A date has been set for when the new supersized Lidl supermarket will open in Penzance.The German discounter has been building a new store to replace its ageing site in Western Promenade Road.The new, much larger, store will replace the now defunct Jewsons builders' merchants store also along Western Promenade Road and the current site will go on sale.The company said the new store will create 20 additional jobs.A spokesman for Lidl said: "It will be a sustainable 1690sqm store, will create...

The chairman of Camborne 's business improvement district (BID) has urged shops to pay up and reap the benefits after several businesses wound up in court for not paying their levy.Mobilezone UK LTD, Reloved Cornwall LTD and Boots the Chemist, all located on Trelowarren Street in the town, recently appeared at Bodmin Magistrates' Court, with a number of liability orders made as a result of the appearances.Following the hearings, BID Camborne chairman Mel Martin said debt recovery is a last...

You only have to read the comments on Cornwall Live's story about the sad and sudden death of Noel Krishnan yesterday to realise he was one of the county's biggest characters and one who will be sadly missed for years to come.The name Noel Krishnan may not mean much to you, but as Sunny – the nickname everyone knew him by for the past 33 years in Cornwall – he was a hugely respected and much-loved figure in Mid Cornwall.It's sadly fitting that Sunny should have breathed his last in...

Newquay Zoo has welcomed three meerkat kittens into the world, which are being looked after by the mob in the burrows of their enclosure.The kittens have been born into the zoo's existing group of 15 meerkats and parenting will be a group effort, as it would in the wild.The zoo has been keeping meerkats since 1994 and so far there have been 71 kittens born there. Staff at Newquay Zoo are hopeful that more will be bred in the coming years.Read more: Indian restaurateur and councillor Sunny dies...

Japanese Knotweed can grow up to 20cm a day and has been reportedly causing problems in gardens throughout towns including Falmouth, Penzance, Camborne, Redruth and St Austell.Certain 'unscientific' and 'quick-fix' advice is being scrutinised for putting homeowners at risk, leading to financial and legal liabilities with weed that can lay dormant for years.It is the legal responsibility of homeowners to remove the plant if it appears in their gardens, with the risk of ASBOs being handed out to...

Authorities in Wadebridge say they are fed up with the ongoing vandalism in the town after benches and the library were targeted in the latest wave of criminal damage.Several benches in the children's play area at Egloshayle playing fields were ripped from their fixings only a day after being fitted, while a vandal has also been forced to pay for damage caused to the library after it was captured on CCTV.Last month Wadebridge Town Council issued a statement pleading with members of the public to...

Police have launched a murder investigation following a stabbing at Plymouth Railway Station. Officers have confirmed that a man, thought to be between 40 and 50, has died after he was stabbed at the station entrance at about 10am this morning. Police are now urging anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. A 29-year-old Plymouth man, who sustained minor injuries in the incident, has been arrested and remains in custody. Officers from British Transport Police were called to the...

A mask and snorkel, a dog, perfume for the newborn baby and a football shirt are among the bizarre items parents-to-be have brought with them into the birthing suite at their local hospital.While wanting a front-row view of the birth inside the birthing pool might be a laudable - albeit odd - thing, many parents are being influenced by friends, social media and companies to take with them all sorts of products they might not need or, worse still, items which could put newborn babies at...

What better way to spend a summer's evening than cycling to the pub?But what are the rules for cycling and drinking alcohol?Firstly, it is illegal to ride a bicycle on a road or other public places while unfit through alcohol.So if under the influence of drink and not in proper control of the bike, you are committing an offence.The advice given is not to drink alcohol if you intend to cycle.Read more: Sales of 'illegal' weight loss products probed in Cornwall - here's what we know so farThe...

A 14ft man-eating snake named Satan caused a block of flats to be evacuated amid widespread panic when she escaped into the vents.A major hunt for the giant African Rock Python - dubbed the 'man eater' - was launched at just before midnight on Friday.The Exeter flats, run by Devon Community Homes, were evacuated - with one man even fleeing to sleep in his car - after the snake, which had not eaten for a month, escaped. The reptile was eventually found by owner Samuel Maule, 20, 48 hours later...

Emergency services are at Plymouth railway station where there are reports a man has been arrested and another is in an ambulance. A man in his thirties has been taken to hospital after being stabbed on the concourse at Plymouth station this morning. British Transport Police officers were called at 10am and attended alongside Devon and Cornwall Police and the South Western Ambulance Service. The victim was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries considered to be life threatening. A...

It's not hard to see why many regard Cornwall as the foodie capital of the UK.We're lucky to have some of the nation's top chefs serving up culinary delights in hotels and restaurants across the county, alongside heart pub grub and stellar local ales.Here's how you can become a part of the thriving food and drink industry.Food and beverage manager, St ColumbRetallack Resort is recruiting a food and beverage manager with a salary of £25k-£27k up for grabs.The successful candidate will...

A mum has spoken of her horror at not being able to wake up her baby at an inquest in Truro. The investigation into the death of four-week-old baby Cooper, who died after sustaining skull fractures and whose father killed himself while under suspicion of his murder, is in its second day. The inquest of Cooper Eddie Johnson-Hicks was opened by senior coroner for Cornwall Emma Carlyon yesterday (August 7) and she is expected to deliver her conclusions on Wednesday. Cooper's mother, Miss...

A nine-year-old girl has been putting skaters twice her age to shame by ripping it up at her local skate park in Saltash.Fearless, Lola tilts her board over drops four-feet high at the Junkyard skate park and flies off at what must feel like 50 miles per hour."It feels like I can fly. You go really fast," she said.Lola started skating three years ago when her natural curiosity got the best of her."I watched this guy called Matt Beer and I saw him skateboarding. I asked him if I...

A PC is ready to get on her roller skates in West Cornwall with the aim of working with youngsters and discouraging them from getting involved in antisocial behaviour.PC Jodie Fellows, a youth intervention officer, will be patrolling skate parks in the Truro , Camborne and Penzance areas on her roller skates armed with support service leaflets, police contact details, stickers and fingerprinting sheets for younger children.PC Fellows said: "As youth intervention officer, most young people...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Tuesday, August 8, 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 Charlotte. If you've seen...

A stunning drone video has been shared to reveal major renovations at the UK's first ever commercial dirt park, The Track near Portreath.The site at Parc Erissey first opened in 2006 as little more than a flat field with a couple of bike jumps, but this year the park has undergone a complete transformation.After months of hard work the transformation is complete and the park has been reopened, unveiling bigger and better jumps, new camping facilities, a games area and improvements to the...

A four-week-old baby sustained "unsurvivable" injuries after being dropped by his father at home in St Blazey, an inquest has heard.Newborn Cooper Eddie Johnson-Hicks was found to have fractures to his skull and ribs by paediatric consultants when he was conveyed to hospital around four hours later.His parents Tristan Hicks, 20, and 22-year-old Bryony Johnson, were arrested on suspicion of murder shortly after the death of their son.Two days after being released on police bail for the...

Today marks the 75th anniversary of Bodmin's biggest WW2 tragedy, which tore a family apart and destroyed some of the town's major buildings.The relative calm of Bodmin was shattered on August 7, 1942, at around 1.20pm, when two German Focke Wulf 190 aircraft dropped bombs in a working-class quarter of the town.Within moments of this mini-blitz Bodmin's gasworks were ablaze and both aircraft were sweeping in low through the valley, each dropping a 500lb bomb and strafing with cannon fire.One...

Cornwall Council's Trading Standards team is investigating after former Miss England finalist Charlotte Thomson admitted selling weight-loss products she claims are illegal.The company, Valentus, employs representatives around the world to promote and sell weight-loss products including "Slim Roast Weightloss Coffee".The product is being sold in Cornwall by a number of representatives, including Miss Thomson, who joined the team in January.She confessed in a Facebook Live post that...