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Aaron Willoughby and Steph Norman are unable to say Cornish wedding vows - but could in Scottish or Welsh Picture: Aaron Willoughby / SWNS

Wedding couple unable to say Cornish vows – but could in Scottish or Welsh

A couple say they were ''discriminated'' against after being told they can't have their wedding vows in Cornish.

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Joe Gray with his second salvaged mine Picture: Joe Gray/SWNS

This one's 'mine': Second time lucky as salvage man finds 'real toe crusher'

A salvage man who had a sea-mine confiscated by the Royal Navy is thrilled – after managing to find a second one.

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The world's largest daffodil grower says it has been forced to let hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of flowers rot Picture from file: SWNS

Rotting stock costs daffodil farm in Cornwall 'hundreds of thousands of pounds'

The world's largest daffodil grower says it has been forced to let hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of flowers rot – as it can't get pickers due to Brexit.

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A beaver invasion is feared at Tregothnan Estate Main and inset picture: SWNS

Trouble brewing: Cornish tea plantation could be under threat from wild beavers

Production at a Cornish tea plantation could be under threat of an invasion – by wild beavers.

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Casper Ward aged 11, with his pet alpaca called Tea Picture: SWNS

Spitting images: Cute photos of rejected orphan alpaca living in family home

These adorable pictures show an alpaca living in a family home in west Cornwall after being rejected by her mother and hand-reared by an 11-year-old boy.

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Cornish pianist Annabel Bennett pretended to be a man to get work Picture: SWNS

Rejected Cornwall pianist finds success after pretending to be a man

A female pianist rejected by the BBC and the music industry has finally broken through – after changing her name and pretending to be a man.

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Joe Gray with the sea mine at his antique shop Picture: SWNS

Not 'mine': Salvage man's dreams of keeping sea-mine footstool go up in smoke

A man who found a washed-up sea-mine on a beach and rolled it home to use as a footstool has been forced to hand it back to the Navy.

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Martin Ward has been banned from swearing anywhere in the UK Picture fromm file: Getty Images

Cornwall shoplifter is now banned from swearing – anywhere in the UK

A foul-mouthed shoplifter has not only been told he cannot return to parts of Cornwall but has also been banned from swearing – anywhere in the UK.

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Seals have moved in to an Airbnb in Perranporth, Cornwall Picture: Lizzi Larbalestier/SWNS

Airbnb for seals: Injured seals move in to Cornish holiday rental in lockdown

An Airbnb owner has transformed her holiday rental into a hospital that has helped save the lives of more than 100 injured seals.

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The envelope with 'somewhere at top of town' which miraculously made it to the right house in St Ives Picture: Tracey Fitzharris / SWNS.COM

Card addressed to 'Somewhere at top of town' arrives in only three days

A card with a ludicrous address of 'somewhere at top of town' has miraculously made it to the right house in west Cornwall – and even more incredibly, in only three days.