Imagine taking a stroll into town and hopping onto a ferry across the channel? Well that's what Falmouth locals could have to look forward to, if plans for a Falmouth to St Malo ferry go ahead.

Talks have begun on the proposed freight and passenger ferry service to link Cornwall and Brittany and have included visits to Falmouth and St Malo from both country's diplomats.

The French government's General Consul in London, Edouard Braine, gave the project his support, extolling the mutual benefits of similar ventures including the Channel Tunnel.

Mr Braine told the BBC: "It has completely changed the situation of the Kent area. I think that if there is link between Cornwall and Bretagne, there is the same kind of possibility and hope. A link by boat is much less of an investment, but also more limited in its consequences."

The proposal is only at the feasibility stage with parties currently looking at how to create a sustainable business model for the project. We'll keep you posted.