A man from Manchester has been arrested following a stabbing in broad daylight.

Police were called to Redruth town centre at around 10.45am on Sunday, over a report that a man had been stabbed at the entrance to Fore Street.

A 25-year-old man from Redruth was subsequently taken to hospital to be treated for what has been described by police as "non-life threatening wounds" to his leg.

A force spokesperson added: "Armed police officers conducted a search of the scene and a local address, where a 31-year-old man from Manchester was subsequently arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm."

He has been bailed until August 14 pending further enquiries.

It was part of a busy 24 hours for emergency services, with coastguards, lifeboat volunteers, fire crews and ambulance teams called all over Cornwall.

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Also on Sunday crews from Helston and Falmouth fire stations attended a tractor fire, Tolvaddon firefighters investigated a fire in the open, a horse rider fell on the old A30 and there was a fire at a care home.

The tractor was carrying around 240 litres of diesel when it burst into flames.

Falmouth RNLI also had a busy Sunday, with three callouts in the space of 12 hours.

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The first call came early, at 12.55am, with both the inshore lifeboat and the larger all-weather lifeboat launched shortly afterwards to reports of shouts for help being heard from Penryn River, near Greenbank.