Two people remain in hospital with serious injuries after a crash on the A39 in Cornwall on Saturday, police have said this morning. The road, the main route between the A30 at Carland Cross and Truro, was closed for several hours while police conducted a serious collision investigation. On Saturday …
Read More »Royal Mail stops delivering to Liskeard street due to threat of postie abuse
Royal Mail has told fed-up residents on a once quiet estate that it will no longer be delivering their mail as it can’t guarantee the safety of its posties. Residents living on the residential street in Liskeard say they are in constant fear of what will happen next due to …
Read More »Drugs parcels intercepted at Royal Mail Plymstock sorting office
Police have warned drug buyers to give up on their plans to purchase illegal narcotics and then use the postal system to get it delivered to their door. The warning follows yet another large consignment of mail order drugs – mainly cannabis – which was intercepted by the Royal Mail’s …
Read More »Embankment Road reopens after Royal Mail lorry gets stuck under bridge
A Royal Mail lorry appears to have got stuck under a bridge on Embankment Road. One eyewitness told Plymouth Live that there are “massive delays” in the area due to the “stuck” lorry. She said: “Lorry stuck on Embankment Road, Exeter-bound, causing massive traffic delays. It’s too big to go …
Read More »Royal Mail van ends up in ditch on opposite side of the road at Penzance
A Royal Mail van ended up in a ditch on the opposite side of the A30 in Cornwall. The accident was spotted near Penzance. The van had been heading west when it appeared to have veered across to the other side of the road and gone off the carriageway. It …
Read More »Mourners pack Truro Cathedral to remember dad who was hit by a car
Mourners packed Truro Cathedral this morning to say a final farewell to a much-loved father and husband. Ryan Saltern, 31, from Truro, died following a road accident at St Teath on July 28. Mr Saltern had sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. His injuries were consistent …
Read More »Postman died from catastrophic injuries after driving into lorry on the A38
A 32-year-old postman died from catastrophic injuries after his BMW hit a Tesco lorry on the A38 near Tideford last year. An inquest in Truro today (Friday, July 19) heard that Andrew Payne died after a suspected momentarily loss of attention when his car crossed white lines and collided with …
Read More »Pervert with 13,000 indecent images is free because of delays and charging blunder
A pervert with more than 13,000 vile images of children walked free because he was not charged with the right offence and it took him more than two years to get him to court. A judge demanded answers from police and prosecutors as he handed former special constable David Andrews …
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