Great Western Railway says train services between London Paddington and Penzance are cancelled.

Capt Peter Barlow's son Robin said reading a letter his father sent to his mother was emotional.

One farmer said there was "nothing new" in the announcement but another was more enthusiastic.

The garden was designed as a place of "refuge and privacy" at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

The firm had been producing about 528,000 pints of beer a year for pubs from Cornwall to Bristol.

A farmer fears if the rain continues he could "be in trouble" as he is having to buy in extra hay.