Monthly Archives: December 2025

A man who flipped his car during a police pursuit has been jailed for 16 months.Jean-Luc Coombe, 29, of Forth an Venegh, Bodmin, Cornwall, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Thursday and was sentenced for dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and failing to stop for police.He had previously admitted the offences at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on 8 November.He was also disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay a surcharge of £187.Coombe, who…

BBCCrafters in Cornwall are asking shoppers to seek out genuine, handmade Cornish goods like this woolly sheepMembers of the crafting community in Cornwall have said they are seeing a rise in cheap imported goods being passed off as handmade local produce.There are concerns some stallholders are bulk-buying mass produced items off the internet, then selling them at a substantial mark-up at events marketed as Cornish craft fairs.The organisers of some of the fairs say they are carefully checking…

Plans for a new 1,050-pupil secondary school on the north coast of Cornwall have been cancelled by the Government.Perranporth Academy had been due to open in September 2026 as a free school to ease pressure on other secondary schools in Truro and Newquay.A Department for Education (DfE) spokesperson said the evidence had been "carefully considered" and it had been concluded "there is not sufficient need for additional places to justify building a whole new school".In a statement Truro…