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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
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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.'
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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
Adoring grandmother among latest Cornwall funeral notice tributes for 25 lost loved ones
Our thoughts are with the friends and family of Susan, as well as all those who have lost a loved one in our list this week
Child rapist who showed 'no remorse' after 'brutal and systematic' abuse jailed
The judge said he is 'unlikely to ever leave' jail
Free parking after 4pm returns to two Truro car parks
The move has been welcomed by Truro BID, several Truro City Councillors and the Town Clerk, all of whom have been campaigning for the return of free parking to support the late afternoon and evening economy
Jury out in trial of Paralympian Owen Pick who denies Cornwall rape claims
The former soldier denies raping a woman following a house party in Cornwall in 2014 and aiding another man in the assault.
Cornwall dog walker caught with £20K of drugs in park
He tried to escape
Train halted on bridge near Falmouth as incident 'blocks line'
The service between Truro and Falmouth was affected
Neighbours' 'relief' as Truro police shut down nightmare home
The tenant will not be allowed inside
Second closure order slams door on trouble at Truro property
A Truro home at the centre of months of disruption has been hit with a fresh closure order, locking the doors for another three months and keeping trouble firmly at bay