Hundreds of tributes have been pouring in on social media for popular Truro man Joey Sims, 22, who died suddenly yesterday afternoon.Friends and family have paid respects over social media, describing Mr Sims as "a true legend with the kindest heart". Paramedics were called to the home of a man in his early twenties yesterday afternoon, to reports that the man has suffered a fit and two ambulances rushed to the scene.Read more: This boy had meningitis as a baby here's how it changed...

The third and final bridge over the new dual carriageway at Temple on the A30 will open later this month. The completion of work on the Temple Tor Bridge will bring to an end the major engineering part of the £60million to improve the notorious bottleneck. However, although all the roads leading onto or over the A30 will be open by August 18, contractors Kier will remain on site for some months yet. And drivers still face seeing one lane closed in either direction between 8pm and 6am,...

Cornwall's seas are teeming up with exciting wildlife and there's nothing more thrilling than watching dolphins play around boats or jump and frolic. Falmouth Bay is one of the best locations to enjoy a spot of wildlife watching. Keith Leeves has been running AK Wildlife Cruises for many years, taking locals and tourists alike off to sea to enjoy sea creatures such as basking sharks, dolphins and whales as well as seals and bids. One of the latest video filmed by Mr Leeves is that of...

Cornwall Council has agreed to pay more towards the multi-million pound A30 link road for St Austell.A meeting of the council's Cabinet discussed the matter on Wednesday (July 26) and it was unanimously agreed to increase the contribution to 7% of the value of the contract – up to a limit of £6 million.Read more: Newquay police officer saves life of woman who was about to jump from a viaduct 100 feet above a busy main roadThe financial commitment is due to be added to the council's...

Hundreds of ex-commercial hens due for slaughter are hoping for a happy ending in Cornwall.The British Hen Welfare Trust will be re-homing lucky birds in various locations across the country. However, the charity said they cannot save the hens if they do not have homes to go to.The charity is appealing to anyone who has a bit of space in their back garden to consider giving a home to some ex-bats.Read more: Man, 62, who found work after 14 years with no job and is encouraging others not to give...

A police officer has spoken of the moment he saved the life of a woman who was about to jump from a viaduct 100 feet above a busy main road in Newquay.Police received a call from concerned members of the public at about 9.30pm on Sunday (July 23) after they saw a woman in her sixties walking on the train track near Trenance Leisure Park.Within minutes of arriving at the scene, Newquay officers PC Simon Andrews and PC Lewis O'Mahoney located the woman hanging over from the top of Trenance...

A woman has spoken of how she was offended and frightened after a group of men called her a 'slut' as she walked down a high street during the early evening.Lauren Bayfield said was left disgusted and furious at the comment from a group apparently on a stag party in her hometown of Helston.The 28-year-old said she felt she must speak out against cat-calling and sexually offensive remarks to women.She wrote about her feelings on Facebook where she was widely praised by many people who said the...

August has been the deadliest month of the year for sea and coastal deaths in Cornwall for the past five years, shocking new figures have revealed. According to the RNLI, 26 people died on the coast during August over the past five years. The national life-saving charity said the figures made the month of August the deadliest of the year. The figures for the south west come as the RNLI warns that only one in five people actually call 999 if they see someone struggling in the water or fall...

A mum and her two 12-year-old children died after a serious crash witnessed by their step-father and brother from a car in front, police have confirmed.Emergency services were called at 8.25am on Monday to the A361 at Barnstaple following a head-on-collision between a white Kia Sportage travelling towards Barnstaple and a Marks and Spencers lorry traveling in the opposite direction.The 43-year-old mother was pronounced dead at the scene. Her 12-year-old daughter was pronounced dead on arrival at...

The skies of Cornwall will soon welcome back a couple of old friends – two helicopters which were once used by the navy for search and rescue.The Ministry of Defence is returning two Sea King Mark 5 aircraft to service, and they will once again have a life-saving role – to help train the German navy.The aircraft were once used by 771 Naval Air Squadron for rescue missions across Cornwall from their base at RNAS Culdrose near Helston.The iconic grey and red aircraft were a regular and...

It has been hit by nearly a dozen vehicles in the past three years and led to Cornwall Council becoming a bit of a laughing stock but Falmouth's rising bollard could be replaced with technology more commonly used to catch criminals and in car parks. The idea of installed automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras is being explored as a better way of managing traffic through the town centre after a series of accidents put the bollard out of action for weeks at a time. The bollard at the...

It's just one of several vacancies currently advertised. Don't you just love beer? Aside from enjoying a pint in the Cornish summer sun, the next best thing to cracking open a cold one may just be making the stuff yourself. You could be doing just that at one of the county's award-winning and most popular and breweries, Skinners in Truro. Read more: Cornwall job vacancies near you Previous brewing experience is not a requirement to apply for this position, but a "passion for beer and...

A crackdown on street drinking and antisocial behaviour is paying dividends in one Cornish town. Over the past two months police have been targeting bad behaviour with a designated 'no drinking zone' in Falmouth. Officers from the response and the neighbourhood teams have been asked to take action in a bid to stop the problem. Acting Inspector Mark Cooper said: "Officers have in the last two months targeted the street drinking and antisocial behaviour in the town and centre,...

One man who had been looking for a job for 14 years, has finally found employment at the age of 62, and is now encouraging others people looking for work not to give up hope.St Agnes man Steven Dew's last paid job was at Curry's more than a decade ago.Read more: You could earn £1,000 a month by taking surveys in Cornwall right nowMr Dew handed in his notice when he was offered another job, but when it fell through he never imagined that it would take him almost a quarter of his life again...

Cornwall's police force has the highest number of traffic officers in the country outside London, according to a new study which has found their numbers nationally have dropped by a third in a decade. According to data obtained under Freedom of Information laws, the number of dedicated road traffic officers (RTO) on the Devon and Cornwall force is 197. Although the force covers the biggest geographical area in England, the numbers of RTOs is higher than forces with huge populations, such as...

An NHS expansion plan for mental health services will see thousands of new posts created, the Government has said. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the aim was to treat an extra one million people by 2021 under one of the biggest boosts to mental care in Europe. However, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) questioned whether enough people could be trained in such time, and if there were the resources to do so. Read next: Delight as children and teens with mental health problems to finally...

Firefighters have urged homeowners to make sure their washing machine is safe after attending one that had burst into flames One fire engine from Penzance Community Fire Station attended to a call reporting a washing machine on fire at Adelaide Street in the town. The crew arrived just after 10am today used the thermal image camera, two breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet to extinguish the blaze. Read next: Land's End condemns visitor who jumped fence to ride partially sighted pony...

Drivers were left facing long delays on the M5 after a South West Ambulance Service vehicle burst into flames. All of the lanes were closed between Junction 21 and Junction 20 but have since re-opened between the junctions for Weston-Super-Mare and Clevedon. There were delays of up to two-and-a-half hours, according to Highways England. Read next: Land's End condemns visitor who jumped fence to ride partially sighted pony bareback Eyewitness Dawn Ellis tweeted a photo of an ambulance that...

Cornwall's most westerly visitor attraction has spoken of its outrage after a video emerged on social media in which a visitor is seen to go into a paddock and ride a partially sighted pony bareback. The woman was said to have "irresponsibly" entered the paddock at Greeb Farm, part of the array of attractions at Land's End. She then climbs on top of tiny Shetland pony Thorn and attempts to ride him. However Land's End said that Thorn was not only partially sighted, but had never...

Festival-goers were flooded out of their tents and put into emergency accommodation last night as "biblical" weather hit Port Eliot. The festival sold out over a month ago and has a reputation of being a more "upmarket" festival compared to the likes of Glastonbury, Download and most others. But Mother Nature isn't very selective when choosing her targets, and the festival site at St Germans was hit by a deluge of rain as flood warnings were issued across Cornwall for...