Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden shocked diners at the weekend when she strolled into a restaurant in Bude.According to reports, the 46-year-old's parents live in the area which could explain why she was dining on the north Cornish coast.The former Wild at Heart actress even stopped for a picture with staff after her meal at the Widemouth Manor in Bude.She later took to TripAdvisor, to share a review of her experience.She wrote: "Fantastic evening in this chilled but equally classy...

Cornwall's new multi-million-pound food and drink visitor attraction has finally opened its doors to the public on the outskirts of St Austell.Called Cornucopia, it aims to promote everything that makes Cornwall's food and drink so special, including a look at the county's rich heritage and influence that stretches throughout the globe.Free to enter and open seven days a week, visitors can try wacky flavoured ice creams and get hands-on, in a make and bake pasty experience.Trevor Broome, general...

One of Cornwall's largest beer producers is celebrating after one of its beers was named the UK's favourite ale.Sharp's Brewery is celebrating following the news that Doom Bar has taken gold as the 'People's Favourite Cask Ale' in the Inapub's People Choice Awards 2017.This is the second year running that Doom Bar has won this award, and the country's best-selling cask ale has also received the Silver placing in the 'People's Favourite Craft Ale' category.Inapub magazine is one of the pub...

Last week it was revealed that Cornwall Council made an astonishing £15 million in parking income in just one year.The whopping total was the sum of parking tickets from council-owned meters, parking permits for businesses and residents and parking penalty charges.With such a huge amount of money taken in a short space of time, Cornwall Live asked the council exactly what the money is spent on.Reportedly, the millions taken between 2015 and 2016, which was up by six per cent from the...

Thousands of people are reportedly stuck at Newquay train station as they attempt to get home from the Boardmasters festival. Over 50,000 people headed to Newquay last weekend for Boardmasters festival – the UK's fifth biggest festival – for five days of live music and invigorating surf, skate and BMX action, But those trying to make their way home from the festival in Cornwall have found themselves stuck at Newquay train station as there are no trains leaving the...

With so many large-scale planning applications being submitted for Falmouth and Penryn over the last few years it can be difficult to keep track of exactly what is and isn't being built.And with further developments planned, and with many developers coming back time and time again and going to appeal over their plans, Cornwall Live has highlighted how the town might be transformed if these plans come to fruition.Here we look at the developments which are currently under construction and the...

Police are said to have been called in to turn drivers away from Perranporth as traffic chaos got so bad that an ambulance became trapped. Miles of queuing traffic was spotted causing long tail backs and delays as people desperately searched for a parking spot in the seaside town. When people couldn't find a space, traffic chaos broke out, with cars blocking roads waiting for spaces in the car parks or parking on double yellow lines. Police confirmed that they had received three calls about...

HM Coastguard has launched a recruitment campaign for more volunteers. So if you think you have got what it takes to be a coastguard rescuer and save lives on Cornwall cliffs, beaches, rivers and old mineshafts, then this is for you - but you'll have to be fit which means blubber couch potatoes need not apply. 1. What does the Coastguard Rescue Service do? The Coastguard Rescue Service is made up of volunteers and is part of HM Coastguard. As a coastguard rescue officer you may have...

A north Cornwall micropub is expecting a very special beer delivery in Penzance this week – arriving via a replica 18th century Cornish Lugger. The Barrel at Bude, thought to be the aforementioned part of the duchy's first ever micropub, will be receiving the supply from Britain's most South Westerly brewery, Ales of Scilly, on Thursday, August 17. Two barrels of beer were loaded on-board on Friday by the first female Cornish brewer at the Ales of Scilly, Jennie Trevithick. It is hoped...

An appeal has been launched to support an art studio which has run from a wharf side in Falmouth for six years and needs to move "as a matter of urgency".The Fish Factory Art Space at Falmouth Wharves provides workspace, exhibition opportunities and community engagement for local and visiting artists.But while a permanent location is hoped to be in place by the end of the year, founder and director Rose Hatcher is asking the local community of artists, musicians and residents of...

A dog walker has been lambasted as 'vile' and 'disgusting' after purposefully and repeatedly mistaking a dog poo bin and someone's roof. An elderly couple is now no longer seeing the funny side of the matter after their roof became the incessant target of a dog poo flinging shameless dog walker. Read more: Tributes pour in for talented young rugby player Peter Skeggs It's now reached the point where the elderly residents on St Mary's have been left distressed by the persistent anti-social...

A construction company has said securing a spot on a panel looking to deliver £8 billion of housing on public sector land in the next four years could solve Cornwall's housing crisis. St Austell's Ocean Housing has been named as a contractor and developer on the Homes and Communities Agency's panel and will be used to deliver an estimated £8bn residential-led development programme.The panel looks to speed-up the development of housing sites and see public bodies, such as local...

One of Cornwall's north coast beaches had to be cordoned off after unexploded flares were found on the high tide line. Lifeguards at Chapel Porth discovered the washed-up flares or time expired pyrotechnics (TEP) and called in the nearby St Agnes Coastguards Search and Rescue team for help. The area of the beach where the unexploded TEP was discovered was then cordoned off while the team assessed the danger. Read more: Scary video shows car driving wrong way down M5 If you find something...

A coastal walker has put a warning out for fellow nature lovers to take care after she spotted a massive swarm of bees. The bees, which formed a hive in a bush, were spotted by holidaymaker Jackie Turner on the path to the golf course near Fistral beach in Newquay. Read more: Coastguards called to TWO suspicious ordnances in TWO days On her Facebook page Mrs Turner, from Dorset, said: "Just spotted this on the path between Fistral beach and the golf course. "Take care everyone...

Plans for a "quality landmark" mixed use retail and office building on Bickland Water Road have been approved, despite it being opposed for being overbearing.Sustainable Developments already had permission for 42 live/work units and retail in three buildings ranging from three to six storeys at the site on the corner of Tregoniggie Industrial Estate.Although that permission runs until 2019, the company has come back with a new scheme for a four-storey building less than half the...

Ten days of music, sailing and fun has come to an end for another year, with thousands of residents and visitors enjoying all that Falmouth Week has to offer.With its origins in a local sailing regatta dating back at least as far back as 1837, the event has evolved into not only a major sailing competition in the region, but also an opportunity for sailors and landlubbers to enjoy the many daytime and evening attractions.It is also no longer a week, but ten days of activities, including a...

They were once the sad end to a lifetime's grinding poverty in the Victorian age, but paupers' funerals are still being carried out in Cornwall today - and it is costing the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds. According to data released under Freedom of Information laws, dozens of people have died so penniless they cannot even afford to be cremated or buried. The cost of a final send-off for these tragic souls is borne by the local authority and in the past few years alone has totted up to...

A team of coastguard rescuers have been called out to two suspicious ordinance incidents in as many days. Coastguards from Mevagissey were first alerted to a possible bomb after receiving a call from the town's harbour master that ordnance had been trawled up by local fishermen and left on the jetty in the picturesque coastal port. The incident happened at 5pm on Friday, August 11, and coastguards set up a cordon on advice from Falmouth Coastguards and the Plymouth-based bomb squad. The...

It's every driver's worst nightmare - to be driving down the motorway at night to be confronted by a car coming the wrong way along the fast lane.Now, video footage has emerged of car being driven by an elderly motorist the wrong way down the M5 for 13 minutes.Horrified motorists and passengers called 999 after witnessing the Renault Captur driving against traffic in the outside lane. Ocado delivery driver Tim Jones, 28, captured the footage as he approached Jct 20 for Clevedon while heading...

A lifeboat station team has thanked the public for its cooperation after holidaymakers and residents were asked to move en masse from a favourite south east Cornwall beach. In a statement on its Facebook page Looe Lifeboat Station said it had been important to almost evacuate East Looe beach entirely so the Devon Air Ambulance helicopter could safely land and take a casualty to hospital as quickly as possible. The incident happened on Sunday, August 5.Read more: Drama at Bude as rescuers pluck...