Arsonists strike at play park once again
A CHILDREN'S swing set was targeted by arsonists in a Penzance play park on Tuesday.A fire crew from Penzance fire station was called to the blaze in Penlee Park at around 9.10pm.Crew manager Ian Neal...
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ST JUST has again been the subject of police concern after members of the public have reported driving they think to be careless in the area.The town's policing team has said that several people in St...
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VIDEO: Adorable four-day-old police dogs shown live on webcam
These adorable four-day-old puppies are the latest recruits at Devon and Cornwall Police. In the early hours of Monday morning Ruby the German Shepherd gave birth to four female and three male pups. It...
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£4,500 jewellery haul stolen from Callington home
Police are appealing for information after a haul of jewellery worth more than £4,500 was stolen from a Callington home in broad daylight. More than 20 items, including several antique pieces, were...
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Care workers from John Daniel Centre, Penzance plead not guilty...
By Scott HamiltonTHREE CARE workers suspended from their jobs at the John Daniel Centre for vulnerable adults more than a year ago have pleaded not guilty to ill-treating people in their care.Benjamin...
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Arson struck former go-kart track in Tuckingmill to be secured
A SPATE of arson attacks on a former indoor go-kart track near Camborne has highlighted the area for improvement.Rubbish has been dumped and set alight at the derelict warehouse six times since...
View ArticleMother scared by threat of kidnap
A WOMAN was threatened with being kidnapped as she walked down a Liskeard street, a court was told.Melissa Hawkins had earlier been confronted by 22-year-old James Cannon as she shopped with her...
View ArticleMachete caution
A MAN who was detained by armed police after he was seen with a machete at Cardinham Woods has been cautioned.The 68-year-old from Bodmin was arrested for being in possession of a dangerous weapon in a...
View ArticleRobbing charge
A NEWQUAY man has been charged with robbing a Newquay store and threatening a shop assistant with a knife.Oliver Pascoe, 20, of Vivian Close, appeared at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday in...
View ArticleChase after 4x4 thieves
FARMERS are being warned to keep their vehicles secure after a 4x4 was stolen from a farm near Liskeard on Thursday afternoon, prompting a police chase in the Glynn Valley.Between 3.45pm and 6pm a...
View ArticleChild porn trial
A PAR man charged with five offences of making an indecent photograph of a child has been committed to Truro Crown Court for trial on unconditional bail.Spencer Jeeves, aged 61, of Biscovey Road,...
View ArticlePetrol drinker from Newquay died after downing cocktail of booze...
A NEWQUAY man with a history of drinking petrol died after downing a cocktail of booze – and possibly anti-freeze.Neil Milburn, 45, of Pydar Close, had so much alcohol in his system that it starved the...
View ArticleUninsured driver
DAVID GEORGE SNEAD, 52, of Moorland Road, St Austell, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 31 to having no insurance for a vehicle at Truro on April 23 and was fined £110.
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THOMAS RHODES, aged 19, of Trewhela, Summercourt, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 31 to using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving at Mabe on April 2 and having no insurance and...
View ArticleTakeaway targeted
POLICE in Bude are appealing for information about the smashing of a window at the Funky Chicken Take Away, on The Strand, at 12.30am on Monday. They can be contacted on 101; the crime reference number...
View ArticleCrown court date
TIMOTHY DUNN, 22, of Clarence Road, St Austell, charged with using or threatening violence at St Austell on April 1 and driving a Ford Focus dangerously on the A390 on the same date, has been sent to...
View ArticleDriver is banned
JAMES CAMPBELL, aged 28, of Paternus Close, Launceston, was ordered to pay £333 in fines, costs and surcharge by Bodmin magistrates and banned from driving for 18 months – to be reduced by 18 weeks if...
View ArticleCommitted to trial
A SALTASH woman has been committed to Truro Crown Court for trial on unconditional bail charged with drugs offences.Trina Stephens, 46, of Grassmere Way, Pillmere, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on...
View ArticleHeroin pensioner
A 12-MONTH conditional discharge has been imposed on a 73-year-old Bodmin man who admitted possessing 0.06g of heroin.Patrick Coughlan, aged 73, of Woods Court, Higher Bore Street, appeared before...
View ArticleOrnaments swiped
POLICE in Bodmin are asking residents to remain vigilant after the theft of garden ornaments in Trelawney Road.A large terracotta dragon, a terracotta globe and an elephant plant were stolen overnight...
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