The St Austell and Newquay General Election result is expected shortly. The official turnout figure has been confirmed at 69.3%. Since Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election at Easter the political parties have been working to win your votes. It was just two years ago that Cornwall turned blue, with the Conservatives winning all six seats in the county as the party swept to an overall majority in the House of Commons. The parliamentary constituency of Newquay and St Austell...

Shocking video footage of the moment a groom-to-be was hit by a car in a hit-and-run on the way home from his stag do has been released by police.Dad-of-three Ben McEvoy, 32, is seen lying down in the road before he's run down near his home in the early hours of Sunday May 28. He was found by a neighbour unconscious in the middle of Hirmandale Road, West Park at around 4.40am and was left with four fractured vertebrae and a fractured sternum.Read more: Football club and school support grows for...

Conservative Sarah Newton has won the Truro and Falmouth seat more than 25,000 votes. She beat Labour's Jayne Kirham into second place, with Lib Dem Rob Nolan a long way behind in third place.There was a turnout of 75% of the electorate for the constituency - which is now the second to be declared in Cornwall and the second Conservative win.It was just two years ago that Cornwall turned blue, with the Conservatives winning all six seats in the county as the party swept to an overall majority...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Thursday, June 8, 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...

Plans to create a huge free-range egg farm housing up to 112,000 chickens have been branded "monstrous" by people living nearby. Amid growing anger among neighbours of the proposed development on the outskirts of the village of Nancegollan, near Helston, protesters said it would be a blot on the landscape, cause pollution and attract a plague of flies. The backlash came after Greville Richards, of Richland Foods Ltd, lodged an application to build four poultry houses - including...

Welcome to our live coverage of the General Election 2017. It's time for the people of Cornwall to cast their vote and decide who they want to represent them in Westminster. But will people vote with the hearts or their heads as many remain undecided as they consider manifestos, personalities and tactical voting. It's been a fascinating campaign since Theresa May called the snap election and it all kicked off in Cornwall with "Doorgate". You can read more about how the election...

An £80,000 appeal has been launched to help raise funds for a refurbishment project at the Carn Brea Leisure Centre swimming pool which hasn't had a significant upgrade in more than 40 years. Bosses said the pools were "fast becoming unfit for purpose" and would not be able to operate much longer without the repairs and improvements as part of the major refurbishment. The project to transform the ageing pool into a bigger, better environment for swimmers is due to start on...

It's showtime! Thousands of visitors are expected to flood through the gates of the Royal Cornwall Showground for the biggest event in the Cornish calendar today. The Royal Cornwall Show is a massive annual get-together for the farming community and businesses across Cornwall and attracts upwards of 120,000 people over three days to the Wadebridge showground. This main attraction is the agricultural show itself, which has an increasing number of animals each year, entered into the hundreds...

A driver caught in traffic after a horrific crash on the A38 which killed three men has made a formal complaint to police over how long the road was closed. A police officer told The Herald the Devon and Cornwall Police Force received the complaint after the triple fatal crash, which saw the Plymouth-bound carriageway closed for more than 14 hours.The road was closed to allow for a "full and thorough" investigation and recovery work to take place – which the officer said they...

A surfer from Devon is thought to be the first person to ever be attacked by a shark in British waters after he fought off a shark which bit him on the leg. Teacher Rich Thomson, 30, said the shark "grabbed me on the leg" at Bantham in South Devon and he turned to see it on his thigh, wriggling its head from side to side.Speaking to the BBC, he said: "I hit it on the head and it swam off. My hand was cut to pieces."Read more: Meet the Cornish surfer named one of the best in...

It started with a closed door. That story about Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Helston and the Conservative Party's refusal to allow Cornwall Live to film the visit kick-started our election coverage and put us at the centre of the campaign in Cornwall from the beginning. There has been heckling of the Foreign Secretary in St Ives, a uniquely Cornish campervan tour of all six constituencies, the embarrassing gaff by a Lib Dem and a series of live hustings which have enabled people to...

The family of one of the three men who died in a horror crash on the A38 has paid tribute to a "terrific" person. Trevor Gorman was one of three men killed when the van they were in overturned on the dual carrigaeway near Plymouth. Marshall Arnott and Zachary Graham also lost their lives. Read more: Latest YouGov General Election poll Cornwall says this Cornwall seat is too close to call The men, all in their early 20s, were employed by R&M Utility and Engineering Services and...

The controversial bid for Truro to become a European Capital of Culture in 2023 has been officially ditched by Cornwall Council. The new leader of Cornwall Council, Adam Paynter, had previously expressed his view that it was too late in the day to build an effective bid for the coveted title despite widespread backing by Cornwall's arts and heritage scene. In his recent speech at the Cornwall Council annual meeting on May 23, Mr Paynter articulated the importance of culture and creative...

More support has been pouring in for a father of two from Newquay who is fighting for his life in hospital after being attacked in the street. Primary school teacher Ryan Polmounter, from St Newlyn East, remains in a critical condition following a serious assault which happened in the early hours of Monday, May 29. The 32-year-old St Mawgan Primary School teacher was punched in the head during an attack at the junction of Beach Road and Gover Lane sometime between 4.30am and 4.40am. Read...

The Royal Cornwall Show gets under way tomorrow and thousands of visitors will fill the show field, paddocks and stands for the biggest event in the county. The show is held over three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 8, 9 and 10, near Wadebridge. It is now in its 223rd year and upwards of 120,000 people will visit the event across the three days. But wellies are looking like they will be needed on the first day.The forecast is for rain on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning,...

Day six of our tour saw us arrive in the stunning coastal town of Charlestown to speak to people within the Newquay and St Austell constituency. Driving down the narrow road through the high street in our sunshine coloured campervan, Peggy, kindly loaned to us by the Cornwall Camper Company, we were taken back by the beauty of the charming town. Read more: MP candidate Sheryll Murray faces backlash from appalled constituents after hustings video It was early in the morning as we arrived but...

The latest YouGov opinion poll released ahead of the General Election is predicting the Conservatives will fall 24 seats short of a majority and says the St Ives seat is too close to call between Conservative candidate Derek Thomas and Lib Dem Andrew George. The YouGov poll is predicting the Conservatives to win 302 seats with a majority of 42%, with Labour in second place, taking 269 seats and 38% of the vote. This would mean a loss of 29 seats for the Conservatives and a gain of 37 seats...

Holidaymakers found themselves in a sticky situation when his campervan got stuck hanging over a cliff edge. Three fire engines from Tolvaddon and Perranporth were called to the cliff road at Trevellas near St Agnes after receiving a call from a campervan owner who found himself in a precarious situation. It is understood the driver had struggled to make it around the steep, sharp turn out of the valley and ended up with the rear wheel hanging over the edge. Read more: Schemes hope to end...

The new Cabinet at Cornwall Council has been revealed following the Liberal Democrats forming a coalition with independent councillors. Adam Paynter, leader of the Liberal Democrat group, was appointed leader of the council after the recent elections and he has now unveiled his top team - more than a month after the local elections.Read next: 15 brilliant things to look forward to in Cornwall in the next five yearsIt is split evenly among the two groups which form the administration with...

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of the director of a yachting management company accused of the manslaughter of four sailors, including one from Torpoint, who died when the Cheeki Rafiki capsized in the North Atlantic. The yacht lost its keel as the crew were returning the 40ft yacht from Antigua to the UK in May 2014 when it got into trouble more than 700 miles from Nova Scotia. Read more: Latest General Election 2017 odds show voters in Cornwall could pull off a surprise result On...