[ad_1] Terrified Boardmasters festival-goers were reportedly left hanging upside-down for 20 minutes after a fairground ride at the event broke down earlier this weekend. The ride propels revellers round on a giant, one-armed swing with people sat at either end, throwing you upside down as you reach the top. But riders at Boardmasters Festival on…
[ad_1] The parts of Cornwall where people are most likely to be mugged, carjacked or threatened and forced to hand over mobile phones have been revealed by a new crime map. Last year, Devon and Cornwall Police recorded 653 crimes of robbery, which can include mugging (where someone is attacked and robbed on the street),…
[ad_1] Plans for new apartments in a historic part of St Austell, alterations to a popular restaurant and a new roundabout to feed a large housing development are among the latest planning applications submitted to Cornwall Council. Every week more than 100 applications are validated by Cornwall Council and we have selected some of the…
[ad_1] This week sees the launch of a bid to make Cornwall the first Real Living Wage county in the UK. Figures suggest that 13 per cent of all workers in Cornwall – around 25,000 people – are not paid the real living wage. A group of cross sector organisations have joined forces to launch…
[ad_1] Residents in an area of Cornwall have been left frustrated with their local postal service after not receiving post for almost a week. Richard Brown said that he has been waiting for important documents to arrive but has had no post delivered to his home for almost a week. He told CornwallLive: “I’m currently…
[ad_1] Staff at a Royal Mail delivery office in Cornwall staged a walkout on Monday morning over coronavirus safety concerns. Postal workers at Newquay delivery office refused to work for around 30 minutes until their concerns over safety in the workplace were addressed. It’s believed the walkout took place at around 7.30am this morning. A…
[ad_1] A Cornish lad who moved to Canada as a student on a football scholarship is now heading a cannabis company with orders from one of the largest online retailers already rolling in. As a keen football player, Adam Bromley, from St Austell , was never really into drugs. Even when he moved to Winnipeg,…
[ad_1] Radio presenters Nick Grimshaw and Greg James have been hiding for over 24 hours in the world’s biggest game of hide and seek. The potential location of their hideaway was narrowed down to one of six locations, with Newquay and Plymouth both being on that list. Newquay has now been ruled out by the…
[ad_1] Radio presenters Greg James and Nick Grimshaw brought back Radio 1’s epic UK-wide Hide and Seek challenge yesterday. The pair double crossed their colleagues on Tuesday’s Breakfast Show revealing they had secretly been planning their great escape across the country. Radio 1’s Hide and Seek started last year where Greg and Nick were found…