Radio Newquay

A Newquay councillor has criticised the removal of play equipment from a play park, questioning why Cornwall Council has not replaced it and suggesting the opening of a new £150,000 playground elsewhere in the town was used to justify the decision.

Cornwall Council is facing a “challenge” and “very difficult decisions” to cut its spending as it faces a debt of £2.360bn within the next five years.

Cornwall Council has announced that its chief executive, Kate Kennally, is leaving the authority after ten years in the role, following a previously unexplained leave of absence.

Residents in Newquay are being urged to help tackle fly-tipping as Cornwall Council launches a new crackdown.

A Newquay family has been speaking to Radio Newquay about its efforts to raise £50,000 to adapt their home for a four-year-old boy living with a rare condition which causes progressive muscle weakness.

Newquay AFC crashed out of the FA Vase, St Mawgan continued their impressive run of form and Newquay Hornets were forced to concede their rugby fixture on a mixed weekend of local sport.

A number of new locations in Cornwall will see dogs banned or restricted to being kept on a lead, including part of Perranporth beach.

Thousands of zombies, monsters and ghouls are expected to take over the streets of Newquay later this month as the town prepares for its annual Halloween celebrations.