Would you move 350 miles away from the town you have always lived in to start a new life at 90 years old?Moving house is a stressful experience and moving hundreds of miles away from the only home you have ever known would be daunting at any age, but this couple, both in their 90s, said it was the best thing they have ever done.Read more: These six shops have closed or are closing in one place within a single monthGeorge Kirkby, 92, and wife Marjorie, 90, explained that people told them they...

Glastonbury may be over but the summer festival season has only just begun. This is how you can get free entry to the best festivals in Cornwall and the UK. If you haven't got your hands on tickets to any upcoming festivals then don't despair, as you can still be a part of the action through the following opportunities: Reading and Leeds festival Volunteering can be a great way to see a whole new side to a music festival. If you're aged 18 or over by the time Reading and Leeds festivals...

Six shops have closed or are shutting down in Truro city centre within a few weeks of each other. A teddy bear shop, a bakery, a shoe shop, a kitchen shop and two clothes shops have either already closed down or put up signs warning customers that enough is enough. Penloe Surf and Du Barry clothes shops in River Street have now closed or are in the process of winding down. The Aga ovens outlet in Quay Street has also pulled out of the city along with St Agnes Bakery in Victoria Square, which...

Doom Bar, the official beer of the British and Irish Lions, is bringing rugby home to Cornwall this coming weekend, with a free Lions-inspired rugby match at Camborne RFC. To celebrate the partnership between Doom Bar, Cornwall and the UK's no 1 cask beer brand, and the British & Irish Lions, Sharp's Brewery has created the free event on Saturday July 1 – and one and all are invited! Working with Lions legend Phil Vickery, Doom Bar has created a Lions inspired team to take on a...

A 54-year-old woman whose body was found next to the Camel Trail deliberately took her own life despite medical support, an inquest has heard. Elaine Alcock was discovered hanging in Bodmin three days after she was reported missing and police issued an appeal. Read more: Youth Recruits allegedly sent teens to collect for fake charity for homeless children in CornwallA hearing at City Hall in Truro was told how Ms Alcock disappeared on June 29, 2016, before being found dead on July 1 at...

An artists' group in Helston has been awarded just £1 shy of half a million to renovate the Passmore Edwards former school and community centre in Penrose Road. For the past four years the building has been the home of the Cornubian Arts and Science Trust, or Cast for short. As well as renting out space for artists' studios, the building has been used to run a variety of events and a community café. The money, £499,999 from Arts Council England, will be used to open up a...

The death of an elderly man whose body was found at the bottom of a set of steps in Padstow is not being treated as suspicious. Forensic and police officers were called just after 8.50am on Wednesday morning (June 21) following the discovery at the bottom of some steps on New Street, leading towards a local car park. The death was initially being treated as unexplained while officers conducted their inquiries. Read next: Naked man chases shocked woman and her children down a Padstow...

A teenager was sexually assaulted in Newquay after being left unconscious following a punch to the head. The woman, 19, was on a night out in the town on Saturday, June 3 when the incident happened, police said today. She left Sailors Nightclub on Fore Street and made her way through the town along Berry Road to the Boating Lake, where she approached another woman in the lake shelters and requested a cigarette. Read next: Shaken woman's warning after 'persistent and intimidating' man...

A mum has said she hoped the jailing of a teenage driver for a hit-and-run that seriously injured her son as he walked home on the pavement from an evening out with friends would serve as a lesson to others. Chloe Henderson, also listed in court documents as Chloe Coles, was charged with driving a car without due care and attention, failing to stop after a road accident and failing to report the accident. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Wednesday, June 28, 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 Shans. If you've seen...

A photographer has spoken of how he crept through the grass to get close enough to film this incredible footage of elusive adders in the wild. Lee Collings, from Leeds, came to visit Cornwall three years and saw the snakes for the first time on the Lizard peninsula. Having lost the pictures since – he resolved this year to make it his mission to find the secretive creatures again. And he was not disappointed – as you can see from his remarkable footage above. He said: "I...

Motorists face months of delays when work begins on one of Truro's busiest roundabouts, but the main project will not begin until January, when a similar scheme along the A39 at Treluswell is completed.There had been concerns previously that the two major road schemes to replace mini roundabouts at both locations with single ones were due to take place at the same time.Last October Cornwall Council said Arch Hill would start in December and Treluswell in January, but also said they were...

Arts Council England has announced its National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) grant funding for the next four years and it's great news for visual arts in Cornwall. Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, already an NPO, has secured a commitment of £1,447,044 in revenue funding until 2022 – breaking down to £361,761 per year. "This is fabulous news and testament to the expertise and hard work of our staff, volunteers, and trustees," said director of Newlyn Art...

A family has been left distraught after their pet Chihuahua went missing from the back of a car in Treloggan, Newquay. Zoe Julian believes her dog, named Bentley, was stolen from the back of her vehicle at Treloggan car boot sale this afternoon (June 27). Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt She said Bentley was taken from her silver VW Transporter and spotted a grey Toyota van with blacked out windows speeding away from the...

Fresh from electrifying crowds at Glastonbury, Ed Sheeran has revealed he's about to announce his latest set of UK stadium tour dates. Back in January he told Nation Radio that he'll be busy playing at stadiums across the country for the next two years. Read more: Here's a complete round up of all today's Mazey Day madness At the time he said: "I am literally just touring all year. I start in a couple of months and I finish at the end of 2018." He took to Instagram this morning...

A safety probe is being carried out on a stretch of the A30 which has seen numerous serious and fatal crashes. etition launched to get a barrier installed Casey Wearne launched an ipetition calling for a barrier to be installed after her grandparents were involved in a smash on the A30 Hayle bypass. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt The couple, aged 71 and 73, were "victims of a horrific crash" last month on their...

A fisherman has been airlifted to hospital in a dramatic rescue after his boat caught fire off the coast of Land's End. At around 9.20am this morning (June 27), the coastguard received a call from a fishing vessel reporting that another nearby boat was ablaze. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt They also reported that the fisherman on board the burning boat required medical treatment. The Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station and the UK...

A fisherman was being treated in hospital after his vessel caught fire off the Cornish coast. Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station was called out by HM Coastguard at Falmouth following reports that a one-man fishing vessel was ablaze off Pendeen and that the fisherman was injured.Read more: Cornwall's smuggling past: We take a look at six pubs at the heart of a 'golden age' of criminality "The RNLI Sennen Cove all weather lifeboat City of London III launched at 9.30 am and quickly arrived on...

Edgy police dramas Line of Duty and Broadchurch will go up against Poldark at this year's TV Choice Awards. The BBC1 period drama set and filmed in Cornwall didn't pick up any prizes last year but won best new drama in 2015. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt Many hope the series based on the novels of Winston Graham will fare better this year, having been nominated in the best drama category. However the show faces some stiff...

A heavy goods vehicle driver has delivered an emotional apology for causing the death of a French moped rider he 'didn't see' in a horror crash on the A30 last year. Stephen Snell, 59, of Goonbell, St Agnes, is currently on trial at Truro Crown Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving, but admits the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. Yesterday prosecuting barrister Phillip Lee told the court how, at around 6.20am on April 27 last year, Snell was driving his...