We've all heard rumours about speed cameras that don't actually work and ways to wriggle out of getting points on your licence.You may even have heard that if you're only two miles an hour above the speed limit you won't get fined - or that if you drive fast enough the camera won't catch you.But now the road safety charity Brake has spoken to our colleagues at Chronicle Live to lift the lid on some popular speed camera myths.Read more: People think the A30 roadworks won't be finished by summer...

A drug dealing teenager who was found in possession of thousands of pounds worth of illegal substances told police officers he "just found it." Jake Fielder, 19, from Hawkins Way in Helston, appeared at Truro Crown Court today after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and possession with intent to supply MDMA. Prosecutor Michael Brown told the court how on August 19 last year Fielder was in the back of a BMW parked in an industrial estate in Helston and when...

An 18-year-old girl who was mowed down by a car and left impaled on metal railings on Christmas Eve has been locked up by a judge. Ruby-Tuesday, 18, suffered horrific leg injuries after hit-and-run driver Ashley Godber ploughed into her at 60mph on a pedestrian crossing outside Drake Circus in Plymouth on Christmas Eve. Godber, 27, was jailed for 28 months at Plymouth Crown Court on May 25 after previously pleading guilty to driving dangerously and being over the drink-drive limit when he...

A woman who played a significant role in a huge cannabis growing operation in Cornwall has been jailed. Police seized almost £17,500 worth of cannabis and equipment after raids on five houses in Liskeard, Looe and Drakewalls, Gunnislake. Julie-Anne Anthea Painter, of Eastern Avenue, Liskeard, had denied the charge of conspiracy to grow the class B drug cannabis but was convicted by a jury in a previous hearing. Read next: Outpouring of support for teacher and dad fighting for his...

A broken-hearted husband savagely attacked his wife with a kitchen knife and a hammer while she lay naked in bed in darkness with four children in the house. Truro Crown Court heard how victim Sabrina Johns was lying naked in bed when the hammer blows started to rain down before Daniel Johns picked up a kitchen knife and started slashing and stabbing her. She screamed, waking three of her children and even some neighbours, as she felt the knife blade cut her skin, then managed to escape and run...

Drivers are facing severe delays on the A30 this lunchtime, with long queues forming in several locations. Traffic is particularly heavy heading eastbound towards the Carland Cross roundabout, with queues reportedly several miles long. There are also long delays heading eastbound through the roadworks at Temple, which stretch back to the A391 junction west of Bodmin. The delays are clear to see on Google Maps. Congestion is also reported on the A39 at Penryn, on the A3075 near...

How would you sell a fridge to an Eskimo? Do you know how many calories are in a supermarket? These are among ten strange but genuine job interview questions - and this is how to prepare for them. Experiencing a job interview can be stressful enough without having to endure being thrown a curveball as bizarre as some of these questions. While there are countless online guides covering the most common and basic topics that you'll likely encounter in your next interview, there's little you can...

The family of a pensioner who died after being involved in a four-vehicle crash have paid tribute to the "kind of man who gave Christians a good name". Brian Hartnell, 83, from Truro, was killed in an accident on the A39 between Kea Corner and Playing Place near Truro at about 11am on Friday (May 26). "He was the kind of man who gave Christians a good name," said a spokesman for Brian's family. Read more: Garden shed set alight in suspected political...

Although Cornwall Council announced the A30 roadworks will be completed on time and has given a new finishing date people still don't think it will be done by then - and these photos show why. After two years of frustration for motorists and daily long tailbacks - especially in the tourist season and at school holiday times - the completion date for the A30 dualling roadworks between Temple and Higher Carblake near Bodmin was confirmed recently as July 13 by the council, but now there is a...

The row in South East Cornwall continues as the Conservative candidate for the General Election is said to be refusing to attend local meetings and hustings after she was accused of blocking her constituents on social media. The hashtag #BlockedBySheryll spread across Twitter in relation to Sheryll Murray's habit of refusing to engage with some users, and now the Liberal Democrats are publicly asking "Where is Sheryll?". Read more: Matt Carton's parents and friends pick up the...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Friday, June 2, 2017. We'll be looking at all the traffic 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 David here until 2.30pm when I hand over to the late team led today by Mike. If you've seen something going on and want us to check it...

The roadworks that residents said are paralysing Bodmin, causing shop closures, impacting on the independence of disabled people as well as harming the health of schoolchildren will not be finished when they were meant to. Originally scheduled to take nine months from last September, Cornwall Council has now said they will not be completed by the summer. But the good news is the main road through Bodmin will be reopened in time for the Royal Cornwall Show. Read more: Police said the body...

North Cornwall is, as the name suggests, the most northerly parliamentary constituency in the county.Stretching from Padstow to Bude and across to Bodmin, it's famous for its big surf beaches in Polzeath and Bude, rugged coastline through Boscastle and Tintagel, celebrity hangouts of Padstow and Rock and the beautiful but bleak Bodmin Moor. Second homes and housing are an issue in the Wadebridge and Padstow areas, and the prospective MP will also be keen to keep an eye on the scores of housing...

Police are appealing for the drivers of three cars to come forward as potential witnesses to a crash which claimed the life of a young mother. A 29-year-old woman from Redruth, named locally as Hazel Brown, died after her silver Ford Fiesta, left the road and plunged into the isolated Stithians Lake on the evening of Tuesday, May 16. The fatal incident happened just after 8.30pm at Hillside, just outside of the hamlet of Carnmenellis, by the south side of the lake. Read more: Touching...

A steamy new trailer for the next series of Cornwall based BBC period drama Poldark has been released. On Wednesday it was announced that series three of Poldark will debut on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday, June 11. Starring Aidan Turner as handsome leading man Ross Poldark and Eleanor Tomlinson as his fiery wife Demelza, the first two series of the popular show hooked viewers far and wide with its turbulent relationships, good-looking scenery and even better looking cast. Read next: Poldark...

A father from Newquay who is fighting for his life after being attacked in the street has been named locally as primary school teacher Ryan Polmounter. Mr Polmounter, who is from St Newlyn East and works at St Mawgan Primary School, remains in a critical condition following a serious assault which happened in the early hours of Monday morning. The 32-year-old was punched in the head during an attack at the junction of Beach Road and Gover Lane sometime between 4.30am and 4.40am. Read next:...

Six more members of a gang that trafficked drugs from London to the streets of five Cornish towns have appeared before a judge and received their punishments. Anntoin Richards, 22, Remone Walker, 23 and his brother Jordan Walker-Brown, 20, all of the Tottenham area of North London appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing today along with Angela Counter AKA Gibbon, 39, of no fixed abode, her son William Counter, 20, of Mount Charles Road in St Austell and Racquel Campbell, 26, of Polweath...

A child has been hit by a coach on a busy Plymouth road and rushed to Derriford Hospital. Our colleagues at the Plymouth Herald had received unconfirmed reports that a child aged about two had been involved with a collision with a National Express coach in the St Budeaux Square area of Wolseley Road. Police have now confirmed they were called to the area at 11.50am and that a child has been take to the A&E department at Derriford Hospital with a bump to the head. Witnesses...

Release date:  Thu, 01/06/2017 (All day) Main image:  Summary:  A new book describing nearly one thousand wild and naturalised species of flowers and ferns found on the Isles of Scilly is getting high praise from both professional botanists and amateur enthusiasts throughout the country.

The New Flora of the Isles of Scilly is the culmination of many years of study by author Rosemary Parslow, with the help of co-author Ian Bennallick and designer Glynn Bennallick.

Rosemary Parslow says,

“We wanted to produce a book that was colourful, included lots of photos and distribution maps, plus information to interest not only the experts but beginners too. Due to the mostly mild and moist sub-tropical climate of the islands, some plants occur in the Isles of Scilly more abundantly than on the British mainland, and some are found nowhere else in Britain.”

“We hope the book will stimulate more research and interest in the islands special flora, and help people enjoy and appreciate the wonderful floral displays they see when they walk around the islands”.

The New Flora of the Isles of Scilly has sections on the geographical position of the Isles of Scilly; the early history of botanical recording; island habitat maps; descriptions of individual islands; alien plants; plant habitats; species accounts and maps; gazetteer of places; bibliography and useful references; and a list of recorders and contributors. It brings the record up to date since Lousley’s 1971 Flora.

In full colour, the A4 hardback publication, 540 pages, has been supported by ERCCIS, the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly hosted by Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation of Biological Recorders (CISFBR).

Since being published in April one expert remarked: “I was very impressed with the amount of work that has gone into it”. Other comments have included, “a real delight - fantastic design, absorbing background details of the islands, and really interesting species notes - with very helpful photos for those who haven't really got a clue. A beautifully crafted book with excellent research”.

To buy The New Flora of the Isles of Scilly online, please visit the Cornwall Wildlife Trust online shop, where 10% of the book price will be donated to the Trust - http://www.cornwallwildlife.org.uk/shop/product/new-flora-isles-scilly

It can also be purchased by post. Please send your name and address and a cheque made payable to 'R. Parslow' for £58 (£50 plus £8 p&p) to Ian Bennallick, Lower Polmorla, St Wenn, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5PE.

 

The body found in a vehicle parked in west Cornwall was that of a 50-year-old Wadebridge man, police have now confirmed. The death is not being treated as suspicious and his next of kin have been made aware but the police would not release his name. Devon and Cornwall Police were first informed that a member of public had discovered a body inside a car at a car park in Cripplease on the back roads between St Ives and Penzance on May 24. Read more: Daughter's desperate plea to help find...