A growing number of Londoners are switching their primary home to Cornwall to keep their families safe following the latest terror attack on the capital. It is understood that some people who may have had a primary residence in London and a holiday home in Cornwall have now moved their families down to Cornwall and are commuting to work in London because the capital is no longer seen as safe. Malcolm Bell, chief executive of Visit Cornwall said that while superfast broadband was seen as a...

A Conservative politician has said that students studying at a south west university should not be allowed to vote there. Councillor David Fletcher, who acted as a teller for Tory candidate Oliver Colvile, has written a letter to the Plymouth Herald saying that he witnessed an "unprecedented volume of young people flooding the polling booths" and that students of the city's university should not be able to vote there. Thousands of undergraduates are believed to have visited polling...

A mystery body found on Exmoor 15 years ago may be that of a man from the Bude area according to police who are launching a new national appeal to help identify him. Officers from Avon and Somerset Police say there is evidence to suggest the man suffered a violent assault before his death, some time between 1999 and 2000. The body was found buried and wrapped in plastic bin liners in Halse Lane near the village of Winsford, Somerset, on March 3, 2002. Read more: Disabled Mark Bartlett of...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Thursday, June 15, 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 Charlotte. If you've seen...

Defeated Lib Dem election candidate Andrew George has said leader Tim Farron could not have led the party into the next election. Mr Farron resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats on Wednesday saying was torn between the demands of leading a progressive liberal party and his Christian faith.Mr George, who was MP for St Ives for 18 years until 2015 and missed out on winning the seat on Friday by just 312 votes, said Mr Farron was right to step down after an election which saw the Lib Dems win...

The death toll from a fire which engulfed an apartment block in London has risen to 12 – although it may climb higher as the emergency services begin the difficult task of examining the smouldering remains. Grenfell Tower in west London caught fire in the early hours of this morning. The 24-storey tower block was soon a huge mass of flames. It is thought around 600 people were asleep inside the 120-flat block when the blaze took hold. Police said 12 people have now been confirmed...

A cerebral palsy sufferer from Cornwall who threatened a neighbour with a knife has also attacked a member of staff at the cathedral in Exeter Mark Bartlett bit the official on the finger as he was trying to usher him out of the cathedral in an incident last year, a court was told. He went on to threaten a fellow resident with a large kitchen knife during a confrontation at a boarding house. Bartlett, of St Mawes, was found guilty of affray when a jury rejected his claim he was acting in...

Tim Farron has resigned as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the wake of poor results in the General Election. However Mr Farron said he was quitting because he was torn between the demands of leading a progressive liberal party and his Christian faith. In general, the party failed to win enough seats and in Cornwall it slipped back into third place in many constituencies behind Labour. Opinion: The election the Tories won but lost and Labour lost but wonOnly in the west of Cornwall in...

As the tide pulled slowly back in the busy seaside port of St Ives today, it revealed a striking sight – the top half of a submerged car. Crowds gathered along the beach and Smeaton's Pier to watch the brand-new pick-up truck emerge from the sparkling blue water. A pair of floating pink buoys marking the wayward vehicle out as that of a fisherman. It emerged later that the unfortunate owner had been out to check on his boat in the early hours of the morning when his car became stranded...

A St Austell grandfather died in hospital last year following a number of "systematic failures" in his medical treatment, an inquest has heard. Terrence George, 72, was rushed to Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, by ambulance on January 3, 2016, after collapsing at his home in Polgooth. Read more: Fisherman's truck gets stuck in sand and submerged by the tide - live With the hospital unable to treat his severe pancreatitis, Mr George was transferred to the intensive care unit,...

More than 4,000 young women in Cornwall are ignoring the chance to have a test which could save their lives. New figures just released by the NHS show that the county has one of the UK's lowest take up rates of smear tests which can detect the early stages of cervical cancer. Dr Julie Yates, consultant at Public Health England and screening and immunisation lead in the South West, said that young women aged 25-29 seemed particularly reluctant to come forward for the free test and urged them...

Dozens of firefighters spent four hours tackling a fire in a thatched cottage near Launceston this morning.The blaze took hold of the roof in the house on Kellacott Road, leading to a farm in St Giles on the Heath - just across the border in Devon.Eight fire engines from Launceston, Okehampton, Hatherleigh, Holsworthy and Tavistock, together with the Incident Command Unit from Honiton and water carrier from Liskard, Cornwall were called to the fire.Read more: Fisherman's truck submerged in...

A new workspace is preparing to launch in Truro that will allow parents to take young children to work with them with a onsite creche.The new venture is set to be a one of a kind for Cornwall and will offer parents the chance to get on with work in peace and quiet, while their children are cared for by childcare professionals at the pop-up provision.The unusual office space, Desks and Daycare, will be set up in Truro Story and Play Cafe on Quay Street and is due to launch this July - but an open...

A fisherman's truck has been submerged in the harbour in St Ives after getting stuck in the sand as the tide came. The brand new pick-up belonged to a fisherman who went to check his boat in the early hours of this morning and got stuck. Hundreds of people are watching from the harbour front as the tide goes out and the truck is uncovered. Read more: Body of dog found stuffed in bag full of large rocks dumped in the Carn Marth Quarry near RedruthThe truck started to emerge as the tide went...

Police in Cornwall have claimed a major victory in the fight against an organised criminal drugs gang after five people were arrested in two simultaneous raids. Large amounts of drugs were also seized as part of the operation to disrupt the London-based gang which is believed to have targeted Cornwall as a 'soft target'. Devon and Cornwall Police officers entered the two houses in the Falmouth area on Tuesday as part of a wider operation against a drugs gang. Falmouth police's Inspector Ian...

A 19 year old from west Cornwall cannot believe his luck after winning a boat worth £2,000 – now he just has to work out how to sail it. Jake Wilson from St Just was delighted to win the vessel at Falmouth Marine School's Community Open Event last Saturday. The shocked teen, who has only sailed a few times, admits taking the boat out will be a learning curve. Fortunately Jake will be able to call upon the experience of his grandad who served in the Merchant Navy to help him learn...

An ambitious plan to reinstate a helicopter service between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly has been thrown into turmoil over a legal wrangle. It has been revealed that a judge has given the go ahead for a judicial review to be sought into a planning application for a heliport in Penzance which was granted by Cornwall Council. Andrew May, chairman of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (SSC), which has obtained the review, said he was "heartened" by the judge's decision and the...

A member of a gang who repeatedly stabbed a rival drug dealer boasted about the attack on Facebook and said the victim was 'only a little London muppet'. Matthew Henney made the comments in a message to a friend after travelling to Exeter from Cornwall to take part in the attack with friend William Toohey. They were allegedly part of a five-strong group who burst into a house where rival dealer Connor Cain was staying and stabbed him repeatedly in the chest and legs. Read more: Body of dog...

The body of a dog has been discovered stuffed into a large bag with several large rocks and dumped in the water at Carn Marth Quarry in Lanner. The 14-month-old black Labrador was found by a member of the Last Chance Hotel Animal Rescue charity, who managed to pull the heavy holdall out of shallow waters at the site.Samantha B'Stard of the Last Chance Hotel Animal Rescue, who helped to retrieve the body of the dog after it was found at the quarry described the heartbreak of what she saw.Read...

The streets of Redruth will this weekend be transformed into a sea of colour and noise as the town celebrates the life of its most famous son. Murdoch Day will take place on Saturday and the celebration, which also toasts the town's heritage, industry and community, is named after William Murdoch, the pioneering inventor who was the first to use gas lights indoors at his home in Cross Street. As usual there's a packed schedule of events taking place around Redruth throughout the day and...