A south east Cornwall town is losing one of its two fish and chip shops which dates back decades while it is set to gain new Domino's, Subway and Wetherspoon's. One of Liskeard's popular restaurants has closed after 40 years of service. The popular Royal Cafes in The Parade at Liskeard served its final customer after 40 years on May 6.Read more: Aldi reveals plans for a brand new store in CornwallThe sad news was reported by public Facebook page Liskeardprayers, which stated: "Its owner,...

A Bude mum has spoken out about how her turbulent childhood surrounded by alcohol abuse and violence has inspired her to help other vulnerable young people by foster caring. As the oldest of four children, Louise Edmonds, 42, said she took on the role of carer for her younger siblings, "protecting them in a house where alcohol abuse and violence was present". Read more: Falmouth Docks evacuated after reports of fallen crane - live She said: "I remember feeling neglected and...

A mother and daughter have defiantly declared that they will not pay an "unfair" parking fine handed to them both despite them not actually leaving their vehicles. Cheryl Parker and her daughter Danielle, visiting from Bath, drove from Four Lanes to Falmouth on Easter Saturday, entering the Maritime Museum car park around two minutes apart. The pair then drove around for 15 minutes trying to find a parking space, before eventually throwing in the towel and leaving. Read more: This...

This is the moment a French bus got stuck across a road near Tintagel.The incident took place yesterday afternoon, around 2.30pm.The tourist bus, from the other side of the Channel, was attempting to get to Tintagel when it got stuck across the narrow road. A witness said it blocked Bowithick Hill, just off the B3263, near Trebarwith Strand.Read more: Cornwall Conservative MPs will not be charged over alleged discrepancies in election expensesThe bus got stuck yesterday afternoon.Police attended...

The death of a St Austell hairdresser, was not 'directly associated' with breast augmentation surgery she had in the weeks before she died, an inquest has heard. Kandi du Cros, a 32-year-old mother, died of multiple organ failure caused by sepsis in January 2014, the coroner's court in Truro heard, as coroner Dr Emma Carlyon gave her verdict. Kandi developed a fever and vomiting a couple of weeks after breast surgery she had undergone in the private Duchy Hospital in Truro. Read more:...

Cornwall Air Ambulance is hoping that the power of Facebook will be able to catch a crook who stole a paramedic's beloved bike from right outside his house. Critical Care Paramedic Steve Garvey had his Cinelli Strato road bike stolen from his house front door in Hayle yesterday evening and Cornwall Air Ambulance's post asking Cornwall residents to keep their eyes peeled has already been shared more than 3,000 times. Steve had just returned from a ride and whilst going to get the keys to lock...

Cornwall Air Ambulance is hoping that the power of Facebook will be able to catch a crook who stole a paramedic's beloved bike from right outside his house. Critical Care Paramedic Steve Garvey had his Cinelli Strato road bike stolen from his house front door in Hayle yesterday evening and Cornwall Air Ambulance's post asking Cornwall residents to keep their eyes peeled has already been shared more than 3,000 times. Steve had just returned from a ride and whilst going to get the keys to lock...

Emergency services were called out to a Newquay beach on Wednesday morning after a woman suffered a leg injury. The air ambulance, coastguard, RNLI volunteers and land ambulance responded after receiving a call shortly after 11am reporting that a woman had injured her leg at low tide at Bedruthan Steps. After the ambulance arrived the woman was assessed by paramedics and treated for her injuries. Read next: A popular Newquay burger restaurant has been closed down following police...

A Newquay burger restaurant has been closed down following police concerns over licence breaches and the management of the premises. Big Daddy's Gourmet Burgers, on Fore Street, has had its licence revoked following a review by council bosses. Newquay police called for the review to be undertaken due to alleged breaches of its premise licence and concerns over the management of the restaurant. Read next: Drink-driving arrest after car 'driven into the sea' at Newquay's Great Western...

An off-duty lifeguard came to the rescue of a surfer who was in difficulty in choppy waters off the coast of Padstow. RNLI lifeguard Andrew Miller was about to go for an early morning surf with a friend at Booby's Bay near Padstow when he spotted the surfer looking tired in rip currents. Friends of the man in difficulty were about to call the coastguard for help when Andrew paddled to the man's rescue in a two metre high surf. Read next: Cops make arrest after car is 'driven into the sea'...

The number of people in Devon and Cornwall who contacted Crimestoppers over the past year has increased by over 25%. The independent charity runs a UK contact centre, staffed by professionals. It guarantees that all callers or those who use the non-traceable online form remain 100% anonymous. Last year the total number of pieces of information about crime in Devon and Cornwall received by Crimestoppers rose from 2,197 to 2,984. The largest share of information relates to drug offences and...

One Cornwall Councillor is threatening to protest at a development company's latest housing site along with members of her constituency to "put people off buying their properties". The threat comes after the company failed to deliver on a play park promised to a Truro estate more than three years ago. Persimmon Homes Cornwall released a statement yesterday (Tuesday, May 9) suggesting that it would start work on the playground at Lowen Bre in four weeks' time. Read more: Aldi...

Children spray-painting on roads and pavements is usually frowned upon, but a group of Helston children have been decorating the town with yellow fish to help the local river. Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the Loe Pool Forum have teamed up with children from St Michael's C of E Primary School in Helston to keep the River Cober cleaner. Children from the school went into Helston armed with yellow spray-paint and fish-shaped stencils. They carefully sprayed fish symbols next to Helston's...

A secondary school in Truro has received a glowing Ofsted report which states its head teacher and his senior team "have improved the school significantly" since the last inspection in 2015. Penair School, in St Clement's Hill, received a judgment of good following two previous inspections of requiring improvement. The inspection panel, which visited the 900-pupil school for two days in April, graded the school as good in effectiveness of leadership, quality of teaching, learning...

Theresa May said MPs will get a free vote on lifting the current ban on fox hunting if the Conservatives win the general election. Speaking on the campaign trail in Leeds, the Prime Minister confirmed she had always been in favour of the blood sport and said there would be a free vote on lifting the ban in England and Wales in the next parliament. There had been fears among the pro-hunting lobby that Mrs May was about to drop the commitment to a free vote from the Conservative manifesto,...

The driver of a crane which collapsed onto the working dockside in Falmouth this morning has been called a hero for his quick-thinking which prevented any injuries. Workers were evacuated from the docks and part of Pendennis Shipyard next door at about 8.45am after part of the 61-year-old crane fell to the ground with the "crash" being heard across the town. A 200-metre cordon was put in place as there was concern the crane had damaged gas canisters on the wharf below which were...

Two Tory MPs will not face criminal charges after the CPS confirmed that while their expenses returns may have been inaccurate there wasn't enough evidence to prove they had acted dishonesty. In March Cornwall Live revealed that prosecutors would decide whether or not to pursue criminal proceedings against Conserative MPs Scott Mann and George Eustice after a police investigation into alleged discrepancies in their election expenses. Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez, will also...

This cute video shows two penguin chicks being hand-reared by keepers. Pedro and Perdy were born in Paradise Park zoo in Hayle, Cornwall. The 28-day-old Humboldt chicks - members of an endangered species - will eventually be introduced to the main colony but for now need to be hand-reared. Read more: Super cute Tawny Frogmouth chicks swap Australia for Hayle's Paradise Park Keeper Bev Tanner said: "Pedro and Perdy are being hand-reared as, often in a nest with two chicks, only one...

This cute video shows two penguin chicks being hand-reared by keepers. Pedro and Perdy were born in Paradise Park zoo in Hayle, Cornwall. The 28-day-old Humboldt chicks - members of an endangered species - will eventually be introduced to the main colony but for now need to be hand-reared. Read more: Super cute Tawny Frogmouth chicks swap Australia for Hayle's Paradise Park Keeper Bev Tanner said: "Pedro and Perdy are being hand-reared as, often in a nest with two chicks, only one...

Conservative party leader John Keeling has confirmed Cornwall Council will have a Tory administration regardless of any deal with the independents and he will be the council leader. The councillor for Breage, Germoe and Sithney said an offer had been put to the independent group with the view to form a coalition administration led by the Tories. Councillor Keeling said he wanted the deal to be confirmed by the end of the week so the new administration had more time to appoint councillors to...