A pedestrian was taken to hospital with a suspected lower leg fracture after being hit by a car in the centre of Truro. Part of the city centre was closed off to traffic after a "serious accident" at lunchtime on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to Boscawen Street at the back of the Hall for Cornwall at 11.41am to reports of a road traffic collision outside City Hall.Two ambulances and a paramedic car along with police officers were on scene where a casualty was treated before...

This is the moment £50,000 worth of DJ equipment went up in smoke at a Truro retail park this afternoon. A fire broke out in a vehicle belonging to Marcellus Hocking, aka Fonzi, who runs a fast food truck in the car park at Threemilestone retail park. Fonzi, who was on his way to Leeds for a friend's funeral, was inundated with messages and texts as the incident unfolded. He told Cornwall Live: "The van is a total wreck. My DJ equipment caught light. That is £50,000...

From castles to seaside cafes, Cornwall's polling stations are in some weird and wonderful places. The majority of the hundreds of places where you can cast your vote on Thursday, June 8, are fairly ordinary, such as schools, community centres and church halls. However because polling stations have to be located near to where constituents live and there is not always a suitable municipal building available, it has prompted some creative solutions. Read next: Full list of General Election...

The fifth day of our tour saw us head to Cornwall's industrial constituency, full of heritage and history; Redruth and Camborne. Two years ago was an interesting election for this constituency with Labour candidate and former showbiz agent Michael Foster receiving backing from a number of well-known celebrities including Ross Kemp. Read more: MP candidate Sheryll Murray faces backlash from appalled constituents after hustings video Despite best efforts it was Conservative George Eustice...

Summer's upon us - meaning many of us will be jetting off on our holidays soon. And as if that wasn't enough reason to make you smile, a change in legislation means you will likely be able to use your mobile phone device abroad - just as if you were in the UK. Roaming charges from mobile operators will be abolished this month and legislation making companies more responsible for monitoring financial rules will make it harder to fund terrorism, too. Read next: Heartbroken girlfriend's tribute...

The heartbroken girlfriend of one of the men killed in a crash on the A38 says a part of him will always live on through their four-month-old baby girl. Marshall Arnott, aged 20, has been named locally as one of the three men who died after a van overturned on the A38 near Plymouth on Monday afternoon. Police have now confirmed that men aged 20, 22, and 24 lost their lives in the tragic accident. Read more: A38 crash at Plymouth kills three people as van overturns and tributes paidThe fatal...

A community hub could emerge from the crumbling wreck of a railway station in Cornwall. There have been plans in the works for years to revamp what was the waiting room at Saltash station, which has not served as part of the rail network for more than 30 years. Now Saltash Town Council has announced that an offer to buy the building, which has changed hands twice in the past decade, from the current owner has been accepted. The council had previously considered using a Compulsory Purchase...

A court has heard how a fisherman terrified a couple after he tried to set fire to their home in a neighbour dispute. The 21-year-old appeared at Truro Crown Court, which heard he had applied a flammable liquid against the couple's front door during the night. Jordan Lee Johnstone, of Rosparvah Gardens, Penzance, pleaded guilty to a charge of arson while being reckless to the damage or endangering lives. The court heard he caused £1,500 of damage to the door of Elaine Pascoe last...

At 10pm on Thursday, the polls will close the counting gets under way to decide who will form the UK's next Government. Cornwall Live will be delivering the first and best coverage of the General Elections as they emerge with live blogs and the latest news of what's happening in the county and beyond. After the polls close, ballot boxes from polling stations across Cornwall will be gathered at two locations for counting. Truro and Falmouth and Camborne and Redruth, will be counted in...

Part of Truro city centre has been shut off to vehicles after a "serious accident" this lunchtime. Traffic experts Inrix say: "Prince's Street in both directions closed, very slow traffic due to serious accident at Boscawen Street, congestion on A390 Morlaix Avenue to Quay Street." We've been sent photos from the scene which show emergency services - paramedics and police - crowded around someone on the ground while ambulances wait. Our reporter Mike is headed to the...

Polling day is looming and this is the list of candidates for Cornwall's seats in the General Election. In the last General Election, just two years ago in 2015, numerous alternative parties gave the main groups a run for their money with one ballot paper listing a choice of up to nine. Read more: Cornwall Live Campervan Election Tour - Truro and Falmouth But this time the ballot paper is considerably shorter with just three names on two constituency lists, four on two and five on...

Anyone who has been in or near Helston is used to seeing military aircraft in the skies around RNAS Culdrose – but an unusual flight by two veteran aircraft certainly turned a few heads. The sight of the old Jetstream aeroplane and an old variant Sea King helicopter being airlifted by a Chinook helicopter was captured in a fascinating time-lapse video by photographer Bob Sharples on behalf of the Royal Navy. You can see the video above as the giant Chinook appears to dart and dance...

We all head out for a bit of fast food once in a while, but what exactly is the worst option you could go for when choosing from the menu? As anyone knows, a burger and fries from a takeaway isn't the healthiest option, but this could give some people another reason to end their fast food relationship. One user on social media site Reddit has posed the question online and received a huge response from takeaway restaurant staff around the world. Read next: Serious accident shuts Truro city...

How well do you know the rules of the road? Most of the Highway Code comes naturally to drivers - but there are a few laws that might take you by surprise. Yes, we all know that if you speed faster than the limit or if you cross a solid white line to overtake, you're breaking the law. But there are other laws you may not even know about. In fact, some of us may regularly commit them without even realising. Read next: This is why you could face £2,500 fine and 9 penalty points for...

A busy route through Truro has been shut this morning after a fire broke out at a house near the main road. Here's the roads affected by the fire, and we will bring you live updates from the scene in our live blog which will load below. B3284 ST CLEMENT STREET - TRURO - CORNWALL Slow traffic on B3284 St Clement Street at Campfield Hill, congestion to Union Street and on Carvoza Road to Bodmin Road / Mitchell Hill.Due to house fire that has occurred at Parkins Terrace off St Clement...

Release date:  Tue, 06/06/2017 (All day) Main image:  Summary:  An extremely rare species of earthworm, only recorded once before in Britain has been discovered on Tremough Campus, Penryn during a Recording Workshop organised by the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS) who are hosted by Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

Alison Laing and Charlotte Bain, both students at the campus, found the worm while attending an ERCCIS identification workshop on earthworm recording. Matthew Shepherd from Natural England confirmed their identification of the earthworm as Aporrectodea cupulifera, which previously only had one British record, from Cumbria.

Laura Fox, ERCCIS Workshop Coordinator says,

“It is unclear whether this species truly is as rare as it seems, or merely very under-recorded. The main purpose of ERCCIS workshops is to improve skills and confidence in identifying and recording species groups in order to help fill the gaps in our knowledge.”

The specimen will be taken the Natural History Museum in London, and the record supplied to the Earthworm Society as the official national recording scheme, who share their records with the NBN and local record centres.

ERCCIS and Cornwall Wildlife Trust are always keen to hear about your wildlife sightings, anything from earthworms to humpback whales. You can share your sightings through the Online Recording Kernow and Scilly website www.ORKS.org.uk or via email to WIS@cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk.
 

A yachtsman had to be rescued by an RNLI lifeboat crew after suffering a head injury off the Cornish coast in what was described as "horrendous weather conditions". The crewman on board the Irish-registered yacht Encore suffered the injury as gale force winds swept across Cornwall over night. The boat, which was an hour out from Sennen Cove at the time, sent a distress call shortly after 6am on Tuesday (June 6). The all-weather lifeboat from Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station was...

This summer will bring the introduction of the new plastic ten pound notes – but what is happening to the millions of old ones currently changing hands? The new polymer notes are set to arrive in September, probably leading to weeks of speculation over unique serial numbers, bizarre defects and how much they make them worth. There are a 723 million paper tenners still in circulation though, but the Bank of England does have a plan to deal with them.Read next: Over £2k raised to...

The company that has gone from providing for the young to providing for the old with plans for an elderly dementia care home on the site of a former Falmouth pub said work could start as early as spring next year. It all depends on permission – first for One Red Ltd's outline application relating to access to the former Four Winds site only, which is due to be submitted this month. A scheme for purpose-built student housing on the site was refused earlier this year and the site owners...

It has been confirmed that three people have died following a serious crash on the A38 this evening. A van overturned on the Plymouth-bound carriageway of the A38. Read more: Former Cornish schoolboy and pilot killed in devastating plane crash At the time of the incident it was believed that four people had suffered serious injuries. It has been confirmed that sadly, three people have now died. The Plymouth Herald reported that the road had been closed and that three air ambulances as...