elected by a narrow margin.

The Cornish Pirates have continued their close season recruitment drive with the signing of four highly rated Truro College prospects on two-year loan deals from Exeter Chiefs Academy, writes Dick Straughan.

A councillor who stood down after saying disabled children should be "put down" as they cost Cornwall too much has won back his seat on the authority.