WARNING: Contains offensive language (obviously enough) Ofcom has ranked every swear word in the English language in order of offensiveness. The communications regulator tallied the results from interviews with more than 200 people across the UK on how offensive they found an array of rude and offensive words and insults. People were asked their opinion on 150 words in total. These included general swear words, words linked to race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, body parts and health...

The mother of a talented musician and bowler who jumped from cliffs at Hell's Mouth said she still cannot understand why her son took the decision to end his life, an inquest heard. The hearing in Truro was told how hugely popular Robert Jose, 43, from Camborne, killed himself on the night of December 21 last year in what seemed to be a spontaneous but deliberate act. After a full-scale search his body was located by a coastguard helicopter in the sea and recovered to the St Ives RNLI station...

A busy road near the A30 has been shut in both directions after a serious single-vehicle crash. This is a breaking news story and will be updated as details emerge. Our live blog will load below shortly... This is the latest information from traffic experts Inrix: A3058 - QUINTRELL DOWNS - BOTH DIRECTIONS - CORNWALL A3058 in both directions closed, queueing traffic due to accident, single vehicle involved between Trethiggey Crescent and A30 (Summercourt Central / Newquay Turn Off).Road...

A warning has been sent out to business owners in Cornwall after reports of teenagers using counterfeit notes. Devon and Cornwall Police officers say they have been contacted with information relating to similar cases in two busy tourist hotspots. "We have received reports of counterfeit Scottish and Irish £20 notes being handed over to shops in St Ives and Penzance on Monday, June 12, 2017," said a spokeswoman for the force. "The notes were handed over by males aged...

A young dad remains in hospital three days after a serious car crash near Newquay. Daniel Copeland, 21, was one of four people injured in the two car crash on the A3075 on Monday (June 12).Daniel, who was two days into a family holiday in Cornwall, was in the car with his mum Ann, dad Ken, girlfriend Jordaine and six-month-old baby Summer, who was said to have been left "black and blue" after the crash but has been able to return home.Read more: Travellers have moved into a car park...

A homeless man who viciously attacked a friend he suspected was "trying it on" with his girlfriend during a drinking session has been sent to prison. Rickie Brown, 29, formerly of the St Petroc's Society in Truro and Ranelagh Road in St Austell, appeared at Truro Crown Court to be sentenced after pleading guilty on the day his trial was due to start to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Prosecuting barrister Ramsay Quaife told the court how Brown and girlfriend...

As those annoying and expensive roaming charges that can cause a shock when you use your mobile phone in Europe become a thing of the past, we are here to help you find out exactly how the changes could affect your next holiday. After years of lobbying and campaigning by the EU, phone companies have finally been made to drop the extra fees forced on customers who use their mobiles on the continent. The EU has abolished the charges as of Thursday (June 15), which means you'll be able to call,...

Church leaders in Cornwall have defended the decision to advertise for a senior leadership role in their mission who doesn't have to believe in God. The Diocese of Truro is hoping to recruit a Strategic Programme Manager for a key project which aims to renew Anglican church life. However, the advertisement has raised some eyebrows - particularly among right wing commentators - after stating that the successful applicant need not be a churchgoer. A spokesman for the Diocese said the role...

Aiming to position itself in the driver's seat of the motors industry, Amazon is set to trial selling cars in the UK. Would you buy your next set of wheels from Amazon? The ecommerce site is hoping you'll do just that as it prepares to drive into a new market. You can buy virtually anything from Amazon, but cars will be among its most expensive products to date. The e-commerce delivery experts at ParcelHero revealed to SHD Logistics that Amazon is already hiring automotive industry experts...

A growing number of Londoners are switching their primary home to Cornwall to keep their families safe following the latest terror attack on the capital. It is understood that some people who may have had a primary residence in London and a holiday home in Cornwall have now moved their families down to Cornwall and are commuting to work in London because the capital is no longer seen as safe. Malcolm Bell, chief executive of Visit Cornwall said that while superfast broadband was seen as a...

A Conservative politician has said that students studying at a south west university should not be allowed to vote there. Councillor David Fletcher, who acted as a teller for Tory candidate Oliver Colvile, has written a letter to the Plymouth Herald saying that he witnessed an "unprecedented volume of young people flooding the polling booths" and that students of the city's university should not be able to vote there. Thousands of undergraduates are believed to have visited polling...

A mystery body found on Exmoor 15 years ago may be that of a man from the Bude area according to police who are launching a new national appeal to help identify him. Officers from Avon and Somerset Police say there is evidence to suggest the man suffered a violent assault before his death, some time between 1999 and 2000. The body was found buried and wrapped in plastic bin liners in Halse Lane near the village of Winsford, Somerset, on March 3, 2002. Read more: Disabled Mark Bartlett of...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Thursday, June 15, 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 Charlotte. If you've seen...

Defeated Lib Dem election candidate Andrew George has said leader Tim Farron could not have led the party into the next election. Mr Farron resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats on Wednesday saying was torn between the demands of leading a progressive liberal party and his Christian faith.Mr George, who was MP for St Ives for 18 years until 2015 and missed out on winning the seat on Friday by just 312 votes, said Mr Farron was right to step down after an election which saw the Lib Dems win...

The death toll from a fire which engulfed an apartment block in London has risen to 12 – although it may climb higher as the emergency services begin the difficult task of examining the smouldering remains. Grenfell Tower in west London caught fire in the early hours of this morning. The 24-storey tower block was soon a huge mass of flames. It is thought around 600 people were asleep inside the 120-flat block when the blaze took hold. Police said 12 people have now been confirmed...

A cerebral palsy sufferer from Cornwall who threatened a neighbour with a knife has also attacked a member of staff at the cathedral in Exeter Mark Bartlett bit the official on the finger as he was trying to usher him out of the cathedral in an incident last year, a court was told. He went on to threaten a fellow resident with a large kitchen knife during a confrontation at a boarding house. Bartlett, of St Mawes, was found guilty of affray when a jury rejected his claim he was acting in...

Tim Farron has resigned as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the wake of poor results in the General Election. However Mr Farron said he was quitting because he was torn between the demands of leading a progressive liberal party and his Christian faith. In general, the party failed to win enough seats and in Cornwall it slipped back into third place in many constituencies behind Labour. Opinion: The election the Tories won but lost and Labour lost but wonOnly in the west of Cornwall in...

As the tide pulled slowly back in the busy seaside port of St Ives today, it revealed a striking sight – the top half of a submerged car. Crowds gathered along the beach and Smeaton's Pier to watch the brand-new pick-up truck emerge from the sparkling blue water. A pair of floating pink buoys marking the wayward vehicle out as that of a fisherman. It emerged later that the unfortunate owner had been out to check on his boat in the early hours of the morning when his car became stranded...

A St Austell grandfather died in hospital last year following a number of "systematic failures" in his medical treatment, an inquest has heard. Terrence George, 72, was rushed to Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, by ambulance on January 3, 2016, after collapsing at his home in Polgooth. Read more: Fisherman's truck gets stuck in sand and submerged by the tide - live With the hospital unable to treat his severe pancreatitis, Mr George was transferred to the intensive care unit,...

More than 4,000 young women in Cornwall are ignoring the chance to have a test which could save their lives. New figures just released by the NHS show that the county has one of the UK's lowest take up rates of smear tests which can detect the early stages of cervical cancer. Dr Julie Yates, consultant at Public Health England and screening and immunisation lead in the South West, said that young women aged 25-29 seemed particularly reluctant to come forward for the free test and urged them...