The row in South East Cornwall continues as the Conservative candidate for the General Election is said to be refusing to attend local meetings and hustings after she was accused of blocking her constituents on social media. The hashtag #BlockedBySheryll spread across Twitter in relation to Sheryll Murray's habit of refusing to engage with some users, and now the Liberal Democrats are publicly asking "Where is Sheryll?". Read more: Matt Carton's parents and friends pick up the...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Friday, June 2, 2017. We'll be looking at all the traffic 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 David here until 2.30pm when I hand over to the late team led today by Mike. If you've seen something going on and want us to check it...

The roadworks that residents said are paralysing Bodmin, causing shop closures, impacting on the independence of disabled people as well as harming the health of schoolchildren will not be finished when they were meant to. Originally scheduled to take nine months from last September, Cornwall Council has now said they will not be completed by the summer. But the good news is the main road through Bodmin will be reopened in time for the Royal Cornwall Show. Read more: Police said the body...

North Cornwall is, as the name suggests, the most northerly parliamentary constituency in the county.Stretching from Padstow to Bude and across to Bodmin, it's famous for its big surf beaches in Polzeath and Bude, rugged coastline through Boscastle and Tintagel, celebrity hangouts of Padstow and Rock and the beautiful but bleak Bodmin Moor. Second homes and housing are an issue in the Wadebridge and Padstow areas, and the prospective MP will also be keen to keep an eye on the scores of housing...

Police are appealing for the drivers of three cars to come forward as potential witnesses to a crash which claimed the life of a young mother. A 29-year-old woman from Redruth, named locally as Hazel Brown, died after her silver Ford Fiesta, left the road and plunged into the isolated Stithians Lake on the evening of Tuesday, May 16. The fatal incident happened just after 8.30pm at Hillside, just outside of the hamlet of Carnmenellis, by the south side of the lake. Read more: Touching...

A steamy new trailer for the next series of Cornwall based BBC period drama Poldark has been released. On Wednesday it was announced that series three of Poldark will debut on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday, June 11. Starring Aidan Turner as handsome leading man Ross Poldark and Eleanor Tomlinson as his fiery wife Demelza, the first two series of the popular show hooked viewers far and wide with its turbulent relationships, good-looking scenery and even better looking cast. Read next: Poldark...

A father from Newquay who is fighting for his life after being attacked in the street has been named locally as primary school teacher Ryan Polmounter. Mr Polmounter, who is from St Newlyn East and works at St Mawgan Primary School, remains in a critical condition following a serious assault which happened in the early hours of Monday morning. The 32-year-old 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 next:...

Six more members of a gang that trafficked drugs from London to the streets of five Cornish towns have appeared before a judge and received their punishments. Anntoin Richards, 22, Remone Walker, 23 and his brother Jordan Walker-Brown, 20, all of the Tottenham area of North London appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing today along with Angela Counter AKA Gibbon, 39, of no fixed abode, her son William Counter, 20, of Mount Charles Road in St Austell and Racquel Campbell, 26, of Polweath...

A child has been hit by a coach on a busy Plymouth road and rushed to Derriford Hospital. Our colleagues at the Plymouth Herald had received unconfirmed reports that a child aged about two had been involved with a collision with a National Express coach in the St Budeaux Square area of Wolseley Road. Police have now confirmed they were called to the area at 11.50am and that a child has been take to the A&E department at Derriford Hospital with a bump to the head. Witnesses...

Release date:  Thu, 01/06/2017 (All day) Main image:  Summary:  A new book describing nearly one thousand wild and naturalised species of flowers and ferns found on the Isles of Scilly is getting high praise from both professional botanists and amateur enthusiasts throughout the country.

The New Flora of the Isles of Scilly is the culmination of many years of study by author Rosemary Parslow, with the help of co-author Ian Bennallick and designer Glynn Bennallick.

Rosemary Parslow says,

“We wanted to produce a book that was colourful, included lots of photos and distribution maps, plus information to interest not only the experts but beginners too. Due to the mostly mild and moist sub-tropical climate of the islands, some plants occur in the Isles of Scilly more abundantly than on the British mainland, and some are found nowhere else in Britain.”

“We hope the book will stimulate more research and interest in the islands special flora, and help people enjoy and appreciate the wonderful floral displays they see when they walk around the islands”.

The New Flora of the Isles of Scilly has sections on the geographical position of the Isles of Scilly; the early history of botanical recording; island habitat maps; descriptions of individual islands; alien plants; plant habitats; species accounts and maps; gazetteer of places; bibliography and useful references; and a list of recorders and contributors. It brings the record up to date since Lousley’s 1971 Flora.

In full colour, the A4 hardback publication, 540 pages, has been supported by ERCCIS, the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly hosted by Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation of Biological Recorders (CISFBR).

Since being published in April one expert remarked: “I was very impressed with the amount of work that has gone into it”. Other comments have included, “a real delight - fantastic design, absorbing background details of the islands, and really interesting species notes - with very helpful photos for those who haven't really got a clue. A beautifully crafted book with excellent research”.

To buy The New Flora of the Isles of Scilly online, please visit the Cornwall Wildlife Trust online shop, where 10% of the book price will be donated to the Trust - http://www.cornwallwildlife.org.uk/shop/product/new-flora-isles-scilly

It can also be purchased by post. Please send your name and address and a cheque made payable to 'R. Parslow' for £58 (£50 plus £8 p&p) to Ian Bennallick, Lower Polmorla, St Wenn, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5PE.

 

The body found in a vehicle parked in west Cornwall was that of a 50-year-old Wadebridge man, police have now confirmed. The death is not being treated as suspicious and his next of kin have been made aware but the police would not release his name. Devon and Cornwall Police were first informed that a member of public had discovered a body inside a car at a car park in Cripplease on the back roads between St Ives and Penzance on May 24. Read more: Daughter's desperate plea to help find...

Whether you are currently based in the county or are dreaming of a career by the beach, here is a wide range of medical, admininstrative and even gardening vacancies available with the NHS in Cornwall. With entry and top-end level positions open across a variety of sectors, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has vacancies that will appeal to everyone from aspiring and experienced health professionals to gardeners and administrators. Find your perfect job in Cornwall here Talking about the...

Football fans in Cornwall are in for a treat this weekend as the Premier League trophy arrives in the county. Visitors to Newquay will be able to catch a glimpse of the genuine trophy at the town's library on Marcus Hill on Saturday (June 3). The trophy will be on show in the main adult section in the library for the morning, between 10am and 1pm along with a display of football related books. Those that come along will be able to take a photograph or a selfie with the prestigious trophy...

Have you heard a lot of people talking about rabbits today? Have you even been pinched or punched? Even if you didn't grow up in a superstitious household you'll probably be familiar with certain expressions and actions, including these. Yes, on the first day of every month the phrases 'pinch punch' and 'white rabbits' will be thrown about a lot, because they supposedly bring good luck. Read more: This is when Cornwall's world famous lido Jubilee Pool will open and it will be free With...

While we've already had most of the bank holidays for 2017, there's still another big one to come. The August bank holiday marks the end of summer and is just about within reach. If you're still unsure of your plans for summer, well it's time you made some. A holiday abroad? A staycation here in Cornwall? Maybe a music festival or three? Read more: These scenes in Cornwall are being mistaken for California, Barbados and Australia Below is a list for the bank holidays in 2017 and below...

Sharp-eyed lookouts called rescuers to the aid of a family who were drifting in a dingy off St Ives. The alarm was raised by volunteers of the National Coastwatch Institution at St Ives who spotted the motorboat, which was apparently in trouble, with two adults and two children on board. They called Falmouth coastguards who in turn alerted the St Ives RNLI lifeboat crew. Read next: These 3 Cornwall beaches were voted among the UK's ten best, with one making European list Just before noon...

Less than a month after Prime Minister came to Cornwall and famously shut Cornwall Live reporters in a room, Theresa May came to Plymouth and left reporters feeling utterly deflated. Plymouth Herald chief reporter Sam Blackledge prepared four questions to ask the Prime Minister as she visited Plymouth Harbour on a drizzly Wednesday morning and chatted to fishermen. But despite covering as varied a range of topics as might have been possible in four questions, from her fears over marginal...

A woman from St Austell has spoken out about the lengths she went to in order to catch her missing cat - which included overnight stake-outs, wearing camouflage and setting traps with whole roast chickens. Rhia Harcourt-Rogers, a mental health support worker, lost her Maine Coon cat, Henry, two months ago when he ran off after being frightened by a police siren. The mother-of-two said her kids were devastated when their cat went missing, so she went about trying to find him.Read more: Dad...

A Sicilian hair stylist living in Cornwall has launched a desperate plea after misplacing a special piece of jewelry left to her by her late mother. Marita Gorgone, 54, is trying to track down a gold looped earring she was given after her mother, Theresa Gorgone, passed away in Sicily aged 86, a few years ago. "The earring holds such great sentimental value to me," said Marita, who moved to Marazion from Sicily 15 years ago.Read more: This historic bank is to be turned into an adult...

Pets at Home Bodmin is urging pet owners to regularly check their pets and houses for fleas as we close in on summer and temperatures rise. The specialist pet retailer has released an infographic highlighting how to protect your home and pets from fleas, including tips on what temperature to wash your pets bedding and which key areas to clean in your home. Research conducted in 2016, in which 1,800 pet owners were interviewed, reveals that more than one million households, that's almost one...