A 54-year-old woman whose body was found next to the Camel Trail deliberately took her own life despite medical support, an inquest has heard. Elaine Alcock was discovered hanging in Bodmin three days after she was reported missing and police issued an appeal. Read more: Youth Recruits allegedly sent teens to collect for fake charity for homeless children in CornwallA hearing at City Hall in Truro was told how Ms Alcock disappeared on June 29, 2016, before being found dead on July 1 at...

An artists' group in Helston has been awarded just £1 shy of half a million to renovate the Passmore Edwards former school and community centre in Penrose Road. For the past four years the building has been the home of the Cornubian Arts and Science Trust, or Cast for short. As well as renting out space for artists' studios, the building has been used to run a variety of events and a community café. The money, £499,999 from Arts Council England, will be used to open up a...

The death of an elderly man whose body was found at the bottom of a set of steps in Padstow is not being treated as suspicious. Forensic and police officers were called just after 8.50am on Wednesday morning (June 21) following the discovery at the bottom of some steps on New Street, leading towards a local car park. The death was initially being treated as unexplained while officers conducted their inquiries. Read next: Naked man chases shocked woman and her children down a Padstow...

A teenager was sexually assaulted in Newquay after being left unconscious following a punch to the head. The woman, 19, was on a night out in the town on Saturday, June 3 when the incident happened, police said today. She left Sailors Nightclub on Fore Street and made her way through the town along Berry Road to the Boating Lake, where she approached another woman in the lake shelters and requested a cigarette. Read next: Shaken woman's warning after 'persistent and intimidating' man...

A mum has said she hoped the jailing of a teenage driver for a hit-and-run that seriously injured her son as he walked home on the pavement from an evening out with friends would serve as a lesson to others. Chloe Henderson, also listed in court documents as Chloe Coles, was charged with driving a car without due care and attention, failing to stop after a road accident and failing to report the accident. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Wednesday, June 28, 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 Gareth here until 2.30pm when I hand over to the late team led today by Shans. If you've seen...

A photographer has spoken of how he crept through the grass to get close enough to film this incredible footage of elusive adders in the wild. Lee Collings, from Leeds, came to visit Cornwall three years and saw the snakes for the first time on the Lizard peninsula. Having lost the pictures since – he resolved this year to make it his mission to find the secretive creatures again. And he was not disappointed – as you can see from his remarkable footage above. He said: "I...

Motorists face months of delays when work begins on one of Truro's busiest roundabouts, but the main project will not begin until January, when a similar scheme along the A39 at Treluswell is completed.There had been concerns previously that the two major road schemes to replace mini roundabouts at both locations with single ones were due to take place at the same time.Last October Cornwall Council said Arch Hill would start in December and Treluswell in January, but also said they were...

Arts Council England has announced its National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) grant funding for the next four years and it's great news for visual arts in Cornwall. Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, already an NPO, has secured a commitment of £1,447,044 in revenue funding until 2022 – breaking down to £361,761 per year. "This is fabulous news and testament to the expertise and hard work of our staff, volunteers, and trustees," said director of Newlyn Art...

A family has been left distraught after their pet Chihuahua went missing from the back of a car in Treloggan, Newquay. Zoe Julian believes her dog, named Bentley, was stolen from the back of her vehicle at Treloggan car boot sale this afternoon (June 27). Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt She said Bentley was taken from her silver VW Transporter and spotted a grey Toyota van with blacked out windows speeding away from the...

Fresh from electrifying crowds at Glastonbury, Ed Sheeran has revealed he's about to announce his latest set of UK stadium tour dates. Back in January he told Nation Radio that he'll be busy playing at stadiums across the country for the next two years. Read more: Here's a complete round up of all today's Mazey Day madness At the time he said: "I am literally just touring all year. I start in a couple of months and I finish at the end of 2018." He took to Instagram this morning...

A safety probe is being carried out on a stretch of the A30 which has seen numerous serious and fatal crashes. etition launched to get a barrier installed Casey Wearne launched an ipetition calling for a barrier to be installed after her grandparents were involved in a smash on the A30 Hayle bypass. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt The couple, aged 71 and 73, were "victims of a horrific crash" last month on their...

A fisherman has been airlifted to hospital in a dramatic rescue after his boat caught fire off the coast of Land's End. At around 9.20am this morning (June 27), the coastguard received a call from a fishing vessel reporting that another nearby boat was ablaze. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt They also reported that the fisherman on board the burning boat required medical treatment. The Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station and the UK...

A fisherman was being treated in hospital after his vessel caught fire off the Cornish coast. Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station was called out by HM Coastguard at Falmouth following reports that a one-man fishing vessel was ablaze off Pendeen and that the fisherman was injured.Read more: Cornwall's smuggling past: We take a look at six pubs at the heart of a 'golden age' of criminality "The RNLI Sennen Cove all weather lifeboat City of London III launched at 9.30 am and quickly arrived on...

Edgy police dramas Line of Duty and Broadchurch will go up against Poldark at this year's TV Choice Awards. The BBC1 period drama set and filmed in Cornwall didn't pick up any prizes last year but won best new drama in 2015. Read more: Driver remains in serious condition after crashing into 22 cars on garage forecourt Many hope the series based on the novels of Winston Graham will fare better this year, having been nominated in the best drama category. However the show faces some stiff...

A heavy goods vehicle driver has delivered an emotional apology for causing the death of a French moped rider he 'didn't see' in a horror crash on the A30 last year. Stephen Snell, 59, of Goonbell, St Agnes, is currently on trial at Truro Crown Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving, but admits the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. Yesterday prosecuting barrister Phillip Lee told the court how, at around 6.20am on April 27 last year, Snell was driving his...

Police say the driver of a car that careered off a road and crashed into 22 others remains in a serious condition in hospital. The passenger in the car, a woman in her 40s, died after the vehicle left the carriageway and crashed onto a garage forecourt in a quiet hamlet near St Austell on Sunday evening. The black Vauxhall Vectra collided with 22 vehicles which were parked on the garage forecourt of Andrew Toms Cars on the A390 at Hewas Water. Read next: Shaken woman's warning after...

A teenager water sports instructor who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this month has stated her determination to turn her illness into something positive by shaving her head in a bid to raise vital funds for charity. Lydia Knight, 19, from Gweek near Helston, was recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is a type of blood cancer, and started her first chemotherapy session on June 23. She has since decided to shave off all of her hair off and donate it to The Little Princess...

A row has broken out after taxi drivers in St Ives asked for a rate increase - with their counterparts in Penzance saying a big jump would be a detrimental move. A meeting is being held this week to discuss raising taxi fares in the part of Cornwall which is currently the lowest charging area. Requests were received by Cornwall Council from the St Ives Taxi Association to increase the fare tariff, which was last increased in 2012. The Miscellaneous Licencing Committee granted approval for...

The speed, glamour and excitement of powerboat racing will be coming to Cornwall next month and spectators will have a chance to watch it all. But plans for adrenaline filled short races in Falmouth bay and a 100mph catamaran race along Malpas in Truro will not be part of the event. Instead the event has been "scaled back" for its first year with a long-distance endurance marathon from Famouth to the Isles of Scilly and back. Falmouth was set to be one of six UK destinations...