The family of an elderly widow whose car was damaged when a driver allegedly hit his stationary vehicle and drove off without stopping is appealing for information to find the driver responsible. Ronald Jenkins, 84, was left "shocked and shaken" after the incident in Launcells near Bude on Friday lunchtime. He claims, what they now believe is a blue Ford Focus Gear, was headed towards him as he shortly after he left his home in Hersham when he pulled over to let them through, but...

The magic and mayhem of Mazey Day returned to Penzance today, drowning out the mizzle with a healthy dose of merriment and mega parades. The Golowan Civic Procession kicked off the day at 10am, though traders, street entertainers and, of course, the organisers had definitely been kept busy prior to then. Town mayor, Dick Cliffe, addressed the morning crowds wishing everyone a joyous day. He then introduced the Mock Mayors - Sir Benjamin Netton (Graham Mills) and Lady Slinky Kaput (Lizzie...

A pub which closed without any notice is set to reopen and its new tenant only wants one thing - bring it back to life for the community. The Mount Ambrose Inn near Redruth closed last year a year after its landlord of 16 years Rob Gordon took his own life following a bout of depression. The pub was taken over by Sam Gordon and his husband Mike Bettone for a while only to close down in 2016. The well-known community pub was purchased by Redruth brewery Keltek along with The Railway Inn in...

Devon and Cornwall's police and crime commissioner is set to appoint a Conservative colleague who she worked with during her local council days as her deputy, at a cost to the taxpayer of around £30,000. Back in April Alison Hernandez, who is on an £85,000 salary, said she was considering appointing a deputy commissioner to share the workload, which would also including increased scrutiny and has now announced fellow Conservative and Torbay councillor Mark Kingscote will be her...

Demolition work has begun to remove the crane which crashed to the ground at Falmouth Docks last month which led to a mass evacuation and 200 metre exclusion zone as firefighters dealth with the aftermath. On May 10 a major incident was declared after the arm came crashing to the ground, landing on gas canisters on the wharf below which were leaking and there was a risk of explosion. The crane, which was built in 1956 and weighs 600 tons and can lift up to 50 tons, was being used to take...

For those searching for a seaside home within striking distance of Plymouth city centre while providing a gateway to the rest of Cornwall, Looe presents itself as the perfect location. Locals to South East Cornwall will already know that this historic fishing port is a lovely place to live. Its dramatic landscape of steep hills punctuated by property, cocoons the heart of the town, where narrow cobbled streets border a working harbour, sandy beach and the River Looe, which flows between East...

Falmouth's first lifeboat arrived 150 years ago and since then the town's volunteer crews have been on more than 2,500 shouts saving 440 lives. This year Falmouth Lifeboat station celebrates its 150th anniversary with a whole host of events which look back at its history as well as looking at its future with a new fundraising appeal. To mark the occasion Simon Culliford, deputy lifeboat press officer, and David Barnicoat, master mariner, former lifeboat volunteer and retired pilot, have...

A Falmouth sailor has returned from an eventful 8,000 mile journey from Canada to Cornwall to bring back a classic sailing boat he rescued and restored. Simon Allan, a former winner of the Musto Cruising Award, spent eight months with a crew bringing the 105year-old classic Edwardian yawl Anne Marie, built in 1911 by Harris Brothers of Rowhedge Essex, back home. After an eventful journey of thousands of miles along the Pacific coasts of North and Central America, the Caribbean and the North...

Take a look inside the new Beefeater Carnon Inn as it welcomes guests to the "ultimate dining experience". There's good news for steak lovers across the county with the arrival of a brand new Beefeater restaurant in Truro. The restaurant is seeking to appeal to the masses with what is hyped to be a "mouth-watering menu" that caters for all, set within a light and welcoming environment. Guests are be welcomed by a fresh look showcased both inside and out, with the venue...

Drivers are facing long delays on the A30 this lunchtime, with queueing traffic reported in both directions around the roadworks at Temple. The queue heading eastbound starts around two miles before the A38 junction at Bodmin, while drivers heading west face a long delay as they approach the roadworks. Regular users of the road will be relieved to hear that there sghould only be another two weekends of delays on the busy route, as the roadworks are due to end on Friday, July 14th. Read...

A warning has been issued to parents over a new 'stalkerish' tracker brought out on Snapchat that allows people to see exactly where their friends are. The new Snap Map enables people to see in real time, not only the town and street, but even the house the user is in. When you click it asks you to share your location in order to view the map and you then get the option to have your location shown to friends, everyone who follows you on Snapchat, or to be in 'ghost' mode so nobody can see...

Cornwall's historic and illustrious connection with smuggling is something that has seduced, inspired and bewitched locals and tourists alike. This has led local author, Terry Townsend, to publish his new book West Cornwall: Smugglers' Pubs'. We have been speaking with him about the area's criminal past. Cornishmen and women had little regard for central government during the golden age of smuggling, thought to be between 1750-1830, or for the central government and a remote King who imposed...

In just three weeks' time, the new plastic ten pound note will be formally unveiled. The launch event will be held on July 18, the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, who will become the only woman featured on the back of a note. It will offer the first opportunity to see the new polymer note ahead of its introduction into circulation in September. It is expected to cause a similar stir to the new £5 note when it was introduced in September last year. Read more: A new Marks...

Review by Richard Whitehouse Debbie Harry - icon, music legend and now Queen bee of the Eden Sessions. Striding onto the stage wearing bees on her head and a cape with the legend "Stop f***ing the planet" on the back it's clear that Debbie Harry and Blondie have lost none of their spirit. And launching straight into One Way Or Another it was clear that this was going to be the crowd pleasing set that everyone had been hoping for. And when you have a back catalogue which has...

Here's some Gouda news all cheese lovers can rejoice about. One Cornish cheese maker has seen its business mature nicely after picking up a deal with a classy supermarket chain - in the north of England. The Cornish Gouda Company in Lanreath was only created in 2012 when Giel Spierings, then aged 19, came home to his family dairy farm from college to find a 'For Sale' sign on the gate. The farm was no longer profitable for his parents to continue to run the business they had moved from the...

It's always one of the most colourful days of the year, and this year's Mazey Day celebrations in Penzance promise to be no exception to that rule. Costumes, giant puppets, drinking hats and dancing shoes will fill the streets in west Cornwall, and we will be there to bring you all of the fun and festivities. Our reporter Tom Gainey is at the heart of the celebrations, as is our photo journalist Greg Martin, and they will capture the atmosphere of a uniquely Cornish day. Read more: Mazey Day...

Meet the A&E doctor behind the smallest vacuum cleaner in the world now hoping to bring rat-catching into the 21st century with a humane electric pest control innovation. Dr Toby Bateson, an emergency doctor at Royal Cornwall Hospital, has designed RatMat which he describes as the world's first humane electrified rodent repellent flooring. The local inventor and entrepreneur is aiming to raise £65,000 through the New York-based global project fundraising platform Kickstarter to...

West Cornwall is rejoicing as Mazey Day madness is already kicking off in Penzance. The Saturday event of the midsummer Golowan festival is considered by many to be the finest day of the year - and who can blame them, especially when you see 2017's line up. Mazey Day, launched each year by the Mayor of Penzance and the Mock Mayor of the Quay, is the centrepiece of the festival, in which artists, schools and other community groups fill the streets with music and giant sculptures in a series...

From bomb hoaxers to TV licence dodgers, magistrates in Truro have dealt with a wide variety of cases in the past few weeks. Other charges considered by the bench have included assault, drink driving, speeding and driving without insurance. Here is a list of some of the cases heard by magistrates in the city in the past two weeks: ROBERT SHANE BURNS, 45, of City Road, Truro, was found guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court on June 14 of assaulting Cons Michael Ayepe, a community support...

Police are seeking the help of the public to search for a 36-year-old missing man from Penzance. Adam Dickinson-Knight was last seen wearing shorts (possibly a beige colour), a red and black Quiksilver cap, sunglasses and brown ankle boots. Read next: Is the fine layer of yellow dust covering Cornwall cars coming from the Sahara Desert? Adam is described as a white, 36-year-old male with short mousy brown hair with some grey. He is around 5ft 4in tall and of a medium build. Police say...