A woman who needed a new kidney has backed a campaign to change the law on organ donation. Tracy Carroll, from Helston, said her successful transplant had allowed her to lead a healthy and happy life. She has just returned from competing at the World Transplant Games in Malaga, where she won two silver and two bronze medals in her swimming events for Great Britain. And she is adding her voice to those calling for a change on organ donation – so that people have to opt out, rather...

Another academic year has come to an end and it's time to get yourself a summer job. Here are the exciting roles available in Cornwall right now. Harbour Lights, Falmouth Falmouth's much-loved chippy is among the best in the country The award-winning chippy is looking for some extra help for the busy tourist season. There are both full and part-time roles available for those who enjoy being part of a dynamic team within a fast paced workplace. Harbour Lights scooped the Independent...

Cornwall's oldest cider producer is promising summertime in a bottle with the launch of its new premium cider. Cornish Gold has been created by the team at Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm with three decades of cider know-how behind the traditional tipple. With two flavours to enjoy - an apple 4.5% original blend and a dash of tropical fruit in the 6.2% oak matured version - the maker says it is the perfect choice for anyone wanting to take in the Cornish sunshine. Read more: 11 reasons why you...

Police in St Columb Major say elderly residents are being tormented by youths in the town. Officers received reports of the culprits hammering on the windows of elderly residents late at night, as well as climbing on the tractor shed roof in the St Columb Major recreation ground. Read next: Cornwall police is recruiting and here's how you can join the forceThe incidents come hot on the heels of similar ones in May, when police received reports of "a gang of youths" turning on taps,...

Police arriving at a house where a man had been repeatedly stabbed and slashed with a Stanley knife found the walls splashed with blood. A court heard how Adam Halvorsen had been stabbed in the hand, arm, shoulder and leg during a fight with Toby Campbell at the house in Penryn. Mr Halvorsen needed surgery after one stab wound severed a tendon in his arm and cut an artery during the incident in December. A blood-stained Stanley knife was found beside an overturned Christmas tree on the first...

Today is International Bikini Day! Women's swimwear changed forever when the first bikini was invented in 1946 - 71 years ago this month - and made an appearance at a poolside fashion show in Paris. A French engineer named Louis Réard created the risqué two-piece, "smaller than the world's smallest swimsuit". Read more: Five jobs with salaries over £20k in Cornwall right now For International Bikini Day, here is a fitting history of your favourite swimsuit's...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Wednesday, July 5, 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 Hannah. If you've seen...

In just one month a total of 246 crimes were reported to police in St Austell, including 90 antisocial behaviour offences. There were a range of offences reported in the area we examined, which stretches from Carlyon Bay to St Mewan, according to the latest figures available from Devon and Cornwall Police.In just 30 days, 90 antisocial behaviour offences were reported. There was also a shocking number of violent crimes, with a total of 53 incidents reported under the category of violence and...

Emergency services were kept busy this evening after three crashes took place within an hour of one another, causing extra delays for rush-hour commuters.While traffic across Cornwall can be slow during rush hour, three accidents that took place between 5.30pm and 6.30pm added to drive times this evening.Read more: Woman who died after car crashed into 22 cars named by policeThe first crash happened on the A394 near Rame.The road was said to be just passable after a crash involving a car and a...

Release date:  Tue, 04/07/2017 (All day) Main image:  Summary:  A rare satellite tag from a Spanish deep-water shark has been discovered washed up in West Cornwall, prompting marine experts from Cornwall Wildlife Trust to uncover the mystery of its origin and return this valuable piece of equipment back to the scientists who sent it out to sea.

At the beginning of June, a member of the public stumbled upon an unusual find lying amongst the seaweed on Cape Cornwall. On presenting it to marine experts at the Trust, it was discovered that it was in fact a wildlife satellite tag, used on animals to discover more about their ecology and behaviour in the wild. Using the international phone number provided on the side of the tag, clumsy conversations in broken Spanish lead to the discovery that this tag had been placed on a deep water shark over four years previously off the coast of Spain near Santander.

Abby Crosby, Marine Conservation Officer for Cornwall Wildlife Trust, says

“Finding something as exciting as a deep water shark satellite tag which can uncover the secrets of the deep is like a dream come true for any marine biologist or enthusiast. We know so little about the ocean and the species which live in them particularly in the ocean depths, so I knew immediately that this tag was valuable not only in cost but in the data that it held and that the scientist who deployed it would want to have back."

The electronic tag belongs to a project at the Oceanographic Centre of Santander in northern Spain, financed by the National Program of Research (2011-2016) and named DEEPCON. The main objective of DEEPCON project was to study the connectivity between deep-water marine areas based on shark populations. 

The sharks investigated during this research were the leafscale gulper shark, and the Portuguese dogfish, due to these species being extremely vulnerable to fishing exploitation and other anthropogenic threats. The sharks were tagged on board fishing boats, which sailed from a village called San Vicente de la Barquera in north Spain. The tag found here in Cornwall was attached to a leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) on the 13 June of 2013. It was fixed on a male of 118 cm total length and programmed to release after 90 days. It worked and detached from the shark on 13 September 2013. Once on the surface it started to send data via satellites to the scientists. What was discovered was that the shark had traveled at least 548 nautical miles in a straight line from its origin point. This was an incredible finding, a first for this species, giving important evidence for the first time that this animal could travel such long distances. It also showed the shark lived between 800 and 14000 meters - an inhabitable depth for most species with darkness and immense pressure.

Abby Crosby continues,

“Since 13th September 2013, after nearly four years of floating in the ocean, it arrived at Cape Cornwall here in Cornwall, and by pure chance it was picked up by a member of the public, making it quite an amazing story. You never know what you will find when out walking on our Cornish beaches, and if this doesn’t motivate you to explore our wonderful coastline I am not sure what will!”

About 57 % of the data recorded was received by satellite from the tag back in 2013 until the battery ran out. Now that the marine biologists have recovered the tag there is a chance that the full dataset will be downloaded to tell us more about this fascinating creatures, however after 4 years at sea it was a little damaged. Either way, superb results have been gathered already to giving us an invaluable insight into the ecology of these elusive animals.
 

A head teacher who failed to tell employers of her school handyman husband's police caution for stealing women's underwear has been banned from the classroom. Sarah Cooke was principal of Foxhole Academy primary school near St Austell where her spouse, Peter Cooke, carried out maintenance work. Mr Cooke was also caught by neighbours watching pornography and masturbating in his Newquay garden in front of a teenage boy and subsequently handed a suspended three-month jail term in November. Read...

The canopy of a St Austell kebab shop was set alight in the early hours of the morning. Two fire engines attended Kings Kebab and Pizza at around 3am this morning (July 4). Read more: Fisherman's Friends' Jon Cleave told by doctors to stop performing after fainting spells A spokesman for St Austell Community Fire Service said: "Two appliances from St Austell attended the incident. The canopy of Kings Kebabs was on fire. "The crews used one hose-reel to extinguish the fire and...

The debate over a proposal to turn a town council-owned park into a car park has been relaunched after visitors were slammed for parking like 'morons'.The tourist season has started and across the duchy, the closest roads to Cornish attractions are often packed, creating parking frustrations for locals.Over the weekend, Bodmin Jail had a good turnout - and the resultant chaos restarted a debate on its proposal to turn Hillside Park into a paying car park.Read more: Bodmin Jail works hotel and...

The RNLI has issued a warning to beachgoers after a woman was seriously injured from a rock fall near Padstow. Lifeguards were just setting up for their patrols at Harlyn at about 10am when they were alerted to a woman who had been injured by heavy falling rocks at a neighbouring bay. The casualty had just arrived at the beach with her family, who were holidaying in the area, when the incident happened. Read next: Major land and sea operation launched to search for a 'vulnerable' missing...

A new luxury holiday complex has been opened in Constantine Bay just in time for the summer holidays - and dogs even go free. Martha's Orchard consists of two houses, one sleeping up to ten and the other up to eight, and seven top quality lodges, four of which have hot tubs and all sleeping up to six in three separate bedrooms. All of the properties welcome two dogs free of charge – with dog treats, blankets, towels and bowls all provided. Dog crates can also be supplied on request....

Looking for work or the next step in your career? Here's how you can pick up an annual salary of at least £20,000 in Cornwall. IT support technician, LiskeardA permanent and full time role as IT and database support technician is available in Liskeard, through Recruitment Genius.The role is based at an unnamed international gift wholesaler which is looking to add to its current IT team of three in East Taphouse.Read next: Current job vacancies in CornwallCandidates are required to have...

A family who were facing £300 in fines for parking for 12 minutes outside a Starbucks coffee shop have been told they do not have to pay the money. Starbucks said it had spoken with the private company which enforces parking controls in the car park of its shop just off the Chiverton Cross roundabout on the A30. The family decided to meet at the shop as a rendezvous but when they went to buy a coffee they discovered the shop had recently closed for the day. After saying their...

Sainsbury's is recalling a batch of Alpro soya growing up milk it due to possible sterilisation issues. Testing by Alpro show there are some curdling issues with a small batch. A statement from Alpro said: "Alpro has recalled four pallets of its litre UHT packs of Growing Up Drink from Sainsbury's following quality control testing by the company. Although no consumer complaints have been received, quality testing of production samples has identified a curdling issue with a small batch...

You might not be aware of this but Wetherspoons pubs in Cornwall do indeed have a dress code. Wearing pyjamas or tracksuit bottoms may not have got you booted out of your local Spoons but that's because the dress code is in fact quite lax. According to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on the company's website, the dress code is just that - you have to be dressed. So no sneaking off to the Try Dowr on Lemon Quay in your birthday suit or a mere leather thong next time you are in...

The family and friends of a Penzance builder are still celebrating after watching him secure a date – in Santorini no less - on the new series of Blind Date. Ben Reeve, 31, was chosen by Gemma from Manchester on the revamped version of the classic dating show. The episode was filmed two months ago and he told Cornwall Live that it was a nightmare keeping it a secret from family, but they all gathered around him on Saturday to see the programme pan out. Read more: Marazion death: police...