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Bad driver, thug and shoplifters among those sentenced by Cornwall magistrates this week
One threatened to print messages between a woman and another male and post around her workplace
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Businesses urge council to fully consider £8 million bridge project
The proposed bridge connecting Newham Industrial Estate with Boscawen Park will impact navigation rights on the river.
More concern and controversy over £8 million bridge plan in Truro
Cornwall Council needs an endorsement from the Government to carry out the works which otherwise would be unlawful. Local traders are concerned about the impact.
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Stalled £600,000 project has split a community in Cornwall
Stalled 'wreck not rec' build involves resignations, recriminations, miscommunications, a huge local tax hike and a council now addressing 'a number of inaccuracies'
Redruth man's machete threats during two-year campaign of coercive control
He 'threatened that he would come to my family house and kill us all with a machete'
Growing anger at Cornwall Council's 'complete U-turn' on using chemical weedkiller
Councillors will demand a U-turn on the U-turn at a council meeting which will also see a public protest
Cornwall Council homeless pods where man died are closing
'These units are now approaching the end of their useful life'
Part of Cornwall named among top three growing rental price hotspots in UK
Nationally, average rents hit a standstill in the early months of 2026 – although Rightmove revealed some rental price hotspots, including in Cornwall, have seen significant increases in the past year.
Cornwall Council traffic notices for Helston, Perranporth, Truro, St Mawes and St Erme
Including for resurfacing, sewer, ducting and cabling, with signed diversions and access maintained
Firefighters battle 'barn fire' near Truro after issuing warning
Locals were told to stay indoors and close all windows after a fire broke out near Truro this evening
Young man threatened to kill ex and her family with machete during campaign of coercion and abuse
On several occasions he put his hands around her neck and threw stuff at her during a two-year 'nightmare' of coercion and abuse. 'I am on edge and I feel worried that he will take my son. I want to be safe.'
Temporary reception set up as Mermaid Centre begins improvement works
A major upgrade is beginning at Royal Cornwall Hospital’s Mermaid Centre, where the waiting room has now closed for several weeks to allow improvement works to start
Teenage e-bike rider suffers 'potentially life changing' injuries in crash
The boy in his early teens was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Car parks in Truro free again after 4pm after council reverses previous regime's decision
It has been welcomed but is not as extensive as people would like
Yet another car almost lost to sea as driver misjudges St Ives tide
Kind-hearted locals waded in to help
Liskeard and Looe get new 20mph speed limits
Cornwall Council also confirms revised 30mph and 40mph limits
Hayle dog walker sentenced to seven years after £20K drug bust in Cornwall park
He had heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and amphetamine
Talented Cornwall footballer and musician with defective motorbike died in Bugle crash
Police had earlier ended their pursuit of him as unsafe. Family said talented football player and rapper Benji was a happy lad and 'class clown'. Our thoughts are with all those affected.
Man with 'entrenched interest in children' avoids jail for indecent images
The vile haul included 27 moving images
Cornwall Lizzie says 'I tower over my partner at 6ft 4in and he loves it'
Lizzy from Cornwall stands a full seven inches taller than her boyfriend Ollie