The Gender Recognition Act came into effect on April 4 2005, giving adults the right to legally change the sex that was recorded on their birth certificate. This is done by applying for a gender ...

A Humboldt’s penguin in Cornwall, believed to be the oldest species in the world, celebrated her birthday this week. Spneb marked her 37th birthday at Paradise Park in Hayle on April 16. Based on ...

Transgender people are “worried that people are coming after their right to exist” after the Supreme Court’s ruling, an MSP has said. The court handed down its decision on Wednesday in a long-running ...

Three of Cornwall’s much-loved pubs have been nominated in this year's National Pub and Bar Awards. The annual award ceremony, which will take place in London on Tuesday, June 24, highlights a range ...

Three people were taken to hospital following an assault outside a nightclub in Cornwall. Police say that a fight was reported to have taken place outside Neon Nightclub on Castle Canyke Road, in ...

The Supreme Court said the terms woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act ‘refer to a biological woman and biological sex’.

From Haskins to Blue Diamond, here are the Easter bank holiday opening times for six garden centre chains in the UK.

A minister has said she hopes the Supreme Court’s ruling on the legal definition of the term woman will draw a line under arguments over gender recognition, but accepted more “homework” needed to be ...

We’ve asked each party and political group in Cornwall to address the reasons why people should vote for their candidates in the May 1 elections.

New research shows that four people in 10 make major retirement mistake when it comes to knowing their DWP State Pension age ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised Malaysia and Vietnam greater access to Chinese markets as he tours south-east Asia ...