Police have charged three carers with offences relating to the John Daniel Day Care Centre in Penzance.
The Penlee RNLI inshore lifeboat has come to the rescue of sailors whose yacht went aground in Penzance harbour
Gold medal winning Olympic rower Helen Glover is to take part in a victory bus tour through her hometown of Penzance this weekend.
Teachers at a Cornish primary school went on strike today in a dispute over their terms and conditions. The strike, at Hay-moor Heamoor Community School near Penzance, is the only one to have been called over the issue in the South West.
Most parents said they supported the teachers. But the governors said they had "significant reservations." More strikes are planned if a deal can't be reached. From Penzance, here's our Cornwall correspondent Steve Hardy.
Hannah Packham from the National Union of Teachers spoke to us from outside Haemoor Primary School near Penzance where some staff are taking action over workloads. She says the situation is very rare.
Teachers taking part in the strike over workloads picketed the school this morning. Three out of seven classes at Heamoor Primary School near Penzance were affected by the action, the first of its kind in a school in the south west.
Teachers at a school in Penzance are on strike today. Heamoor Primary School will be closed to the majority of pupils due to industrial action by six teachers. It's part of a national campaign over claims of increased workload and changes to pay and conditions.
Police have charged three carers with offences relating to the John Daniel Day Care Centre in Penzance.
Read the full storyPolice have charged three people with offences relating to the John Daniel Day Care Centre in Penzance, covering a period from April 2007 to December 2011:
Two other people have been released from police bail with no further action.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says he's confident he will remain leader of the Liberal Democrats after the next general election.
He was speaking during his visit to Penwith College in Penzance. Asked about his own future - and to predict his own role in politics following the 2015 election - the party leader said:
– Rt Hon Nick Clegg MPI will be MP for Sheffield Hallam and leader of the Liberal Democrats.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, is visiting Penzance today. He will meet students and apprentices at Penwith College as well as promoting the Government's Youth Contract.
It is a billion-pound scheme designed to help young people get jobs. It offers 18 - 24 year-olds different types of support, including work placements and apprenticeships.
A level crossing near Penzance where a grandmother was killed will close today. Jeanette Nicholls was hit by a train as she crossed the line at Long Rock in October last year. She was the second person to die there.
The foot crossing will remain closed until a decision is made on improving its safety or shutting it permanently.
Network Rail called for the closure after it was recommended by the coroner at the inquest into the 73-year-old woman's death.
David Cameron has agreed to meet a delegation from the Isles of Scilly to discuss finding a solution to their transport problems.
Andrew George, MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly raised the matter during Prime Minister’s Questions.
He called upon the Prime Minister to help find a solution to the transport problems created following the closure of the helicopter service to the Isles of Scilly at the end of October.