Predictions say that the Conservatives might not get an overall majority and the country could get a hung parliament. The exit poll, published at 10pm, showed the Conservatives on 314 seats, Labour on 266, the Lib Dems on 14, SNP on 34 and UKIP on zero. Read more: Cornwall General Election 2017 results and exit polls - live As 326 seats are needed to get an overall majority, the UK might not get a clear winner tomorrow morning. So what happens if there is a hung parliament? What does...

Many Cornish people say they could be up all night after seeing the exit poll as the voting closed on the General Election. The poll, published at 10pm, showed that the Conservatives could fall short of majority. Read more: Cornwall General Election 2017 results and exit polls - live It predicted the Tories would get 314, Labour 266, the Lib Dems 14, SNP 34 and UKIP zero. The announcement surprised the Cornish, some of whom said they "could not bear" the suspense and that...

So, hopefully, you went out and voted today. But, on the way to the polling station, did you ask yourself why we always do it on a Thursday? And, in the second decade of the 21st Century, why we mark our ballot papers with pencil? Why elections are always on a Thursday The first thing to point out is that making election day a Thursday was, until recently, a political custom rather than a legal requirement. Read more: Cornwall General Election 2017 results and exit poll - liveThe...

The polling stations have closed and the prediction is for a hung parliament. The exit poll published at 10pm shows the Conservatives on 314, Labour on 266, the Lib Dems on 14, SNP on 34 and UKIP on zero.For an overall majority 326 seats are needed. In 2015 they had 331 seats, enough for a majority. Voters across Cornwall have been casting their ballots since 7am as they decide who will represent them in Parliament. Six constituencies are up for grabs: North Cornwall South East...

From a chainsaw wood-carver to vintage cars, to the much loved Cornish Wurzells, it's safe to say day one at the Royal Cornwall Show was a success, despite frustrating weather conditions. On and off showers and rare spells of sunshine meant most people were wrapped up in raincoats and wellies. But with so much entertainment and things to see, the weather didn't seem to bother people. Rain didn't dampen spirits - here's a slideshow of pictures from day one. Pics by Sally...

A man who pretended to be an Asian porn star to swindle a retired divorcee out of £35,000 in a Facebook scam has been jailed. The 36-year-old created a fictional account of a voluptuous Bangladeshi model to lure the lonely divorcee, who was looking for marriage on the internet. He sent pictures of an unknown woman in underwear or a bikini and the pair exchanged hundreds of messages on social media over the course of a year. But Truro Crown Court heard how there was no such woman...

Voters have been confused by people sitting outside of polling stations insisting on collecting their voter registration numbers. The people who are not associated with any authorities overseeing the General Election in Cornwall have been reportedly asking insistently for the numbers and/or to see voters' polling cards. Clive Rogers, 71, ran into them at Leedstown Village Hall and said he also saw them at the local elections for Cornwall Council and town and parish councils last month. Read...

Voters in the South East Cornwall constituency have been casting their vote in the General Election. Since Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election at Easter the political parties have been working to win your votes. It was just two years ago that Cornwall turned blue, with the Conservatives winning all six seats in the county as the party swept to an overall majority in the House of Commons. South East Cornwall stretches from the Luxulyan area to the border to Devon. Its most...

The General Election result for North Cornwall is expected at around 9am this morning. It was just two years ago that Cornwall turned blue, with the Conservatives winning all six seats in the county as the party swept to an overall majority in the House of Commons. North Cornwall is, as the name suggests, the most northerly parliamentary constituency in the county. The major settlements it covers include Bodmin, Bude, Camelford, Launceston, Padstow and Wadebridge. Read more: How...

The St Austell and Newquay General Election result is expected shortly. The official turnout figure has been confirmed at 69.3%. Since Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election at Easter the political parties have been working to win your votes. It was just two years ago that Cornwall turned blue, with the Conservatives winning all six seats in the county as the party swept to an overall majority in the House of Commons. The parliamentary constituency of Newquay and St Austell...

Shocking video footage of the moment a groom-to-be was hit by a car in a hit-and-run on the way home from his stag do has been released by police.Dad-of-three Ben McEvoy, 32, is seen lying down in the road before he's run down near his home in the early hours of Sunday May 28. He was found by a neighbour unconscious in the middle of Hirmandale Road, West Park at around 4.40am and was left with four fractured vertebrae and a fractured sternum.Read more: Football club and school support grows for...

Conservative Sarah Newton has won the Truro and Falmouth seat more than 25,000 votes. She beat Labour's Jayne Kirham into second place, with Lib Dem Rob Nolan a long way behind in third place.There was a turnout of 75% of the electorate for the constituency - which is now the second to be declared in Cornwall and the second Conservative win.It was just two years ago that Cornwall turned blue, with the Conservatives winning all six seats in the county as the party swept to an overall majority...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Thursday, June 8, 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...

Plans to create a huge free-range egg farm housing up to 112,000 chickens have been branded "monstrous" by people living nearby. Amid growing anger among neighbours of the proposed development on the outskirts of the village of Nancegollan, near Helston, protesters said it would be a blot on the landscape, cause pollution and attract a plague of flies. The backlash came after Greville Richards, of Richland Foods Ltd, lodged an application to build four poultry houses - including...

Welcome to our live coverage of the General Election 2017. It's time for the people of Cornwall to cast their vote and decide who they want to represent them in Westminster. But will people vote with the hearts or their heads as many remain undecided as they consider manifestos, personalities and tactical voting. It's been a fascinating campaign since Theresa May called the snap election and it all kicked off in Cornwall with "Doorgate". You can read more about how the election...

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...