Celebrity couple Dawn French and Lenny Henry, who live in Fowey, are separating after 25 years of marriage.

The couple, who bought Point Neptune, a mansion at Fowey, in 2006, made the announcement in a statement this week.

Lenny, 51, and Dawn, 52, married in 1984 and have an 18-year-old daughter called Billie. The statement read: 'Lenny Henry and Dawn French are sad to announce they have decided to separate after 25 years of marriage.'

Read more in this week's Cornish Times.