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Perranporth

A yellow BMW police car with a Vision Zero South West symbol on the top half of the bonnet. Several cars are either parked behind the police car or are driving along the road.

Police crackdown on dangerous drivers in Cornwall

Officers carried out checks during a day of action in Truro, Tregony and Perranporth.

A number of surfers and swimmers in the sea, some are holding bodyboards and some are surfing.

Water testing starts at Devon and Cornwall beaches

Sampling will continue until the end of September, the Environment Agency says.

A young Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is wearing a flowery dress over the top of a striped T-Shirt, posing with Sean Pertwee, who has a surfboard under his arm, on a beach.

Cornish surf film catches new wave of affection

Cult classic Blue Juice is still wowing audiences in Cornwall, 30 years after its first release.

A white sign mounted to a brick wall that reads no trading private land with a beach in the background.

Council to allow some beach trading to continue

Street trading will be banned but "beach services" to be allowed on certain conditions.

Seaside town's street trading ban to be discussed

Signs have gone up on land owned by the council saying street trading has been banned in the area.

An artist's impression of Perranporth Academy. The aerial graphic shows a large school building with a floorplan not entirely dissimilar to a capital H. The school has a large grounds in front of it which includes a car park.

Future of new secondary school uncertain - trust

A new secondary school in Cornwall is under government review, an education trust says.

Stock image of housing development site

Permission to build in Cornish hamlet refused

Planners heard four of the seven houses would have been classified as affordable.

The boating lake at Perranporth with a palm tree and a bench

Goose 'attacked with rock by teen' dies

A goose has died after it was reportedly attacked by a boy with a rock, police say.

Science & Environment

Lukas Skinner

Surfers take fifth place in European championship

Surfing England praises "outstanding performances" of Cornish surfers.