Whether you are currently based in the county or are dreaming of a career by the beach, here is a wide range of medical, admininstrative and even gardening vacancies available with the NHS in Cornwall. With entry and top-end level positions open across a variety of sectors, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has vacancies that will appeal to everyone from aspiring and experienced health professionals to gardeners and administrators. Find your perfect job in Cornwall here Talking about the...

Football fans in Cornwall are in for a treat this weekend as the Premier League trophy arrives in the county. Visitors to Newquay will be able to catch a glimpse of the genuine trophy at the town's library on Marcus Hill on Saturday (June 3). The trophy will be on show in the main adult section in the library for the morning, between 10am and 1pm along with a display of football related books. Those that come along will be able to take a photograph or a selfie with the prestigious trophy...

Have you heard a lot of people talking about rabbits today? Have you even been pinched or punched? Even if you didn't grow up in a superstitious household you'll probably be familiar with certain expressions and actions, including these. Yes, on the first day of every month the phrases 'pinch punch' and 'white rabbits' will be thrown about a lot, because they supposedly bring good luck. Read more: This is when Cornwall's world famous lido Jubilee Pool will open and it will be free With...

While we've already had most of the bank holidays for 2017, there's still another big one to come. The August bank holiday marks the end of summer and is just about within reach. If you're still unsure of your plans for summer, well it's time you made some. A holiday abroad? A staycation here in Cornwall? Maybe a music festival or three? Read more: These scenes in Cornwall are being mistaken for California, Barbados and Australia Below is a list for the bank holidays in 2017 and below...

Sharp-eyed lookouts called rescuers to the aid of a family who were drifting in a dingy off St Ives. The alarm was raised by volunteers of the National Coastwatch Institution at St Ives who spotted the motorboat, which was apparently in trouble, with two adults and two children on board. They called Falmouth coastguards who in turn alerted the St Ives RNLI lifeboat crew. Read next: These 3 Cornwall beaches were voted among the UK's ten best, with one making European list Just before noon...

Less than a month after Prime Minister came to Cornwall and famously shut Cornwall Live reporters in a room, Theresa May came to Plymouth and left reporters feeling utterly deflated. Plymouth Herald chief reporter Sam Blackledge prepared four questions to ask the Prime Minister as she visited Plymouth Harbour on a drizzly Wednesday morning and chatted to fishermen. But despite covering as varied a range of topics as might have been possible in four questions, from her fears over marginal...

A woman from St Austell has spoken out about the lengths she went to in order to catch her missing cat - which included overnight stake-outs, wearing camouflage and setting traps with whole roast chickens. Rhia Harcourt-Rogers, a mental health support worker, lost her Maine Coon cat, Henry, two months ago when he ran off after being frightened by a police siren. The mother-of-two said her kids were devastated when their cat went missing, so she went about trying to find him.Read more: Dad...

A Sicilian hair stylist living in Cornwall has launched a desperate plea after misplacing a special piece of jewelry left to her by her late mother. Marita Gorgone, 54, is trying to track down a gold looped earring she was given after her mother, Theresa Gorgone, passed away in Sicily aged 86, a few years ago. "The earring holds such great sentimental value to me," said Marita, who moved to Marazion from Sicily 15 years ago.Read more: This historic bank is to be turned into an adult...

Pets at Home Bodmin is urging pet owners to regularly check their pets and houses for fleas as we close in on summer and temperatures rise. The specialist pet retailer has released an infographic highlighting how to protect your home and pets from fleas, including tips on what temperature to wash your pets bedding and which key areas to clean in your home. Research conducted in 2016, in which 1,800 pet owners were interviewed, reveals that more than one million households, that's almost one...

A dog had to be rescued by firefighters after it got stuck down a rabbit hole near Launceston. At about 10pm on Tuesday the pet entered a rabbit hole at St Giles on the Heath and got stuck inside. Its owner called the emergency services and crews from Callington fire station were mobilised to assist them. Read more: Will the A30 Temple roadworks near Bodmin be completed in time for the summer holiday? Cornwall's fire service said the terrier was located about 18 inches into the hole. The...

Progress is being made on a new link road between St Austell and the A30 as Cornwall Council is awaiting a decision from the Department for Transport. The council's Cabinet reviewed the plans in March, with members agreeing that the new road would be essential for the economic development of St Austell and its surrounding areas. Read more: Dad who died after being tasered by police was 'funny, loyal and dedicated to his family' The preferred route is about 6.2km long, a wide...

Cornwall has three of the top ten beaches in the entire country, according to TripAdvisor users. Cornwall celebrated the joint most entries in the UK top ten, along with Dorset. The renowned surfing beach of Fistral in Newquay was named as the number two UK "travellers choice" beach of 2016 by TripAdvisor users, behind Weymouth Beach in Dorset, while St Ives' Porthminster Beach came sixth and Perranporth scooped ninth. Read next: Victim fighting for his life after being punched in...

From the ruggedness of the Lizard peninsula to the iconic Penzance promenade and the castle island of St Michael's Mount, the soft sand beaches of St Ives and Sennen and the paradise islands of Scilly, the constituency of St Ives is picture postcard Cornwall.A world-famous artistic heritage, a healthy fishing and farming industry and a beautiful coastline - this constituency has everything that comes with such a blessed landscape, including a thriving tourist trade. But it's also an area of...

The body of a 21-year-old man has been pulled from the water by police divers in Exeter.Police were alerted just after midnight on Wednesday to reports of a concern of welfare of a man on the River Exe at Exeter Quay.Two fire engines from Exeter and Specialist Water Rescue Teams from Exmouth and Bridgwater, were mobilised to Exeter Quay following a call from police stating they had reports of a person in the water at 0.49am.Read more: What to do if you need to call police on 999 but it's not...

This is the moment an 'out of control' caravan jack-knifed and blocked the busy A30 into Cornwall - forcing the driver to perform a three-point turn as he straddled the lanes. The heart-stopping dashcam footage shows the black Mitsubishi Shogun driving in the outside lane of the dual carriageway before snaking across the busy highway as he tried to move lanes. HGV driver Rob Holmes claims the man towing the caravan who "should have stayed in a hotel", clipped his mirror with the...

Police have issued a reminder about a potentially life-saving tool that very few people are aware of. There's a simple way of calling the police if you find yourself in trouble but it's unsafe to talk - and it's been around for 15 years. There may come a time when a 999 call needs to be made but talking will put a person or others in more danger. Read next: 'King Cornwall' jailed with drugs gang who flooded Cornish towns with crack and heroinThe solution? Press '55' when given the option to...

Now in their 16th year, anyone who has ever attended one of the Eden Sessions will know they are one of the most unforgettable concert experiences you can have – not just in Cornwall but the whole world.As the Evening Standard wrote, they are "the nearest you can get to watching a gig on the Moon".There is nothing quite as magical as seeing one of your favourite acts up-close, as the biomes pulsate in the background on a warm Cornish summer night. Even when it's raining the gigs...

Fans of Cornwall based BBC period drama, Poldark, will no doubt be pleased to hear that the season three release date has been confirmed - which promises to kick-off its most explosive series yet. Starring Aidan Turner as handsome leading man Ross Poldark and Eleanor Tomlinson as his fiery wife Demelza, the popular show hooked viewers far and wide with its turbulent relationships, good-looking scenery and even better looking cast, when the first series hit screens in 2015. Read more: Dad...

Six men responsible for flooding Cornwall with thousands of pounds worth of class A drugs over the period of a year have appeared before a judge to receive their sentences. The London-based gang made more than 40 trips between the capital and the South West bringing with them crack cocaine and heroin that was then broken down and passed to dealers on the streets of Penzance, Camborne, Truro, St Austell and Bodmin. Fidel Barzegar, 23, of Enfield in London, Pouria Najafpour, 23, of Islington,...

Two years of roadworks on the A30 near Temple will be concluded soon - bringing an end to misery for thousands of Cornish motorists and visitors to Cornwall. For the past two summers, traffic heading in and out of Cornwall has been hugely congested thanks to the A30 roadworks. The major programme, which started in June 2015, has regularly brought Cornwall's busiest road to a standstill between Temple and Higher Carblake. Read more: Massive hornet twice the size of a 1p coin was found in Bodmin...