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Soham killer Ian Huntley update issued by police after prison assault

Ian Huntley was targeted in HMP Frankland on Thursday

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Women charged with preventing burial after body found in car

The suspects have been named - and one is 88

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Man arrested after Winston Churchill statue tagged with 'Free Palestine' message

Further graffiti read 'Never again is Now' and 'Globalise the Intifada' [NATIONAL NEWS]

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Cornwall is now home to UK's first geothermal power plant

Pictures show the scale of the "groundbreaking" operation

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Parking charges due to increase in Cornwall Council car parks

Also proposed are new charges at free car parks and introduction of winter charges as well as motorhome charges, with mixed results after public objections

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Horse porn paedo from Looe spared jail

Not jailed but he will have to sign the sex offenders' register for five years

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James Bulger's grave vandalised as mum says she needs to find culprit

Merseyside Police are investigating after marble angels at James Bulger's grave in Kirkdale Cemetery were damaged and a teddy bear was stolen [NATIONAL NEWS]

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Road and mine in Cornwall flood 'red zone' as EA issues new warning

River levels will remain high all day

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Tears and high emotions at Cornwall parents' meeting for Athena Trust Schools

There were harrowing and heartbreaking accounts of children feeling suicidal and a pupil hospitalised with kidney scarring because they were terrified to use the toilet during school. 'Nobody cares. It’s heart-breaking that nobody wants to listen.'

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Cornwall hit with near five per cent council tax hike 'the same story every year'

Cornwall Council has agreed a budget with a 4.99% council tax increase and £154m savings over three years, after councillors criticised the Labour Government for removing the rurality factor from local government funding

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Firefighters receive parking tickets while attending 999 call in Cornwall

The situation was branded 'unacceptable' in a council meeting

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Cornwall planning: New Tesco store will stop 30-mile trips for shoppers

It's been approved and will save locals a 30-mile round trip for their food shop

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Cornwall school confirms scabies cases

It has implemented enhanced cleaning measures

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Brutal thugs beat up and stab Launceston shopper who tried to stop them stealing

A brave bystander and a shopkeeper just doing his job ended up wounded

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Full list of drugs 'removed from the streets' after Bodmin raid

Police say they are taking 'robust' action

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Prolific shoplifter swiped vapes, steaks and razors

He got away with goods worth over £500

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Glasgow School staff forced to cut phone line after Tommy Robinson shares fake 'Asian gang' video

The far-right extremist shared a video of Asian youths supposedly attacking a white student (national story)

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Alcoholic thug is 'incredibly cruel and manipulative individual' says brave victim

'Abusers rely on the silence of their victims which is why I feel it is important to speak out about my experience. This will affect me for many years and I will never truly feel safe again.'

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Cornwall's cask brewing tradition being destroyed by brewing giants

Campaigners, MP and businesses wade in. 'If ministers want thriving high streets and strong communities, they need to start backing the businesses that make that possible'.

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Paedo husband and wife jailed after years of sick child abuse uncovered by police

Kieron Lewis, 33, and Rebecca Bowey, 25 faced charges relating to two young victims.