A woman from Perranporth said that seagulls nesting near her property have caused "five weeks of hell".Linda Boylen said that three chicks ended up falling from a nest on her neighbour's property and into her patio causing the parents, and up to 15 gulls at one point, to attack her.Read more: Police warning after number of cats poisoned in Cornwall village reaches 18Linda said that the attacks were so bad that on some days she was unable to even get into her own home.Linda said:...

A mum from Cornwall has filmed her crazy race to get her son a cucumber and the Internet has gone mad about it.Alice Lewis, from St Austell, filmed her adventures when she had to rush to Asda in 16 minutes to get her crying son Stanley a cucumber.Read more: These Cornish towns have been identified as one of the UK's loneliest areasIt all happened on Sunday, July 13. Stanley, who has just turned three years old, started off crying for his favourite food - a cucumber - less than half and hour...

Two petitions, centred on concerns about the future of West Cornwall Hospital, were handed over last week – but the trust that runs it insists there is no reason to be concerned. A band of campaigners and Labour councillors presented the chair of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT), Jim McKenna, with the petitions – which they say obtained more than a thousand signatures of support on a single Saturday. The campaign comes after CQC inspectors delivered a scathing verdict on...

A hotelier who scooped more than £100,000 by backing Donald Trump to win the US election has met the president and his wife.John Mappin, owner of the Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel, Cornwall, met Mr Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at a Republican party fundraising event in Washington.Mr Mappin, 51, won £110,767 after placing 33 bets with William Hill on the billionaire businessman beating Hillary Clinton.Read more: Huge jellyfish discovery on Newquay beach sparks fears of...

The four remaining Love Island couples are gearing up for the popular TV show's live final tonight. And soon, people will get the chance to meet one of the main contestants from this year's show in Plymouth. Love Island sees a number of singletons head to the Spanish Island of Majorca in an attempt to find love. Read next: Huge jellyfish discovery on Newquay beach sparks fears of another Cornwall summer invasion To remain in their spectacular sun-kissed surroundings, the Islanders will...

A developer looks set to resubmit plans for up to 450 new homes in Wadebridge after its original proposals were thrown out earlier this year. As well as 450 houses on land to the north-west of Wadebridge, the proposals comprised a new link road to provide a new 30mph route between the A39 Ball roundabout and the B3314. The plans, submitted by Wyndthorpe Estates, were rejected by Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee after being recommended for refusal by the case officer. Read...

A retired nurse has lifted the lid on the damage caused by loneliness after Redruth and Camborne was identified as one of the UK's loneliest areas. The British Red Cross is this week launching a new service to tackle loneliness and social isolation in the two towns. The charity is responding after finding that the area is one of 39 places in the UK where help is most needed. The Community Connector service is one of 49 new schemes being introduced across the UK through the British Red...

Shocking footage shows a TV producer hysterically telling a family to "get ready to die" as he attempts to perform a citizen's arrest.The incredible footage shows Fergus Beeley - who claims he worked with David Attenborough on top BBC series like Planet Earth: The Future - leaning into a parked car and aggressively shouting obscenities.The road rage attack unfolded after Simon Gale, 33, was driving along the M27 with his wife, Louise, son and mother-in-law.He was involved in a minor...

A car was completely destroyed after catching fire and going up in flames on the A30 today. The car was described as 'well-alight' when firefighters arrived. There were no reported injuries. A fire engine from Launceston was called to the scene on the A30 near the town at around 4.30pm. Firefighters wearing breathing masks moved in to extinguish the flames. They used two high-pressure water hoses to put the fire out. Read next: Police surround house in Callington over reports of armed...

A former bricklayer who worked for local firms W Trathen and E Thomas & Co Ltd in Cornwall is appealing to his former colleagues for help after a devastating asbestos-related disease diagnosis. Leslie Kevern, a father of five daughters and a grandfather of 11 grandchildren from Redruth, is suffering from lung cancer which he believes is linked to his exposure to deadly asbestos fibres during his time working in the building trade. He received his diagnosis in October 2016 following a...

No parent wants their son or daughter to be bullied, but the warning signs can be hard to spot and a child is unlikely to talk about it because they will often feel ashamed or they fear it will make it worse. According to a study revealed by Cornwall Live, up to a third of school children have at some point been too scared to go to class because of bullies. A quarter of kids revealed that in the previous year they had been subject to taunts from bullies, such as threatening texts, being...

A Sainsbury's delivery driver has been snapped apparently performing an illegal U-turn on the A30 – not far from where people have died in similar dangerous manoeuvres. The van was photographed swinging round in the road, seemingly about to cross the two solid central lines along the centre of the road. Although the name of the company cannot been seen in the photograph, the vehicle bears the same distinctive design of Sainsbury's home shopping delivery vans. The picture was posted on...

A pair of teenage RNLI lifeguards have spoken of how their training kicked in as they found themselves confronted with very real casualties off the beach. Jamie Barton, 17, patrols St Agnes and Chapel Porth beaches and is also a volunteer crewman on St Agnes Lifeboat. They were recently called to help a woman who had fallen 15 feet from a cliff, landing badly in a cave. Both crew and nearby lifeguards ran with Jamie to the casualty, where they administered first aid. After radioing for an...

Four hundred years after China gave tea to the world, a Cornish company is exporting tea - to China. Tea, which until the 17th century was an international monopoly controlled by the Chinese, is now being exported to China from Cornwall. Cornish Tea & Coffee Company (CTCC) dispatched its first consignment of products to its Chinese customers in October 2016 and with retail sales going well, demand for Cornish tea is 'Peking' with five more Chinese superstores now stocking up Smugglers...

Police are understood to have surrounded a house in Callington where they believe a man may be armed with a weapon. Residents have been told to stay indoors for their own safety while police negotiators talk to the man. He is reported to be a 27 year old. The incident was first reported at 10am this morning after police were called to to residential street in Callington called Porthmellon Gardens. Read next: Campsite evacuated and major incident declared on ScillyUpdate 2pm: A police...

PETA has rushed 'humane action kits' to Cornish primary schools after cruel teenagers filmed themselves kicking a hedgehog to death. The charity, which is dedicated to the protection of animals, is sending emergency educational materials and letters to Launceston primary schools after video footage of a group of teenagers kicking a hedgehog to death in the area was publicised earlier in July. Read more: Cornish mum loses £700 on Ed Sheeran tickets after she bought them from tout for...

A campsite was evacuated and a major incident was declared after a fire broke in a farm building containing gas on the Isles of Scilly. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service received a call at 3.20am from St Mary's about the fire in a farm building near King Edwards Road. Both appliances from St. Mary's were mobilised and were on scene in nine minutes but the building was already well alight and oxyacetylene was known to be contained in the building. Read more: Latest on rescue of sinking yacht...

An historic pub, located on the edge of Bodmin Moor, is likely to be turned into flats after it was announced the freehouse had to close because of 'lack of support'. The Stag Inn, in St Cleer, which has been running since 1842, will have to close within months and might be turned into flats.Read more: Car goes through town's roadworks and ends up in ditchThe owners of the inn submitted a pre-application to Cornwall Council on June 1 and sought advice about the conversion of the pub into...

Courageous and committed police officers and members of the public from across Cornwall have received rewards for bravery, investigative skills and dedication to the police service. The awards included one for officers who were threatened by a chainsaw-wielding man and forced to use a Taser to restrain him. A police officer who saved a motorist from a burning car who has also been rewarded.Other awards were given to officers who risked their own lives saving the lives of those intent on jumping...

This is the kind of home a few million quid can get you in one of Cornwall's most picturesque coastal villages. On a clear day the views from this five-bedroom dream home stretch some 200 miles across the sea. Imagine waking up in the morning to the tranquillity of the Fal River with super yachts and visiting cruise liners gently sailing by in the distance. It would be hard to tear yourself away from such a view that further encompasses the fishing moorings in the Percuil River, St Mawes...