An £80,000 appeal has been launched to help raise funds for a refurbishment project at the Carn Brea Leisure Centre swimming pool which hasn't had a significant upgrade in more than 40 years. Bosses said the pools were "fast becoming unfit for purpose" and would not be able to operate much longer without the repairs and improvements as part of the major refurbishment. The project to transform the ageing pool into a bigger, better environment for swimmers is due to start on...

It's showtime! Thousands of visitors are expected to flood through the gates of the Royal Cornwall Showground for the biggest event in the Cornish calendar today. The Royal Cornwall Show is a massive annual get-together for the farming community and businesses across Cornwall and attracts upwards of 120,000 people over three days to the Wadebridge showground. This main attraction is the agricultural show itself, which has an increasing number of animals each year, entered into the hundreds...

A driver caught in traffic after a horrific crash on the A38 which killed three men has made a formal complaint to police over how long the road was closed. A police officer told The Herald the Devon and Cornwall Police Force received the complaint after the triple fatal crash, which saw the Plymouth-bound carriageway closed for more than 14 hours.The road was closed to allow for a "full and thorough" investigation and recovery work to take place – which the officer said they...

A surfer from Devon is thought to be the first person to ever be attacked by a shark in British waters after he fought off a shark which bit him on the leg. Teacher Rich Thomson, 30, said the shark "grabbed me on the leg" at Bantham in South Devon and he turned to see it on his thigh, wriggling its head from side to side.Speaking to the BBC, he said: "I hit it on the head and it swam off. My hand was cut to pieces."Read more: Meet the Cornish surfer named one of the best in...

It started with a closed door. That story about Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Helston and the Conservative Party's refusal to allow Cornwall Live to film the visit kick-started our election coverage and put us at the centre of the campaign in Cornwall from the beginning. There has been heckling of the Foreign Secretary in St Ives, a uniquely Cornish campervan tour of all six constituencies, the embarrassing gaff by a Lib Dem and a series of live hustings which have enabled people to...

The family of one of the three men who died in a horror crash on the A38 has paid tribute to a "terrific" person. Trevor Gorman was one of three men killed when the van they were in overturned on the dual carrigaeway near Plymouth. Marshall Arnott and Zachary Graham also lost their lives. Read more: Latest YouGov General Election poll Cornwall says this Cornwall seat is too close to call The men, all in their early 20s, were employed by R&M Utility and Engineering Services and...

The controversial bid for Truro to become a European Capital of Culture in 2023 has been officially ditched by Cornwall Council. The new leader of Cornwall Council, Adam Paynter, had previously expressed his view that it was too late in the day to build an effective bid for the coveted title despite widespread backing by Cornwall's arts and heritage scene. In his recent speech at the Cornwall Council annual meeting on May 23, Mr Paynter articulated the importance of culture and creative...

More support has been pouring in for a father of two from Newquay who is fighting for his life in hospital after being attacked in the street. Primary school teacher Ryan Polmounter, from St Newlyn East, remains in a critical condition following a serious assault which happened in the early hours of Monday, May 29. The 32-year-old St Mawgan Primary School teacher was punched in the head during an attack at the junction of Beach Road and Gover Lane sometime between 4.30am and 4.40am. Read...

The Royal Cornwall Show gets under way tomorrow and thousands of visitors will fill the show field, paddocks and stands for the biggest event in the county. The show is held over three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 8, 9 and 10, near Wadebridge. It is now in its 223rd year and upwards of 120,000 people will visit the event across the three days. But wellies are looking like they will be needed on the first day.The forecast is for rain on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning,...

Day six of our tour saw us arrive in the stunning coastal town of Charlestown to speak to people within the Newquay and St Austell constituency. Driving down the narrow road through the high street in our sunshine coloured campervan, Peggy, kindly loaned to us by the Cornwall Camper Company, we were taken back by the beauty of the charming town. Read more: MP candidate Sheryll Murray faces backlash from appalled constituents after hustings video It was early in the morning as we arrived but...

The latest YouGov opinion poll released ahead of the General Election is predicting the Conservatives will fall 24 seats short of a majority and says the St Ives seat is too close to call between Conservative candidate Derek Thomas and Lib Dem Andrew George. The YouGov poll is predicting the Conservatives to win 302 seats with a majority of 42%, with Labour in second place, taking 269 seats and 38% of the vote. This would mean a loss of 29 seats for the Conservatives and a gain of 37 seats...

Holidaymakers found themselves in a sticky situation when his campervan got stuck hanging over a cliff edge. Three fire engines from Tolvaddon and Perranporth were called to the cliff road at Trevellas near St Agnes after receiving a call from a campervan owner who found himself in a precarious situation. It is understood the driver had struggled to make it around the steep, sharp turn out of the valley and ended up with the rear wheel hanging over the edge. Read more: Schemes hope to end...

The new Cabinet at Cornwall Council has been revealed following the Liberal Democrats forming a coalition with independent councillors. Adam Paynter, leader of the Liberal Democrat group, was appointed leader of the council after the recent elections and he has now unveiled his top team - more than a month after the local elections.Read next: 15 brilliant things to look forward to in Cornwall in the next five yearsIt is split evenly among the two groups which form the administration with...

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of the director of a yachting management company accused of the manslaughter of four sailors, including one from Torpoint, who died when the Cheeki Rafiki capsized in the North Atlantic. The yacht lost its keel as the crew were returning the 40ft yacht from Antigua to the UK in May 2014 when it got into trouble more than 700 miles from Nova Scotia. Read more: Latest General Election 2017 odds show voters in Cornwall could pull off a surprise result On...

Hundreds of voters in Plymouth have been left without postal voting forms just days before the General Election. Plymouth City Council says it has reissued "around 370 replacement ballot packs" to those who have contacted them and urged anyone still missing one to call their offices. The local authority claimed it had sent out all the forms in accordance with the regulations, adding that this had been "confirmed by our printers". Both it and Royal Mail are now...

Two off-duty lifeguards came to the rescue of a body-border was in difficulty in choppy waters off the coast of Padstow. RNLI lifeguard Dan Wickins and lifeboat crew member James Swabey were surfing together at Trevone Bay near Padstow when they spotted the body-border struggling to keep his head above the water in rip currents. The pair noticed that the body-boarder was stuck far out in a rip current and getting washed towards the rocks by large waves. Read next: Intruder breaks through...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died when he crashed into a cow. The fatal collision took place on a rural road near Bideford in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services were called to the on the A386 near Monkleigh just after 2am to reports of the collision between a motorbike and a cow. The male motorcyclist sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Read more: Pedestrian hit by car in Truro left with suspected fractured leg Read...

The three young footballers who were tragically killed in a crash on the A38 have been named as their families and friends paid tribute. Heartbreakingly, one of them was just about to propose to his girlfriend, with whom he had a four month old daughter. Marshall Arnott, Zachary Graham and Trevor Gorman have been named locally as the men who died after the van they were in overturned on the dual carriageway yesterday afternoon. The friends, aged 20, 22, and 24, were all keen...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Wednesday, June 7, 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. If you've seen something going...

A picturesque harbour and popular tourist attraction in Cornwall should be left to fall into the sea rather than be repaired, according to an academic. Professor Caitlin DeSilvey used the example of Mullion Cove harbour to argue that that some heritage sites cannot be always be preserved in the face of climate change and falling budgets. She said that if heritage has to be lost, this should not always be viewed as a failure – but can involve a deliberate decision to allow nature to...