Cars parked on pavements are nothing new and many pedestrians, disabled groups or scooter users find the practice inconvenient, if not abhorrent. But what is the current law on this issue and why isn't more done about it at present? Can you legally park on pavements and is it just a socially frowned-upon practice? What is the law? This is illegal because the van is also parked on double yellow lines. Pic Supt Ian Drummond-Smith Well it is a bit sketchy at the moment and...

Year 5 pupils from Padstow School not only exceeded their fundraising expectations for a disabled teen, but were able to give him much more for his 16th birthday than what they originally wished for. Alfie George, 10, recruited his Year 5 school friends from the school to help raise funds to give Christopher Hawke a special celebration. Christopher suffers with tetrasomy, which leaves him in a wheelchair with learning difficulties, sleeping problems, epilepsy, and visual impairment. Read...

Two German tourists have been rescued from a cliff in Cornwall after getting cut off by the tide and coastguards released the video of the operation.The holidaymakers were rescued from a cliff at Lantic Bay, near Fowey, on Sunday afternoon (July 23).Read more: Historic building could become Cornwall's latest artistic hubUK Coastguard said it received multiple 999 calls from people who had heard the stranded pair shouting for help after the tide came in.Lantic Bay, near Polruan and Fowey.The...

A decision has been made over plans to remodel one of Truro's busiest roundabouts at Arch Hill that could cause chaos for commuters with up to a suggested 18 months to complete the works.A packed out Truro and Roseland Community Network Panel meeting was held to discuss the plans with local residents last week.Read more: Historic building could become Cornwall's latest artistic hubMany people felt the twin roundabouts worked well as they were, with one resident stating it was "a work of...

A petition supporting the creation of Cornwall's newest cinema has been launched as the planning application is yet to be approved. Merlin cinema has launched an online petition for people to show their support for their plans to build a four-screen cinema in Bodmin's Public Rooms. Read more: Bodmin's Argos store opened yesterday in new location after previous shop closedThe firm said it cannot buy the historical building if Cornwall Council does not approve the planning...

An historic building from the Victorian era is currently up for sale and it could become Cornwall's latest artistic and cultural hub. The old library in Lower Bore Street, Bodmin, has been up for sale since February when the books and local services moved to the Cornwall Council offices at Chy Trevail. Read more: The history of St Lawrence's hospital in Bodmin: From the 'lunatic asylum' to the urbex hotspot The Grade II listed character building, which is 3,245 sq ft, is currently...

A new ferry service has been launched between a new location in Cornwall and Plymouth.Much to the excitement of locals and holidaymakers alike, the new ferry will run from Mount Edgcumbe Country Park on the Rame Peninsula to the Royal William Yard and The Barbican. Read more: Bodmin's Argos store opened yesterday in new location after previous shop closedThe first passengers took to the ferry on Thursday (July 20) and users can now make a day of it, soaking up the sights and sounds of the...

The Cornish community is pulling together to offer free holidays to those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire in London. The first will be a week in Falmouth at the end of August. Cornwall Hugs Grenfell is inviting families from the tower and those in adjacent blocks to register interest in the holiday, which has been offered by Falmouth University and the University of Exeter. Great Western Railway (GWR) has donated rail vouchers for families to travel to Cornwall for the holiday. Each...

Welcome to our live coverage of all the day's biggest stories, traffic and travel from across Cornwall on Tuesday, July 25, 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 Gareth here until 2.30pm when I hand over to the late team led today by Charlotte. If you've seen something going on and want us to...

Cornwall Council has issued a fresh warning after a Truro man became the latest to receive a phone call out of the blue from someone claiming to be from the council tax department. The Truro man, who received the telephone call late last Friday morning, told Cornwall Council: "The caller said he was from the Council Tax office and he had my name and address. But I realised it wasn't a local number and when I confronted him and told him it sounded like a scam he hung up." Jenny...

A man has died after a bus crash in Truro yesterday. The man, in his 80s, was involved in the collision with what appeared to be a PR1 Park and Ride bus around 9.45am on Monday morning. It happened on Station Road in the city, which was shut for hours as investigations took place. Police confirmed on Tuesday the man had died and his next of kin informed. The man had been treated by paramedics at the scene in a land ambulance while an air ambulance is understood to have landed at nearby...

Residents who just four months ago celebrated seeing off plans to build a 50ft phone mast in the centre of their village again fear the worst after Vodafone returned with a new, shorter proposal. Back in March Cornwall Live reported that villagers in Stithians were almost unanimously opposed to the application submitted by Vodafone's agent Galliford Try to build the 50ft mast. If given the green light by planners the mast would have been built on land at the Telephone Exchange, East Road in...

When I met "almost 80-year-old" John Turner at his shop Blitz and Pieces in St Agnes, it was like stepping through a Narnia-style time warp.Surrounded by hundreds of relics harking back to decades past, it felt as though I had stepped straight into the 1940s.John, who wouldn't divulge his real age, simply saying that he was almost 80, has been collecting military memorabilia and authentic pieces from the Second World War for decades.Read more: A 1940s party was held in St Agnes over...

A former Cornwall child protection police officer who was spared a jail sentence after being found with indecent images of children on his laptop has admitted similar charges.Robert Branney, a former St Austell policeman, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates Court via video link with Bodmin police station yesterday (June 24) and pleaded guilty to the charges put to him.The 70-year-old admitted that between March 30, 2016 and June 21, 2016 he made indecent images of children, namely 25 Category A...

A mother-of-three endured "23 years of hell" after complications linked to a hysterectomy performed by a notorious Truro surgeon blighted her life and meant she had to undergo dozens more operations, an inquest has heard. In 1992 Kym Gambie underwent what was considered to be a routine procedure performed by obstetrician Rob Jones, who was later the subject of numerous safety reviews and expressions of concern over his practice. But the 56 year old died in 2015 having never...

The main road into a village that was devastated in last week's dramatic flash flood reopened on Monday. Last Tuesday, Coverack, on the Lizard peninsula, became the centre of a huge rescue and recovery operation after it was engulfed in a terrifying flash flood. As much as an inch of rainfall came down in 15 minutes and huge waterfalls cascaded over the seawall, houses were completely flooded and the roads were ripped apart by the force of the water. Read more: Coverack flash flood: Woman...

Police, the air ambulance, ambulance cars and the fire service have attended a crash in Cornwall that left several injured. The serious collision took place this afternoon on the B3247 at Millbrook between St Andrew Street and Withnoe Lane. Read more: A38 partially blocked after a lorry overturned near Bodmin Parkway train station - live updates A person is thought to have suffered potentially life-changing injuries in the crash, the Plymouth Herald reports. The road on which the...

A Cornish father who lost two of his children and a family friend in a horrendous drink-drive crash 21 years ago said he can still remember the horror of the incident and the force of the impact. Steve Kimberely, an estate agent from Falmouth, was the sole survivor of the crash in 1996 when a Range Rover hit their car at Notter Bridge on the A38. His daughter Lucy, 10, and son Matthew, 12 and family friend Ben Jewell, 19, all died. The driver of the other car, Brian Rabin, from Plymouth,...

A bin lorry which overturned and ended up in a ditch on the A38 near Bodmin remains at the side of the road this morning. The lorry overturned between Turdown Road and Drift Lane, Bodmin, near Bodmin Parkway station. Read more: Video of Cornwall boy Stanley Lewis rushing to Asda to get a cucumber and eat it gets viral There were reports of fuel spillage following the incident and the A38 in the area was partially blocked. This morning, there are reports of slow traffic in the area as...

A 37-year-old woman has been arrested after a dramatic crash left a car on its side on the A39. The incident took place earlier this afternoon. Police were called just before 3pm to a single-vehicle crash on the A39 at Tremough Campus in Penryn when a blue car flipped by Treliever roundabout. Read more: A38 partially blocked after a lorry overturned near Bodmin Parkway train station - live updates A spokeswoman for Devon and Cornwall police said there were no known injuries. The driver,...