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Work starts on £250,000 surfer statue celebrating Newquay's surfing history

Years in the planning, work has now started and it is expected to bring more than £500,000 a year to the town

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Dozens of dead dolphins on Cornwall beaches in January

Some show definitive evidence they are being killed because they get caught in fishing nets

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Warning as Cornwall homes 'unoccupied for prolonged time' raided in early hours

Police have issued a 'call 999' alert

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Beavers to be released into wild in Cornwall

It has only been 400 years!

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Proposed tourism tax a new Thatcher Poll Tax that will damage whole industry

Holiday park owner believes any tourism tax imposed on visitors to Cornwall would be damaging

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Fraudster and stalker among those sentenced by magistrates

One strange case

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Penzance Ganges listed building roof collapses

It's feared the damage will speed up the building's collapse - with Cornwall Council being accused of doing nothing about it. It's failed to answer about that.

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Temu shoppers warned after banned items intercepted at border

Individuals who purchase such items risk prosecution

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Creep Penzance pub chef groped girls and told them he wanted to have sex with them

His female lawyer said he 'behaved like it's the Seventies or Eighties but it is not acceptable in our society now' and he fears in prison he'll be in contact with far more serious sex offenders

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Supermarket worker stabbed chasing shoplifter out of shop

A Heron Foods employee was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in the stomach by a shoplifter

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Live: A-road traffic delays after crash near St Austell

Congestion is heavy in both directions

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Gender critical councillor challenges Cornwall Council over trans comment complaints

The council has hired an outside barrister at taxpayers' expense on the matter after it received ten complaints about her comments. She has branded it 'shameful, discriminatory and potentially harassing'.

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South Crofty tin mine receives $225 million interest from Trump government import-export bank

If the investment materialises then 'a responsible supply of tin concentrate would have to go to the United States' - but some have already told the American President to keep his 'hands off'

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Prolific thief covered in face tattoos caused 'significant disruption'

His offending has had a real impact on the local community

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Missing Lincolnshire girls seen at train station 'may be heading to Cornwall'

They were seen buying train tickets

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Poorly puffins wash up on Cornish beach after storms

They are now being nursed back to health

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Violent and abusive pupils in Falmouth 'will not be tolerated'

Crowds of children were under the influence of alcohol and drugs

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Cornwall planning: Worried villagers call out EE over 55ft 5G tower

'There's a very strong sense that this is being done against our will and it's corporate power overriding community feeling.'

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Lodges plan adds to 'exploitation' of Cornwall's 'Hollywood-on-Sea'

Cornwall Council recommends approval but the parish council and others are against the proposal

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Biker caught doing 83mph in 30mph zone in Cornwall

The owner of the motorbike failed to identify the driver