A plume of high pressured water shot into the air yesterday when a digger struck a water main while digging in a busy road in Truro city centre. Videos were filmed by a number of shocked passers-by as they spotted the dramatic scenes, including the one abovem which was taken by Rhys Jones. In another video below, taken by Sarah Ellicock, gallons of water can be seen flooding out of the hole and down the road, gathering by the public toilets at the bottom of Lemon Street. Read more: Families...

Firefighters were called to the car park of a supermarket in Falmouth yesterday (Wednesday, July 26) to free a child that had become trapped inside a car.Crews arrived at the Asda car park on Jennings Road in Penryn at around 4.05pm after it was reported that a small child had become locked inside.Read more: Appeal for witnesses after woman seriously injured in collision with car in PenzanceNo details have been given about the child or how they came to be trapped in the car.Firefighters quickly...

A man who was arrested for drink-driving outside people's homes was caught again in the same street the following day. On both occasions, Kevin Andrew Birkett, 57, was behind the wheel of his VW Polo having drunk enough alcohol to be four times over the legal limit. Birkett, of no fixed abode, was charged with two counts of drink driving on May 26 and 27, both in Acacia Road in Falmouth. He was also charged with possessing 1.18 grams of cannabis. He pleaded guilty to the charges and appeared...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Thursday, July 27, 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 Dave here until 2.30pm when I hand over to the late team led today by Graeme. ...

A production company is on the hunt for families in Cornwall with teenagers to get naked on television. The company is scouting for a new documentary programme about naturism, which it described as "an exciting new TV show". A spokeswoman for the firm 7Wonder said: "We are looking for naturist families with teens from Cornwall. We are asking: 'Are you part of a growing movement but your teenager doesn't share the same enthusiasm? Is naturism a lifestyle you enjoy or are keen...

Work to install the new £290 million A30 is due not due to start for another three years, a busy public meeting heard on Tuesday evening.The new eight-mile stretch of dual carriageway, which includes a redesigned Chiverton Cross roundabout and a new bridge at Chybucca, was discussed at the St Agnes and Perranporth Community Network Panel meeting.Read more: Double-decker bus and car collide on busy junctionPlans were shown in detail, photographs of the plans can be seen below, and estimated...

The site of a proposed housing development near Truro has been sold just months after supermarket giant Asda pulled out of the scheme. The 49-acre site at Willow Green, next to the A390 at Threemilestone, has been sold with outline planning permission for a development which would include 435 homes, a nursing home, supermarket, primary school and a community hall. Read more: Trago Mills opens new £3.5million store with trademark towers Planning permission had been granted to...

A national news website caused outrage in Newquay recently after dubbing the resort the 'Shagaluf of the UK'. One of Mirror Online's reporters, Adam Lee-Potter, spent an evening on the town's streets and described the night as "the most depressing night of my life". In his feature, Mr Potter said he witnessed "mobs of drunken lads, bare-chested and belligerent and the strong smell of marijuana hanging in the high street". Read next: Urban Dictionary has some nasty...

The police have issued an appeal for witnesses today after a woman pedestrian received life-changing injuries after a collision with a car. It happened in Penzance in Lansdowne Place on Tuesday, July 11. MPC Sam Sargent said: "Police were called just before 5.50pm to reports of a serious collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle."The pedestrian, a woman in her 60s, received possible life-changing injuries as a result of the collision with the black Ford Focus and was taken to...

An interview has given an insight into the work of the investigators who are called to serious and fatal crash scenes across Devon and Cornwall, to work out what has happened.Have you ever wondered what happens when a road is closed after a crash? What investigations actually take place and what happens afterwards? Members of Devon and Cornwall's Serious Collisions Investigation Team have spoken out about exactly what their jobs entail.Read more: Double-decker bus and car collide on busy...

The waters around Restronguet are a sea of red this week as the Mirror dinghy championships get under way. The iconic dinghy with its trademark red sails was designed by a BBC television presenter who had a home in St Mawes as a boat you could build yourself from a kit. It has been used by many Olympic sailors to train and has stood the test of time. Up to 100 boats from the likes of Australia, South Africa and France will be racing in the national and world championships, many manned by...

Contractors who built a controversial biogas plant in Cornwall have been ordered to pay almost £300,000 in fines and cost over the "avoidable" death of a worker who was expecting his second child.Father-of-two Ionel Soci died from a heart attack when he was crushed by a heavy piece of steel being used to direct the flow of concrete while working for a sub-contractor on the project at Penare Farm, Higher Fraddon, in June 2014. It has since been completed and is run by a company...

A man and woman serving life for the barbaric murder of a 63-year-old Camborne man have seen their appeals against conviction thrown out by top judges. Michelle Casterton, 45, and Daniel John Quinn, 25, were jailed for the murder of Terry Oldham, who died after he was assaulted with a broom handle. A third offender, 26-year-old Aaron Mallen, was also caged after the trio were convicted at Truro Crown Court in November 2015. Read more: Police condemn Terry Oldham's murderers for their...

One of Cornwall's up-and-coming acting talents will be seen performing by millions at London's Madame Tussauds. Although he has not been made into a waxwork model - yet - Jake Wyatt's career looks set to rise after he clinched a part in the world famous waxwork museum's new play along experience. After appearing in films alongside Brad Pitt, Mark Wahlberg and Liam Neeson the Penzance man is well and truly on the showbiz radar. He is now appearing in a trailer and promotional video for a the...

Plymouth police have dropped a murder investigation after the results of a post mortem on a sailor in his twenties were released. A woman aged 25 had been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 24-year-old man was found dead at a property in Ermington Terrace, Mutley. Officers had been called to the scene at 5.15am on Sunday after concerns were raised for a man at the property. The 24-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the scene. Read more: Hayle man Alan Rouffignac jailed for...

So, what is one of the things you do when the sun has disappeared behind the clouds and the heavens have opened to give endless amounts of rain, fog and cold weather on your holiday to Cornwall? You go for a cream tea, of course. But visitors be warned: there is only one way to enjoy the traditional afternoon treat in Cornwall: jam first.Of course you can feel free to take your pick on your way here or home when on the other side of the Tamar and even put the cream on first with the jam on top...

A jury has retired to consider the fate of two men accused of murdering a neighbour in a St Austell park back in January. Joshua Buscombe, 24, and Jordan Bishop, 21, are on trial at Truro Crown Court over the murder of Stephen Bull, who was stabbed in the head in a St Austell park in January. The two residents of the town's Cosgarne Hall hostel deny murdering the 31-year-old. Fellow hostel tenant Daniel Altass, 22, admitted the murder of Mr Bull when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court in...

Special measures are being put in place to try to tackle excessive air pollution caused by cars in a village on a main commuter route in Cornwall.Grampound has been officially declared the county's eighth air quality management area (AQMA) and an action plan is now being compiled.Cornwall Council has been monitoring the air quality in Grampound since 2014 and confirmed that findings showed "excessive levels" of nitrogen dioxide in the air.The pollution, which is said to be...

Nearly 900 Cornish businesses could get discounts on rising business rates.In the March 2017 Budget, the Government announced a £300 million fund over four years to provide discounts to support companies facing the steepest business rates increases as a result of the revaluation of all business rate assessments. Cornwall will receive £2.7 million from that fund to help small local businesses facing the biggest rate increases. Read more: Residents owe Cornwall Council a shocking...

The death of Princess Diana and the outpouring of grief that followed was a unforgettable moment in British history. Thousands of floral tributes were left outside Kensington Palace, her London home, in the days following her death, before the country came to a standstill as millions stopped to watch her funeral. It is hard to believe that those events were 20 years ago in August - and the anniversary will be marked with a series of events. Read more: Witnesses of Station Road crash in Truro...