Shocking footage shows a TV producer hysterically telling a family to "get ready to die" as he attempts to perform a citizen's arrest.The incredible footage shows Fergus Beeley - who claims he worked with David Attenborough on top BBC series like Planet Earth: The Future - leaning into a parked car and aggressively shouting obscenities.The road rage attack unfolded after Simon Gale, 33, was driving along the M27 with his wife, Louise, son and mother-in-law.He was involved in a minor...

A car was completely destroyed after catching fire and going up in flames on the A30 today. The car was described as 'well-alight' when firefighters arrived. There were no reported injuries. A fire engine from Launceston was called to the scene on the A30 near the town at around 4.30pm. Firefighters wearing breathing masks moved in to extinguish the flames. They used two high-pressure water hoses to put the fire out. Read next: Police surround house in Callington over reports of armed...

A former bricklayer who worked for local firms W Trathen and E Thomas & Co Ltd in Cornwall is appealing to his former colleagues for help after a devastating asbestos-related disease diagnosis. Leslie Kevern, a father of five daughters and a grandfather of 11 grandchildren from Redruth, is suffering from lung cancer which he believes is linked to his exposure to deadly asbestos fibres during his time working in the building trade. He received his diagnosis in October 2016 following a...

No parent wants their son or daughter to be bullied, but the warning signs can be hard to spot and a child is unlikely to talk about it because they will often feel ashamed or they fear it will make it worse. According to a study revealed by Cornwall Live, up to a third of school children have at some point been too scared to go to class because of bullies. A quarter of kids revealed that in the previous year they had been subject to taunts from bullies, such as threatening texts, being...

A Sainsbury's delivery driver has been snapped apparently performing an illegal U-turn on the A30 – not far from where people have died in similar dangerous manoeuvres. The van was photographed swinging round in the road, seemingly about to cross the two solid central lines along the centre of the road. Although the name of the company cannot been seen in the photograph, the vehicle bears the same distinctive design of Sainsbury's home shopping delivery vans. The picture was posted on...

A pair of teenage RNLI lifeguards have spoken of how their training kicked in as they found themselves confronted with very real casualties off the beach. Jamie Barton, 17, patrols St Agnes and Chapel Porth beaches and is also a volunteer crewman on St Agnes Lifeboat. They were recently called to help a woman who had fallen 15 feet from a cliff, landing badly in a cave. Both crew and nearby lifeguards ran with Jamie to the casualty, where they administered first aid. After radioing for an...

Four hundred years after China gave tea to the world, a Cornish company is exporting tea - to China. Tea, which until the 17th century was an international monopoly controlled by the Chinese, is now being exported to China from Cornwall. Cornish Tea & Coffee Company (CTCC) dispatched its first consignment of products to its Chinese customers in October 2016 and with retail sales going well, demand for Cornish tea is 'Peking' with five more Chinese superstores now stocking up Smugglers...

Police are understood to have surrounded a house in Callington where they believe a man may be armed with a weapon. Residents have been told to stay indoors for their own safety while police negotiators talk to the man. He is reported to be a 27 year old. The incident was first reported at 10am this morning after police were called to to residential street in Callington called Porthmellon Gardens. Read next: Campsite evacuated and major incident declared on ScillyUpdate 2pm: A police...

PETA has rushed 'humane action kits' to Cornish primary schools after cruel teenagers filmed themselves kicking a hedgehog to death. The charity, which is dedicated to the protection of animals, is sending emergency educational materials and letters to Launceston primary schools after video footage of a group of teenagers kicking a hedgehog to death in the area was publicised earlier in July. Read more: Cornish mum loses £700 on Ed Sheeran tickets after she bought them from tout for...

A campsite was evacuated and a major incident was declared after a fire broke in a farm building containing gas on the Isles of Scilly. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service received a call at 3.20am from St Mary's about the fire in a farm building near King Edwards Road. Both appliances from St. Mary's were mobilised and were on scene in nine minutes but the building was already well alight and oxyacetylene was known to be contained in the building. Read more: Latest on rescue of sinking yacht...

An historic pub, located on the edge of Bodmin Moor, is likely to be turned into flats after it was announced the freehouse had to close because of 'lack of support'. The Stag Inn, in St Cleer, which has been running since 1842, will have to close within months and might be turned into flats.Read more: Car goes through town's roadworks and ends up in ditchThe owners of the inn submitted a pre-application to Cornwall Council on June 1 and sought advice about the conversion of the pub into...

Courageous and committed police officers and members of the public from across Cornwall have received rewards for bravery, investigative skills and dedication to the police service. The awards included one for officers who were threatened by a chainsaw-wielding man and forced to use a Taser to restrain him. A police officer who saved a motorist from a burning car who has also been rewarded.Other awards were given to officers who risked their own lives saving the lives of those intent on jumping...

This is the kind of home a few million quid can get you in one of Cornwall's most picturesque coastal villages. On a clear day the views from this five-bedroom dream home stretch some 200 miles across the sea. Imagine waking up in the morning to the tranquillity of the Fal River with super yachts and visiting cruise liners gently sailing by in the distance. It would be hard to tear yourself away from such a view that further encompasses the fishing moorings in the Percuil River, St Mawes...

Princes William and Harry have revealed their last conversation with their mother was a brief phone call on the day she died that Harry says he will regret "for the rest of my life".In a documentary about Diana, Princess of Wales, the pair speak of the remorse they feel at how short their final chat with their mum was, with Williams saying the brevity of the conversation still weighs heavily on his mind.But looking back at the life of the princess, whose death 20 years ago shocked the...

The sea seems pleasantly calm after the four-foot breakers to the west, where the RNLI lifeguards have placed their red and yellow flags.You wade in, keeping clear of the rocky reef, and after a while you feel a gentle tug as the water sweeps past your legs.Soon, you're up to your waist, and ignoring the whistles of a distant lifeguard. As each incoming wave lifts you off your feet, you find yourself just a little bit further offshore.Read more: The advice everyone needs to know about rip...

Police and highway chiefs are working together to improve safety on a stretch of the A30 where motorists have been shocked to see people performing dangerous U-turns. More images of drivers carrying out the dangerous manoeuvre on the A30 at Hayle emerged this week.It comes after an inquest heard last month from witnesses to a fatal accident when a retired music teacher carried out a U-turn in busy traffic. Read more: Here's what happened when Prince Charles and Camilla visited Cornwall on...

The pretty seaside Cornish village of Coverack should have been welcoming holidaymakers and visitors this week. Instead, the village on the Lizard peninsula became the centre of a huge rescue and recovery operation after it was engulfed in a terrifying flash flood. The video above was taken by Peter Wood. The drama unfolded on Tuesday afternoon with a sudden thunderstorm in Falmouth Bay. As heavy rain began to fall, the villagers put our sandbags – little realising the onslaught to...

A group of Cornwall firefighters are doing their bit to raise money for fellow servicemen involved in tackling the Grenfell Tower fire in London. The team at Penzance are trying to raise £800 to run an activity/teambuilding weekend in Cornwall for members of London Fire brigade. A massive blaze ripped through the West London tower block in June. It happened during the night and killed up to 80 people. The final death toll may not be known until the end of the year. Of the bodies found,...

As the latest blockbuster opens at cinemas, retelling the heroic efforts to save the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk during the Second World War, we look at the role played by Cornwall in this incredible tale of heroism and bravery. Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk, starring actors including Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and a debut for Harry Styles, tells the dramatic story of operation Dynamo – the huge mission to rescue 280,000 British and 40,000...

We have already had £1 coins, 50ps and plastic £5 notes, but the latest new money has been unveiled as a plastic £10 note featuring the face of Jane Austen to be released later this year.The 200th anniversary of the author's death was chosen by the Bank of England to reveal the new design of the note which will replace the paper one featuring Charles Darwin.But you will have to wait until later this year to see it unveiled at Winchester Cathedral, where the body of the Sense...