Remedy Productions and Channel 4 are producing a new documentary which is set to reveal advice on how to get a pay rise. If you're unhappy with your pay and it is settled directly with your employer (not through a union, or set by government), then the production company would like to hear from you. In the upcoming show, named How To Get A Pay Rise, a 'negotiating guru' is said to reveal 'negotiating tricks from the top' such as how to 'flinch strategically', 'anchor your price', and 'use...

A total of 152 crimes were recorded in Bodmin in one month, according to street-by-street figures released by Devon and Cornwall Police. The data covers the month of April, which are the latest figures published by the force at www.police.uk. The interactive map for Bodmin (below) shows the latest of Cornwall Live's crime figures reports, following on from those published for these towns, which you can see by clicking on the names here - Truro, Penzance, St Austell, Helston, Redruth, Newquay...

A set of parents will now have to find a new school for their children after directors confirmed they will be pushing ahead with plans to close a village school. Following a meeting held last night it was revealed that The Board of Directors of the Keskowethyans Multi-Academy Trust has voted to seek permission from the Department for Education (DFE) to close previously under-threat St Martin-in-Meneage Primary School at the earliest practical opportunity. An application to this effect is...

The jury has retired in the trial of a yachting company boss who is accused of the manslaughter of the four crew of the Cheeki Rafiki who were lost at sea when it capsized mid-Atlantic. The yacht lost its keel as the crew, including a sailor from Torpoint, 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. The four crew members were skipper Andrew Bridge, 22, from Farnham in Surrey, with James Male, 22, from...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault following an election hustings.Officers are investigating a care worker's claim she was "elbowed in the throat" following Conservative MP Sheryll Murray's heated appearance at Callington Town Hall on June 3.Labour Party member Juliet Johnson claimed she tried to approach Sheryll Murray to ask about personal care assessments.Read more: The new stretch of the A30 at Temple has opened earlyMs Johnson, 49, said: "I wanted to...

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Rumours of an organisation called the Cornish Republican Army threatening direct action were deliberately spread to discredit Cornish nationalists - possibly by celebrity chef Rick Stein or even the British secret service, it has been claimed. A post on the Cornish nationalist group Kernow Matters To Us (KMTU) website said a blog apparently claiming responsibility for a fire at Rick Stein's restaurant was a fake and even suggested Cornwall Live could have written the blog post ourselves.Cornwall...

Two young girls who got caught in a rip current off Whitsand Bay and were close to drowning were rescued by the RNLI off the south east Cornwall coast. Lifeguards were carrying out routine patrols along Whitsand Bay at around 2pm on Sunday (July 9) when they came to the aid of the children in difficulty off Sharrow beach. Read more: A 40-year-old woman was assaulted in Callington in front of the town hall The girls, aged 11 and 12, had been swimming in the sea when they found themselves in a...

St Austell Police have released a description of a man believed to have shoplifted washing detergent from a shop in Par. The theft happened today (July 11) at around midday. Read more: A390 traffic chaos due to milk spillage which left man trapped under crates The man was believed to have been wearing a hooded jumper. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall said: "We have received a report of a male shoplifting washing detergent items from a shop in Par at approximately midday today....

Truro BID has been voted in by businesses within the city, to start their next five-year business plan which will see a £1.4 million investment in Truro. We took a look over the BID's new business plan to see exactly what the next term has in store for the city centre. Here are seven projects Truro BID promises to deliver over the next five years: 1. A bigger and better Christmas in the city Truro BID said that it will be working hard to make Christmas in the city centre even bigger...

Here are the Cornish properties Wimbledon stars can buy with their prize money should they wish to enjoy a little R&R in the county following this year's tournament.First round Great Britain's Laura Robson crashed out of the first round of Wimbledon this year, losing in straight sets to Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia. Read next: This is what it looks like inside a £3.25 million Cornish dream home It's not all bad news for the British Olympic silver medallist though, as each...

A distressing video clip has been shared by police showing the moment a lorry driver glanced down at his phone and smashed into stationary traffic.A mum and three children were killed and officers have now shown the footage to another lorry driver caught using his phone at the wheel. Tracy Houghton, 45, and her three sons Ethan, 13, and Joshua, 11 as well as her partner's daughter Aimee Goldsmith, 11, were returning from a holiday in Devon when a truck, driven by Thomasz Kroker, ploughed into...

Police say a boy who was injured in a crash on the A38 which killed his mother and big brother is getting better. In total three people died and nine injured in the crash, which happened near Landrake at about 11.15am on Sunday morning. The four-year-old was airlifted to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children after he sustained what police described as potentially serious head injuries.Read next: Drivers are being told they can ignore these double yellow lines in Cornish town The last update...

A fraudster who tried to purchase his council house in Cornwall under the right-to-buy scheme was rumbled when officials discovered that he actually lived in the Canary Islands.Michael Raymond Whittaker, 68, formerly of Downderry, Torpoint, pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court on Wednesday (July 5) to one count for fraud by dishonestly making a false representation on a right to buy application and was given a 12-month jail sentence.Whittaker had said that the property to which his application...

The fortunes of a Cornish pub look to have been transformed thanks to a major refurbishment and a new, and perhaps unlikely, face in charge. The White Hart at Ludgvan is under new management following a £150,000 renovation project which has seemingly gone down very well so far with customers old and new. It is a case of a change of career adding up for their new publican, William Saunders, who swapped bookkeeping for bar-tending last October when he left his job as an accountant to...

Workmen in Saltash have been reunited with their long lost tools after eagle-eyed police officers spotted a story about vans of stolen goods being stopped - in Ireland. The successful operation by Irish police followed a week-long spate of thefts from works vans across Saltash and Plymouth back in April, reports the Plymouth Herald. From April 18 to April 24, thieves targeted streets in Plymouth, with the vast majority of vehicles targeted white Ford Transit vans with sliding side...

Chicken farmers have cracked after an egg-splosion in egg theft from honesty boxes in Cornwall - and have taken to social media to hunt the poachers. A Facebook post from Cornhill Farm near Camborne showing two men captured on CCTV appearing to take a large tray of eggs has been shared more than 600 times in the past 24 hours. Owners of the farm at Kehelland said the pair left only 90 pence in change but appeared to have taken £16 of fresh eggs. The pair were snapped on camera just...

With the new dual carriageway section of the A30 opening this week, we look back at another controversial stretch of the main road through Cornwall which opened exactly ten years ago.There were sighs of relief on July 11, 2007, when a new section of the A30 opened between Bodmin and Indian Queens. The old seven-mile road crossing Goss Moor was infamous for being delay-ridden and having a poor safety record before any work had started.Read more: Average speed cameras have been removed from the...

Proposals by the NHS to reclassify some of the parishes around Penryn have been criticised with questions being asked as to whether there is an ulterior motive for the move. Penryn Surgery said if villages like Mabe and Budock are changed from rural to non-rural that could have severe knock-on effects, not just for the future of village surgeries, but for shops as well. Currently the GP surgery is able to send prescriptions to the village shops for patients to collect. The NHS said...

A team of volunteers who wait outside bars and clubs to ensure that young people find their way home safely after a night out will be back on the streets after a successful relaunch in Redruth. Councillors, church officials and volunteers attending the event were told Street Pastors could be back patrolling in Camborne, Pool and Redruth before the year is out. The relaunch, held at The Engine House Church, explained the initiative which sees volunteers walking the streets on weekend evenings...