Cornish councillor Collin Brewer who suggested disabled children should be "put down" like deformed lambs was the subject of angry protests on Friday,...

A 43-year-old man has cut off his own penis in a residential street in Cornwall. The naked man used a kitchen knife as he performed the amputation...

Snow and high winds have hit the south west of England as spring and summer continue to show little interest in reaching the UK. Forecasters predic...

Police are to investigate Cornish councillor Collin Brewer after he compared disabled children to deformed lambs. Collin Brewer, who was re-elected...

An investigation was under way following the death of a tourist on a popular beach on Saturday. The man, who was in his early thirties, was found u...

The Cornish councillor who was re-elected despite saying that disabled children "should be put down because they cost too much money" has again insist...

Forecasters warned Britain could face the coldest March for 50 years as harsh weather conditions caused flooding in the South West, a landslide in Cor...

Police are investigating whether a woman is trapped inside a house after part of the property collapsed during heavy rainfall overnight. Devon and ...

Around 30 people were evacuated from their homes and a police major incident declared after fire broke out at a derelict seaside hotel. The fire at...

A teenage lacrosse star killed himself after he was summoned to court for possessing cannabis worth 50p, an inquest heard. Ex-head boy Edward Thorn...

Dozens of jobs are under threat at one of the UK's most popular tourist attractions after it announced it had to make cuts worth £2 million. Staff...

A row has ignited over a council's part in a so-called "lie detector" test to assess the authenticity of some benefits claimers. Cornwall Council c...

A body has been found in the hunt for a teenager who is believed to have jumped from a ferry over a £100 bet, police said. Jordan Cobb, 16, jumped...

A mother and her three children are recovering in hospital from hypothermia after getting into trouble while trying to rescue their pet dogs from the ...

Two men accused of being part of a paedophile ring involving murdered "witch" Peter Solheim have been given lengthy jail sentences for their part in "...

Two men have been convicted of carrying out "ritualistic" sex abuse on children as part of a witches' coven. Peter Petrauske and Jack Kemp were sai...

A man who climbed a tree to save a cat had to be rescued by firefighters - after getting stuck himself. Hapless Nathan Kent, 22, clambered into the...