A serial offender who "flipped" and smashed an acquaintance in the face with an axe has been sent back to prison.Thomas Hewer, 28, of Johns Park in Redruth, pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to charges of unlawful wounding and being in possession of an offensive weapon.Prosecutor James Taghdissian told Judge Simon Carr how on the afternoon of March 11 Hewer met victim Sidney Isaacs walking his dog in Redruth.Mr Isaacs described how he said he saw the defendant acting strangely and...

A music fan from Fowey claimed he has lost three quarters of his monthly pension to a concert ticket selling website which charged nearly three times the face value for a gig without him realising it.Robin Pinfold, 77, said he was attempting to buy tickets for the show at the Watering Hole at Perranporth online when he was redirected to a different site, which placed an order without his knowledge.Read more: Newquay police officer saves life of woman who was about to jump from a viaduct 100 feet...

Motorists of Cornwall beware, more roadworks are coming your way after it was announced that 53 repairs are to be undertaken as part of a £5 million government funding package.The cash will be used to fix things from lines, barriers and potholes to footways and cycleways on some of the smallest roads that crisscross the county - but there is still a £255m backlog of work to go through.The 53 locations to be repaired stretch the length and breadth of Cornwall from the Lizard to Bude...

You know that sinking feeling when you get back to the car 10 minutes late to see a flimsy piece of paper slipped under the window screen wiper. Parking tickets are the bane of motorists' lives and while there's no doubt some people do try and wing it, many people are having to pay a hefty charge for a brief overstay. But there is good news and you may have grounds to have the fine dismissed. Read next: Driver wins private parking fine court battle against Armtrac - but still hasn't been...

Sunset House on Porthmeor Hill is owned by Devon and Cornwall Housing and is set to go under the hammer in September. The current average house value in St Ives is listed as £339,416, according to data from the Zoopla Zed-index, yet this just a fraction of what this former council home could be snapped up for. While six-figure property prices are typically reserved for dream homes, a potential buyer has already stated that they are prepared to bid up to £1.2million to claim...

A five-star eco-friendly holiday complex is to undergo a £1.15 million revamp ready for the autumn.Rosehill Lodges in Porthtowan is upgrading its facilities after securing a £1.15 million funding package from Santander Business Banking.Established in 1997 by husband-and-wife team John and Pauline Barrow, Rosehill Lodges was a campsite until 2006 when the couple transformed it into 10 luxury lodges with grass roofs.The new investment funding will now allow the owners to make...

People in Cornwall have to travel farther than residents of any other county to collect vital prescriptions, with many having to make journeys of more than eight miles each way.Research was carried out recently looking into how far people had to travel to collect their medication.Read more: This supermarket becomes the first in the UK to take tax off tamponsResults showed that those living in urban areas had better access to pharmacies as well as longer opening hours than those living in more...

Port Eliot Festival was turned into a mudbath at the weekend as 'biblical weather' hit and thousands of festival-goers churned up the ground. People were flooded out of their tents, flip flops were abandoned in the swamp and the Muck Boot Company sold out of wellies. But in spite of the deluge, people had fun and made the best of what could have been a miserable weekend. The show went on, tractors pulled cars out of the muddy fields, people left without a tent were given emergency...

Hundreds of tributes have been pouring in on social media for popular Truro man Joey Sims, 22, who died suddenly yesterday afternoon.Friends and family have paid respects over social media, describing Mr Sims as "a true legend with the kindest heart". Paramedics were called to the home of a man in his early twenties yesterday afternoon, to reports that the man has suffered a fit and two ambulances rushed to the scene.Read more: This boy had meningitis as a baby here's how it changed...

The third and final bridge over the new dual carriageway at Temple on the A30 will open later this month. The completion of work on the Temple Tor Bridge will bring to an end the major engineering part of the £60million to improve the notorious bottleneck. However, although all the roads leading onto or over the A30 will be open by August 18, contractors Kier will remain on site for some months yet. And drivers still face seeing one lane closed in either direction between 8pm and 6am,...

Cornwall's seas are teeming up with exciting wildlife and there's nothing more thrilling than watching dolphins play around boats or jump and frolic. Falmouth Bay is one of the best locations to enjoy a spot of wildlife watching. Keith Leeves has been running AK Wildlife Cruises for many years, taking locals and tourists alike off to sea to enjoy sea creatures such as basking sharks, dolphins and whales as well as seals and bids. One of the latest video filmed by Mr Leeves is that of...

Cornwall Council has agreed to pay more towards the multi-million pound A30 link road for St Austell.A meeting of the council's Cabinet discussed the matter on Wednesday (July 26) and it was unanimously agreed to increase the contribution to 7% of the value of the contract – up to a limit of £6 million.Read more: Newquay police officer saves life of woman who was about to jump from a viaduct 100 feet above a busy main roadThe financial commitment is due to be added to the council's...

Hundreds of ex-commercial hens due for slaughter are hoping for a happy ending in Cornwall.The British Hen Welfare Trust will be re-homing lucky birds in various locations across the country. However, the charity said they cannot save the hens if they do not have homes to go to.The charity is appealing to anyone who has a bit of space in their back garden to consider giving a home to some ex-bats.Read more: Man, 62, who found work after 14 years with no job and is encouraging others not to give...

A police officer has spoken of the moment he saved the life of a woman who was about to jump from a viaduct 100 feet above a busy main road in Newquay.Police received a call from concerned members of the public at about 9.30pm on Sunday (July 23) after they saw a woman in her sixties walking on the train track near Trenance Leisure Park.Within minutes of arriving at the scene, Newquay officers PC Simon Andrews and PC Lewis O'Mahoney located the woman hanging over from the top of Trenance...

A woman has spoken of how she was offended and frightened after a group of men called her a 'slut' as she walked down a high street during the early evening.Lauren Bayfield said was left disgusted and furious at the comment from a group apparently on a stag party in her hometown of Helston.The 28-year-old said she felt she must speak out against cat-calling and sexually offensive remarks to women.She wrote about her feelings on Facebook where she was widely praised by many people who said the...

August has been the deadliest month of the year for sea and coastal deaths in Cornwall for the past five years, shocking new figures have revealed. According to the RNLI, 26 people died on the coast during August over the past five years. The national life-saving charity said the figures made the month of August the deadliest of the year. The figures for the south west come as the RNLI warns that only one in five people actually call 999 if they see someone struggling in the water or fall...

A mum and her two 12-year-old children died after a serious crash witnessed by their step-father and brother from a car in front, police have confirmed.Emergency services were called at 8.25am on Monday to the A361 at Barnstaple following a head-on-collision between a white Kia Sportage travelling towards Barnstaple and a Marks and Spencers lorry traveling in the opposite direction.The 43-year-old mother was pronounced dead at the scene. Her 12-year-old daughter was pronounced dead on arrival at...

The skies of Cornwall will soon welcome back a couple of old friends – two helicopters which were once used by the navy for search and rescue.The Ministry of Defence is returning two Sea King Mark 5 aircraft to service, and they will once again have a life-saving role – to help train the German navy.The aircraft were once used by 771 Naval Air Squadron for rescue missions across Cornwall from their base at RNAS Culdrose near Helston.The iconic grey and red aircraft were a regular and...

It has been hit by nearly a dozen vehicles in the past three years and led to Cornwall Council becoming a bit of a laughing stock but Falmouth's rising bollard could be replaced with technology more commonly used to catch criminals and in car parks. The idea of installed automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras is being explored as a better way of managing traffic through the town centre after a series of accidents put the bollard out of action for weeks at a time. The bollard at the...

It's just one of several vacancies currently advertised. Don't you just love beer? Aside from enjoying a pint in the Cornish summer sun, the next best thing to cracking open a cold one may just be making the stuff yourself. You could be doing just that at one of the county's award-winning and most popular and breweries, Skinners in Truro. Read more: Cornwall job vacancies near you Previous brewing experience is not a requirement to apply for this position, but a "passion for beer and...