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Cornwall Council has to get rid of dairy farms and other farm buildings
It's to help reduce its almost £1.4 billion debt
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Loving father and keen rugby player was always the joker and life and soul of party
'I've never seen so many men cry at his funeral. Lachlan always made people laugh and made people happy.'
Warning that Labour's planning reforms will impact badly for Cornwall
The changes will mean our elected councillors have less - or rather no - say over more planning applications
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Cornwall dog trainer issues important advice to anyone taking pets to beach
A Cornwall-based dog trainer shared her advice for owners who are planning trips to the beach this year. It's important to heed the guidance for the sake of your pets
Police block road near A30 after rush-hour crash - updates
Emergency services were at the scene
Reform UK councillor questions public benefit of learning Cornish
He asked whether the £170,000-a-year strategy actually only reflected the priorities of 'the relatively small group of committed language advocates'
Two Blue Flag beaches in Cornwall issued with new 'do not swim' warnings
The water quality there is normally considered to be excellent
Entirely new Cornwall village planned now has a name
Translating as 'the garden village of Eben', there are also new images for the ambitious plans for more than 1,400 homes, a school and loads more
Work starts on 80 new homes near Truro
'We’ve designed The Paddocks to feel like a natural extension of the village'
Teen driver rolls car and injures friends days after passing test
He got a jail sentence, but didn't go to jail
Woman with rare condition doesn't want to go out in public in case she scares children
Kelsey at the age of just 20, has almost died several times and has next to no quality of life. 'This illness has destroyed my family. There are daily worries that I am going to die.'
Brits can ride in self-driving taxis in the UK for the first time this summer
Technology firm Wayve has teamed up with Uber to announce that the first paying passengers will be able to book a driverless cab in the next couple of months [National news]
Met Office forecasts 26C scorching weekend as June heatwave hits
The UK is set to sizzle in a June heatwave this weekend and into next week, with temperatures as high as 29C expected in parts of the country, according to the Met Office [National news]
Family of three dies in horror 400ft fall from luxury London apartment
A mother, father and their nine-year-old son died after falling from a luxury apartment block in Elephant and Castle [National news]
Man, 36, collapses and dies on way to work
Giles 'was impossible not to love; funny, kind and always the first to offer help'
Baby shower in Bodmin ruined by angry young man's violence
The judge said 'it must have been a terrifying thing for the people to go through'
Teenage paedophile had videos of babies only months old being raped after Reddit upload
He started when he was 13 and a judge told him that had he been an adult he'd be going to prison
Family 'devastated' by death of 'kind and friendly' dad from Cornwall in crash
'As a family we would like to thank everyone involved in trying to save him' and those who 'helped us to say goodbye to him with love and dignity'
Cornwall's £43 million electronic hospital patient care system is delayed
The hospitals' boss says they are not confident it is safe enough to go live with e-Care this month as planned
Traders count cost after Royal Cornwall Show cancellation
'Day one and day two are when you break even, but day three is when you make a profit. We totally understand that safety has to come first but it is the way we were told.'