Cornwall Air Ambulance is hoping that the power of Facebook will be able to catch a crook who stole a paramedic's beloved bike from right outside his house. Critical Care Paramedic Steve Garvey had his Cinelli Strato road bike stolen from his house front door in Hayle yesterday evening and Cornwall Air Ambulance's post asking Cornwall residents to keep their eyes peeled has already been shared more than 3,000 times. Steve had just returned from a ride and whilst going to get the keys to lock...

Emergency services were called out to a Newquay beach on Wednesday morning after a woman suffered a leg injury. The air ambulance, coastguard, RNLI volunteers and land ambulance responded after receiving a call shortly after 11am reporting that a woman had injured her leg at low tide at Bedruthan Steps. After the ambulance arrived the woman was assessed by paramedics and treated for her injuries. Read next: A popular Newquay burger restaurant has been closed down following police...

A Newquay burger restaurant has been closed down following police concerns over licence breaches and the management of the premises. Big Daddy's Gourmet Burgers, on Fore Street, has had its licence revoked following a review by council bosses. Newquay police called for the review to be undertaken due to alleged breaches of its premise licence and concerns over the management of the restaurant. Read next: Drink-driving arrest after car 'driven into the sea' at Newquay's Great Western...

An off-duty lifeguard came to the rescue of a surfer who was in difficulty in choppy waters off the coast of Padstow. RNLI lifeguard Andrew Miller was about to go for an early morning surf with a friend at Booby's Bay near Padstow when he spotted the surfer looking tired in rip currents. Friends of the man in difficulty were about to call the coastguard for help when Andrew paddled to the man's rescue in a two metre high surf. Read next: Cops make arrest after car is 'driven into the sea'...

The number of people in Devon and Cornwall who contacted Crimestoppers over the past year has increased by over 25%. The independent charity runs a UK contact centre, staffed by professionals. It guarantees that all callers or those who use the non-traceable online form remain 100% anonymous. Last year the total number of pieces of information about crime in Devon and Cornwall received by Crimestoppers rose from 2,197 to 2,984. The largest share of information relates to drug offences and...

One Cornwall Councillor is threatening to protest at a development company's latest housing site along with members of her constituency to "put people off buying their properties". The threat comes after the company failed to deliver on a play park promised to a Truro estate more than three years ago. Persimmon Homes Cornwall released a statement yesterday (Tuesday, May 9) suggesting that it would start work on the playground at Lowen Bre in four weeks' time. Read more: Aldi...

Children spray-painting on roads and pavements is usually frowned upon, but a group of Helston children have been decorating the town with yellow fish to help the local river. Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the Loe Pool Forum have teamed up with children from St Michael's C of E Primary School in Helston to keep the River Cober cleaner. Children from the school went into Helston armed with yellow spray-paint and fish-shaped stencils. They carefully sprayed fish symbols next to Helston's...

A secondary school in Truro has received a glowing Ofsted report which states its head teacher and his senior team "have improved the school significantly" since the last inspection in 2015. Penair School, in St Clement's Hill, received a judgment of good following two previous inspections of requiring improvement. The inspection panel, which visited the 900-pupil school for two days in April, graded the school as good in effectiveness of leadership, quality of teaching, learning...

Theresa May said MPs will get a free vote on lifting the current ban on fox hunting if the Conservatives win the general election. Speaking on the campaign trail in Leeds, the Prime Minister confirmed she had always been in favour of the blood sport and said there would be a free vote on lifting the ban in England and Wales in the next parliament. There had been fears among the pro-hunting lobby that Mrs May was about to drop the commitment to a free vote from the Conservative manifesto,...

The driver of a crane which collapsed onto the working dockside in Falmouth this morning has been called a hero for his quick-thinking which prevented any injuries. Workers were evacuated from the docks and part of Pendennis Shipyard next door at about 8.45am after part of the 61-year-old crane fell to the ground with the "crash" being heard across the town. A 200-metre cordon was put in place as there was concern the crane had damaged gas canisters on the wharf below which were...

Two Tory MPs will not face criminal charges after the CPS confirmed that while their expenses returns may have been inaccurate there wasn't enough evidence to prove they had acted dishonesty. In March Cornwall Live revealed that prosecutors would decide whether or not to pursue criminal proceedings against Conserative MPs Scott Mann and George Eustice after a police investigation into alleged discrepancies in their election expenses. Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez, will also...

This cute video shows two penguin chicks being hand-reared by keepers. Pedro and Perdy were born in Paradise Park zoo in Hayle, Cornwall. The 28-day-old Humboldt chicks - members of an endangered species - will eventually be introduced to the main colony but for now need to be hand-reared. Read more: Super cute Tawny Frogmouth chicks swap Australia for Hayle's Paradise Park Keeper Bev Tanner said: "Pedro and Perdy are being hand-reared as, often in a nest with two chicks, only one...

This cute video shows two penguin chicks being hand-reared by keepers. Pedro and Perdy were born in Paradise Park zoo in Hayle, Cornwall. The 28-day-old Humboldt chicks - members of an endangered species - will eventually be introduced to the main colony but for now need to be hand-reared. Read more: Super cute Tawny Frogmouth chicks swap Australia for Hayle's Paradise Park Keeper Bev Tanner said: "Pedro and Perdy are being hand-reared as, often in a nest with two chicks, only one...

Conservative party leader John Keeling has confirmed Cornwall Council will have a Tory administration regardless of any deal with the independents and he will be the council leader. The councillor for Breage, Germoe and Sithney said an offer had been put to the independent group with the view to form a coalition administration led by the Tories. Councillor Keeling said he wanted the deal to be confirmed by the end of the week so the new administration had more time to appoint councillors to...

A lorry driver who killed a woman when he ploughed into the back of queuing cars on the A30 while fiddling with his radio seconds after sending a text message has had his "soft" jail term increased. Former soldier Joseph David Smith had been using his mobile phone while driving to send and read messages and browse webpages, including gambling sites, Google searches and a Paypal account, in the hours and minutes before the fatal collision. Read more: Falmouth Docks evacuated after...

The community of Perranporth has shown unbelievable support to a homeless man who turned up in the village.The homeless man named Shaun, who is believed to be from Essex, was sleeping in bus shelter in the village before locals rallied around to help him get back on his feet.Residents helped out in every way they could, from donating new clothes and shoes in his size, to bringing him hot food – but one local business owner went above and beyond to show why Perranporth is one of the most...

A man has been arrested after a bizarre incident which saw a car end up in the water at a Cornish beach. It happened last night on Great Western beach in Newquay, with reports that the VW Golf had been "driven into the sea". A call to police saw local Newquay officers arrive as waves rolled past all four of the vehicle's wheels. MORE: Driver survives car plunge off 60ft cliff and here's everything we know so far One onlooker said police made a man climb out the boot of the...

The death of a 32-year-old mum following breast implant surgery could have been prevented, an inquest has been told. Kandi du Cros died of multiple organ failure caused by sepsis in January 2014, the coroner's court in Truro heard. She had developed a "profuse" fungal lung infection which could have been treated, but it could not have been predicted, experts said.Her death was due to a combination of factors linked to a rare autoimmune disorder.Mother-of-one Mrs du Cros underwent...

People had to be turned away on the door of a sell-out Cornwall Live Q and A with Tim Farron in Penzance last night as huge crowds came to Penwith College to quiz the Lib Dem leader. Tim Farron, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats since July 2015, came to Cornwall with his party entourage in the bright yellow battle bus that has been touring the country. Despite relatively short notice impressive crowds turned up to question Farron on a whole host of pressing issues including the...

Tributes have been paid to a 19-year-old from Bude who has died from a rare form of cancer which his family said couldn't be cured with any conventional form of treatment. Talan Penny was described as an "active and a well loved member of the community". Read more: There's a protest against Falmouth University being organised On a Facebook page called Talan's Journey, dedicated to updates on his illness, it said: "Our lion Talan died peacefully on the 4th of May, at home...