An important map which was lost for generations has been found more than 300 years after it was drawn. The map of Cornwall was discovered in the private collection of a historian who died in June.

Historic maps of Cornwall are to be reproduced on CD by the county council in a bid to preserve them. The maps at the Record Office have become very fragile from years of use. The parish and town ...

St Austell is to get a town council and there will also be three new parish councils in the surrounding St Austell Bay, Carlyon and Pentewan Valley areas. It is hoped that the new councils, to start ...