Project including UK’s tallest ceramic sculpture is raising profile of town often overlooked by holidaymakersTourists have long tended to bypass the Cornish town of St Austell on their way to the surfing beaches of Cornwall’s north coast or the bays an…
‘It’s really hit us now’: Newquay becomes England’s Covid capital
North Cornwall town reeling and people urged not to visit as thousands of cases linked to festivalAt first glance it looked like a pretty perfect day in the self-styled surfing capital of the UK. The sandy beaches were packed, the pubs, cafes and shops…
‘It’s agony’: Geronimo owner on wait for alpaca to be euthanised
Geronimo has twice tested positive for bovine TB but Helen Macdonald argues that the regime is flawedGeronimo the alpaca was looking perky on Friday. His owner, Helen Macdonald, a veterinary nurse who has battled for four years to save his life, rather…
Geronimo the alpaca given 24-hour reprieve
Owner receives word that officials will not try to enforce warrant before 5pm on FridayGeronimo, the condemned alpaca, has been granted another 24-hour reprieve, with its owner claiming the UK government hopes she will carry out its “dirty work” and pu…
Coroner in Plymouth gunman case requests review of weapons licensing
Jake Davison, who killed five people including his mother, had shotgun licence reinstated last monthThe coroner overseeing the case of the Plymouth gunman, Jake Davison, who killed his mother and four other people, has asked a watchdog to examine wheth…
Final legal effort to save Geronimo the alpaca thrown out by judge
Gloucestershire owner’s lawyers lodged application to halt animal’s destruction at high courtA last-ditch legal attempt to save Geronimo the alpaca has been rejected by a high court judge.A “human shield” of supporters and newspaper reporters remains a…
‘‘Shooting has broken our hearts,’ says shattered Plymouth as city mourns its children’s innocence
Keyham’s tight-knit community says the government has ‘big questions’ to answer about gun controlFive-year-old Evie-Rae left her grandmother Terri’s side and carefully placed a pink candle and a teddy bear on the growing pile of tributes at the foot of…
‘People can’t sleep’: Rhondda valley flood leaves climate fear in its wake
Many in south Wales are still suffering from havoc of last year – and say not enough is being done to prevent a repeatIn February last year, Storm Dennis wreaked havoc in the Rhondda valley, causing flooding in hundreds of homes and businesses, leaving…
Not the way to do it: Punch and Judy professors decry aggressive audiences
Bad behaviour at shows no longer confined to characters as people refuse to pay for watchingUgly quarrels, outbreaks of unacceptable violence and a sense of anarchy have traditionally been a feature of one of the British seaside’s most curious theatric…
Tributes to boy ‘who lit up world’ after arrests over death in Wales
Police arrest two adults and teenager after body of five-year-old Logan Williamson found in riverA five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river in south Wales has been described as a bright, cheerful child whose smile “lit up the world”.Police named…