If you don't follow Isles of Scilly Police on Facebook, you should.

Travel writer Philip Marsden has spent years describing his journeys across Europe and Africa, but his latest book focuses on his home county, Cornwall, inspired by a family decision to renovate an old farmhouse.

British Prime Minister David Cameron wants the use of premium rate telephone helplines for flooding victims to be ended “as quickly as it possibly can be”, Downing Street has said.

A world champion kitesurfer who became the first person to kitesurf non-stop from France to Ireland at the weekend has now set his sights on an epic transatlantic crossing.

Senior Liberal Democrats were this evening poised to admit defeat in the British referendum on electoral reform as the first results delivered large majorities for the No camp.

Hogg has cornered, in just two films, an intriguing section of the English community, the beleaguered middle-class family.

THE south and east of the country are among the top 20 wealthiest regions in the EU, while the west and north is a massive 50% poorer, according to the latest figures just released by Eurostat.

Dozens of teenagers and crew on board a tall ship stranded in stormy seas off the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula in the UK, face a third night at sea.

All the crew on a burning ship off the Isles of Scilly are said to be safe.

A rescue operation was launched today to save 111 people from a burning ship.

A cargo ship is due to be examined for damage this afternoon after losing half its cargo in storm swells off the south coast.

One man has died and six other people are missing after a seaside hotel blaze in Cornwall, England this morning.

THE skipper of the West Cork trawler which sank on Monday has spoken of his relief and gratitude following the dramatic rescue of all seven crew members.

Two lifelong friends who were washed overboard when their fishing vessel sank in the mid-Atlantic have today spoken of their ordeal.

A BUILDER with a fetish for women’s underwear broke into houses and stole thongs, g-strings, sex toys and photographs over a 15-year period.

Ferry services were cancelled and a beach was closed today as Britain’s south coast was battered by huge seas and gale force winds.

FIVE people, including a Co Kerry resident, who spent almost a week stranded at sea in a tiny inflatable life-raft yesterday described their terrifying ordeal after surviving storms and 30ft waves.

A spokesman for the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the vessel was owned by French woman Stephanie Preux and was bound for Cherbourg when it left Co Kerry on September 6.

Four British rowers whose boat was split in two by a rogue wave which ended their hopes of a transatlantic record have arrived back in safe dock today.

A British oarsman has spoken of the moment a rogue wave split his team’s boat - and delivered a “killer blow” to hopes of breaking the transatlantic rowing record.