A violent beggar from Cornwall has been jailed after he chased a vulnerable adult through the streets of Exeter and mugging him in a college car park. Vagrant Michael Brickley targeted the 29-year-old after asking him for money and realising he suffered from severe learning difficulties. He sponged money off him in the street and then followed him as he tried to get away from him and attacked him on three separate occasions. Read more: Two cows rescued after going for a swim in River Camel...

A new Spanish fusion tapas bar is on its way to the Market House Arcade in Launceston following a string of new independent shop openings in the town. Despite struggles in the retail industry, Launceston town centre is defying the odds. A number of chain-free shops have started popping up over recent months and hope to tackle the challenge posed by out-of-town retailers. Read more: Man injured after being shot in the face with a paintball gun Rubens Cafe and Tapas Bar, due to open on July...

RNLI lifeguards are to patrol Seaton Beach for the first time this summer. The charity's lifeguards will be in position at the popular beach through the summer months in a bid to make families enjoying themselves feel safer at what is known as a shelving beach. Lifeguard supervisor Charlie Gillett said: "Seaton beach is popular with families because of its easy access. We want people to enjoy the beach, but it's important for them to be aware of local hazards and this is something our...

Doom Bar is the official beer of The British & Irish Lions for the 2017 tour to New Zealand, and to celebrate they are giving away 10 Lions Doom Bar packs, which include a special souvenir rugby ball plus 12 bottles of the award winning ale. Whether you're watching the highlight of this year's sporting calendar in the lounge, or you've taken the TV out in the garden, what could be better than a glass or bottle of the UK's number one cask beer? So enter the competition here and you could...

Firefighters have had a busy night attending incidents that are more usual in winter. The chilly turn in the weather prompted a number of people to light fires at home and in Warleggan a chimney blaze broke out. A fire engine from Bodmin attended the incident at 6.45pm and on arrival crews extinguished the fire using a stirrup pump and chimney rods. They then inspected the chimney to ensure the danger was passed using a thermal imaging camera. Read next: This bus was stuck for 40 minutes...

Author of The Nestling says finishing the book after her mums death from dementia helped her fill the void when she died. "Grief is a weird thing," author of fantasy book The Nestling Katy Goldsworthy said. "I lost my mum [to dementia] a while back before she died. It was a big void, so sitting down and writing, I could leave myself in the fantasy." Katy Goldsworthy from Helston started writing The Nestling, a romance book with pixies and fairies, for a while before her...

The smoking ban is 10 years old today. It was a piece of legislation that changed the UK forever - no longer would pubs and clubs be smoke-filled places. That dirty smoking room at the office or factory would become history. It's hard to argue against the health benefits of the ban, but it was nonetheless controversial, with the licensed trade in particular worried about its effects. It was July 1, 2007, that the...

Delays have been seen on the A30 all day today with thousands of people heading out of Cornwall.Earlier today we reported that there were six miles of queuing traffic, with delays at Bodmin and also down at Carland Cross back towards Chiverton roundabout.The long tailbacks continued throughout the afternoon, getting even worse with rush hour traffic this evening.Read more: Emergency services and vet called as road closed after crash between several cars and deerOne motorist said that they had...

They are neighbouring counties divided by a river - and a tasty treat. The great debate has raged between Devon and Cornwall for as long as anyone can remember - do you put the cream or jam on first?So on National Cream Tea Day we decided to try to solve the argument once and for all, by celebrating by heading to a favourite cafe on the border for a cuppa tea and a scone or two.Our colleagues at Devon Live visited Fryer's Tea Room in Kilkhampton, a village which sits on the Devon/Cornwall...

The busy A374 through Torpoint has been closed in both directions this afternoon after a crash involving a deer. Police confirmed that "a few vehicles" had been hit by the animal, which was still lying injured in the road.Read more: Cornwall's largest school set for huge £15million rebuild projectThe incident took place at about 2.40pm (Friday, June 30) and the road was still closed with emergency services at the scene an hour later. Police said that a vet had been called to...

A Cornish beach has been cordoned off by emergency services after they have found a suspicious item that could be ordnance.Police were called to Watergate Bay, Newquay, earlier this afternoon after reports of a suspicious item lying on the beach.Read more: Someone urinated on South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray's office and another said to stab herOfficers said they were investigating a possible "flare or ordnance" washed up on the beach and that the area was cordoned off by...

A yacht was raided off the Isles of Scilly on suspicion of carrying illegal immigrants - four people have been detained.The 26-foot vessel, Kozyawka, was towed to St Mary's Harbour by Border Force vessel Nimrod on Wednesday, June 28, at about 6.40am. It is understood that Pegasus, a pilot boat, also helped in the tow.It was intercepted and the four people on board the vessel presented themselves as Ukrainian nationals.Read more: Police appeal after man is stabbed and hit with rock in...

The yacht management company director responsible for the Cheeki Rafiki, which capsized in the mid-Atlantic killing the four crew including a sailor from Torpoint, has broken down in tears as he told a court he was "horrified" when the US Coastguard said it planned to call off the rescue mission. The yacht lost its keel as the crew were returning the 40ft vessel from Antigua to the UK in May 2014 when it got into trouble more than 700 miles from Nova Scotia in Canada. The crew who...

A planning application is due to be submitted for a £15million project to bulldoze and rebuild a dilapidated section of Cornwall's biggest school. In 2015, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced that Newquay Tretherras would become one of the first schools to receive a slice of the Government's £2 billion Priority School Building Programme. As a result the Fifties-era block to the north of the Tretherras site, which is known as the lower school and houses junior...

St Austell Police have shared a shocking poster which hopes to raise awareness of online safety among children. The force took to Twitter to share the image, which poses the question 'who are your children really talking to online?'. Read more: This is when the A30 roadworks at Bodmin will be completed and the new lanes open A spokesman for St Austell Police said: "Do you know why you or your children are talking to online? Check security settings and educate your children on internet...

The death of a man whose bones were found scattered over a mile of woodland near County Hall could have been the result of anything from natural causes or a medical episode to a crime or suicide, an inquest heard. Lee Gilbert's skeletal remains were discovered in a woodland area by the River Tinney, a stream which flows into the Calenick estuary at the south side of Truro, five months after the 39-year-old from Penryn was reported missing. An inquest in Truro heard how a severed foot in a...

A drunk woman broke into the house of an old school friend she suspected of dealing drugs to her former partner before pulling a knife on him and going on a rampage, which included smashing a photo of the victim and his recently deceased son. Sharon Philp, 46, of Tregurra Lane in Truro, appeared at Truro Crown Court today after admitting charges of criminal damage and affray. Prosecutor Francesca Whebell told the court how, on May 24, a drunken Philp went to the house of Kevin Tangye,...

This adorable video shows a Eurasian lynx kitten getting used to its new home at Newquay Zoo. Zookeepers say the kitten, which was born in May, is making swift progress and looking strong and healthy. Born five weeks ago to parents Boomer and Kicsi, the kitten has been sexed as a male. Read next: Cornwall Live is invited for an exclusive feeding session with adorable Newquay Zoo sloth Roxy The Eurasian lynx is the third largest predator in Europe after the brown bear and grey wolf, and...

A pair of young drug dealers - one of whom takes MDMA for breakfast - have avoided jail despite both having been in trouble with the law before. Dean Miller, 20, of no fixed abode, and Punita Mitchell, 19, of Fairmanstle Street, Truro, appeared at Truro Crown Court after pleading guilty to supplying cannabis and MDMA. Miller was also punished for being caught in possession of MDMA while on bail for the other offences. Prosecutor Francesca Whebell told the court how in October last year police...

Doom Bar, the official beer of the British and Irish Lions, is bringing rugby home to Cornwall this weekend (Saturday, July 1), with a free Lions-inspired rugby match at Camborne RFC - and one and all are invited. And the Home Nations Doom Bar Select XV, a team from right across the UK, have been put through their final paces by none other than Lions legend Phil Vickery. All set on Doom Bar's home turf of Cornwall, this special match is inspired by an historic game that took place at...