A serving police officer from Cornwall has denied three counts of rape following a hearing at Truro Crown Court on Friday.PC Ryan Canning, 43, of Burraton Coombe, Saltash, is accused of three separate incidents of rape at addresses in Saltash between May 1, 2014, and April 27, 2016.Canning, who is based at Plymouth police station, denied all three charges when he appeared before Judge Simon Carr at Truro Crown Court on Friday morning.Canning was bailed by Judge Carr and will go on trial on March...

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the horrific Penhallow Hotel fire in Newquay which claimed three lives.Terrifying images of roaring scarlet flames stabbing the night sky from the roof of the Edwardian building on the Newquay seafront continue to haunt all who were involved. In scenes more reminiscent of the Second World War blitz, holidaymakers Joan Harper, 80, Monica Hughes, 86, and her son Peter Hughes, 43, all from Staffordshire, perished, while five others were injured. Teacher Mr...

Staff and shoppers were evacuated from Tesco in Truro this afternoon, crowding out of the supermarket and into the car park.Alarms sounded in the building as everyone was ushered out of the store on Garras Wharf at around 12.50pm today, Friday August 18.A Tesco spokesperson said: "The fire alarm did go off and the store was evacuated."But Tesco said that there was no fire and that there was "no obvious cause" for the alarm to have gone off.Read more: Community devastated...

An ex-con who beat up a man who he believed to be sleeping with his girlfriend while he was in prison has been put back inside.Ryan Herring, 24, most recently of Ivybridge, violently attacked Caspian Proszynski in Liskeard in the middle of the afternoon on July 11 of this year.Herring appeared at Truro Crown Court today to be sentenced after previously admitting one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Prosecuting Herring, Philip Lee told the court that Herring had only been out of...

A distressed grandfather is desperate to find his seven-year-old grandson who went missing following the Barcelona terror attack.According to reports, Julian Alessandro Cadman, who has dual British and Australian nationality, was with his mother when they became separated. Tony Cadman posted a photograph of Julian on Facebook, and wrote: "My Grandson, Julian Alessandro Cadman is missing. Please like and share. We have found Jom (my daughter in law) and she is (in a) serious but stable...

Drivers trying to get out of Cornwall today face long delays and a tough choice over their route. Both the M5 and the A303 are gridlocked, with a delay on the M5 of an hour and a half, according to traffic experts Inrix. The A303 has problems heading east, with around 40 minute delays on the slower route. However, the 303 has worse problems heading west - with delays of around 50 minutes. The M5 and A303 at 2pm on Friday. As of 1.40pm, Inrix was reporting: "M5 - DEVON -...

More than 2,000 homes and businesses are without electricity this lunchtime after a power cut.The majority of those affected are between Bodmin and Liskeard, with nearly 1,000 homes affected.Local electricity supplier Western Power Distribution (WPD) reported the incident affecting PL13 and PL14 postcodes at 12.43pm, and estimate supplies will be restored by 5pm.Another 334 homes and businesses affected are situated between Falmouth and Constantine, where it is hoped supplies will return to...

Police in Camborne have launched an urgent appeal to trace the actions of a motorist who left in his wake a trail of destruction causing damage to parked cars, buildings and lampposts last night.Officers are appealing for witnesses and information regarding an incident involving a silver Mitsubishi Shogun.Police were called at 7:50pm and it is believed the vehicle took the following route:Through the village of Piece, East Hill in Tuckingmill, Cornwall College, Dudnance Lane Pool, Ford an Bal...

Drivers on a busy road had a lucky escape yesterday after a door flew off a roof rack, narrowly missing cars and a van following behind.The dramatic incident was caught on camera via a dashcam in the vehicle directly behind it.It took place at 10.40am yesterday on the A380 near Newton Abbot in Devon.Kelly McIntosh and her partner, from Exeter, who does not wish to be named, were in the car directly behind.They believe that whoever was driving the white Golf "could have killed...

Two of the wold's most controversial leaders put in surprise appearances at the Red Arrows performance in Fowey on Thursday (August 17).Donald Trump put aside plans for cooking up 'fire and fury' as he joined a bunch of North Korean army officials for a stroll around Fowey harbour.Ok... So it may have been someone in a plastic Trump mask posing as the US President but it's still an usual sight in Cornwall.Fowey Town Band donned the costumes for their performance and even went to the trouble of...

A young man who turned to a Facebook selling group when he was feeling lonely and struggling with mental health issues has said it has helped to "restore faith in humanity" across Cornwall.Brave 21-year-old Liam Smith bared his feelings on social media group Let's Flog it Cornwall to say that he was struggling to cope and had "no one to talk to".He told Cornwall Live he put the post up as he didn't know where else to turn and was left shocked by the response after receiving...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Friday, August 18, 2017. We'll be looking at all the traffic from 7am until this evening, so keep checking back to make sure you get wherever you're going as quickly and safely as possible. We will of course also be breaking news as it happens and keeping an eye on the weather. It's Gareth here until 2.30pm when I hand over to the late team led today by Mike. If you've seen something...

A west Cornwall woman is trying to track down a plastic owl, which holds significant sentimental value and was recently removed from her gran's front garden.The owl has been in Rosie Whiting's gran's garden for a short while and was one of the very few possessions she kept of her daughter Rachel Hill, who tragically passed away last year aged just 47 following a short illness."We believe that it has been deliberately taken," said Rosie. "It had sand in it to weight it down so it...

Students born in the summer are less likely to go to Britain's top universities than their classmates born in the autumn, new analysis reveals. Oxford, Cambridge and other top universities were asked for details on when their last four years of undergraduates were born. The investigation was prompted by concerns that summer-born children tend to do worse at school because they have less time to develop in their early years than those born around the start of the academic year in...

A fire which closed a popular pub and hotel in the heart of St Agnes village on Thursday is believed to have started in a fryer in the kitchen.The fire at the family-run 17th century St Agnes Hotel started at around 12.30pm this afternoon (August 17) and fire crews finally left the scene at around 3.30pm.The kitchen is said to have been completely destroyed in the blaze that broke out this afternoon.Read more: Star student George who died after falling ill at Boardmasters should have been...

The "popular and clever" student who died after contracting meningitis at Boardmasters was due to collect his A level results today and he'd done well in his exams.There was a sombre mood at St Brendan's Sixth Form College in Bristol where George Zographou – better known as Zoggy – had been a star pupil.The 18-year-old died at around 1.40pm on Wednesday after falling ill at the Boardmasters in Newquay last Saturday.Michael Jaffrain, principal of the college, told the...

A terror attack in Barcelona has left 13 people dead and at least 20 injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians on the famous Las Ramblas street. The vehicle mounted the pavement along the promenade - sparking a manhunt for the driver. There are also reports of hostages being taken in a Turkish restaurant. Photos and video posted online show bodies scattered on the floor and victims being helped at Placa de Catalunya after the van struck people on a crowded pavement. Read next: Star...

Thousands of Cornish students received their A Level exam results today – with cheers and tears being witnessed all across the duchy. For many an exciting future is on the horizon after a nervy experience with those brown envelopes and early signs show that Cornish students achieved remarkable triumphs. Many will now be considering whether to undertake training, enter the workforce, go to university or even join the forces – but one thing is for sure, Cornwall is very proud of...

Lifeguards saved 15 body boarders in a mass rescue at Crantock only days before a 27-year-old man died after being swept out to sea at the beach, it has emerged.The holidaymaker, named as Oneil 'Kenny' Din, died after getting into difficulty in a rip tide at Crantock on Tuesday night (August 15).He was among a group of three males who got into trouble; the other two swimmers are not believed to be seriously injured.Now it has emerged that RNLI lifeguards saved the lives of over a dozen...

A leading voice in Coverack has warned that it's going to take a long time for life in the village to return back to normal exactly one month after devastated floods swept through the village.Residents of Coverack and surrounding communities are only now beginning the long recovery process and counting the costs from the savage floods of July 18.Councillor Bill Frisken OBE has praised the work of Cornwall Council and Cormac in getting the road reopen in just five days, but says some residents...