Site: Cornwall News
Child services post is unfilled
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:50:07 -0700
The post of director of children's services is still vacant six months after the resignation of its former holder last October.
'Unwelcome decisions' for college
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:51 -0700
Cornwall College will have to make "unwelcome decisions" because it is facing a £4m budget cut, its principal says.
Students fire their ideas in the heat of the dragons' den
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:08:57 -0700
TEN groups of higher education students from Truro College were pitted against one another for cash and other prizes worth more than £1,000...
Judgement reserved on NHS sacking
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:37:33 -0700
Judgement is reserved over the sacking of a former Cornwall hospital boss after evidence concludes at a tribunal.
Tamar toll rises come into force
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:28:31 -0700
An increase in bridge and ferry tolls enabling drivers to cross between Cornwall and Devon comes into force.
Jumbo return
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:58:56 -0700
A special fishing boat is to come back to St Ives
Cornwall minister 'just window dressing'
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
CONSERVATIVE plans to appoint a Minister for Cornwall have been dismissed as "window dressing" by the Lib-Dems.
The Western Morning News...
Move for talks on double BST
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
CROSS-PARTY talks could be held on Britain adopting European time to extend summer evenings and give tourism a multi-million-pound boost.
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'My brave Oz'
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
THE widow of fearless bomb disposal hero Olaf Schmid yesterday proudly accepted his George Cross citation – posthumously awarded for his...
End of the black bin bag?
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
COUNCILS could be left to foot the bill for Government plans to ban food, paper and glass from landfill, it has been warned.
Environment...
George Cross for bomb heroes
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:31:30 -0700
Olaf Schmid from Cornwall is one of two bomb disposal experts to be awarded the George Cross for gallantry in Afghanistan.
Stein chippy could boost economy
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:20:27 -0700
A tourism expert says a new Rick Stein fish and chip shop in Cornwall could be a boost for the local economy.
Pensioner surprised to find dean is selling her new home
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:11:22 -0700
A 91-YEAR-old former nurse is frantic with worry after finding out her rented home is up for sale – on the day she moved in.
Nan...
Second home sales boom
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
THE booming second homes market – said to have blighted Westcountry communities – has returned as figures revealed around half of the...
Addict jailed for knife attack
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
A MAN who tried to stab his friend to death with a seven-inch knife, only to be pinned down by a group of holidaymakers, was jailed yesterday.
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Gay Pride disco ban on Good Friday
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
MANAGERS of a charity-run community hall have turned down a request to stage a gay disco over fears the event could offend religious groups on Good...
Sophie failed by medics - report
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl who had a phobia of dentists died of starvation after she was failed by medical and professional experts, a scathing report...
The incinerator appeal | Day 3 LIVE
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:29:00 -0700
The incinerator appeal runs to day 3. Richard Whitehouse reports live from Kingsley Village. Save this blog to your favourites, or follow us on Twitter @TiCCouncilLIVE
Gay dance night 'may have upset Christians'
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:23:00 -0700
MANAGERS of a charity-run community hall have turned down a request to stage a gay disco over fears the event could offend religious groups on Good...
'Still not too late' to battle closure of centre for elderly
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0700
A LAST-DITCH attempt has been made to rally St Ives townsfolk in defence of the elderly day care centre ahead of its closure.
St Ives Day...
Asda claims backing for rugby club plan
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0700
ASDA claims the vast majority of visitors to an exhibition of their proposals for a supermarket at Hayle's rugby club have backed the plan.
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Alex stars as Backbeat Beatle Stuart
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0700
ACTOR Alex Robertson has spent the past six weeks living the Beatles dream.
After several television appearances, he landed the part of...
Shire delight – it's the heavy mob
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0700
THE FIRST ploughing match in Cornwall open only to competitors using heavy horses was staged in Penwith at the weekend.
Organisers hope that...
Food, not houses: Trust sets record straight
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0700
THE LAND’S End Peninsula Community Land Trust (LEPCLT) is hoping to produce food, not houses, at Bosavern Farm in St Just, it has confirmed.<...
Director plots film on Mousehole invasion
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0700
A FILM director has outlined his idea for a multi-million pound production based on a true-life Cornish historical event which he hopes to shoot in...
Fishermen land £1m record deal
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700
A GROUP of Westcountry fishermen has landed a major record deal after being spotted performing in their local pub.
The Fisherman's Friends,...
Mentally ill woman's needs not recognised
Publish Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0700
A YOUNG, mentally ill Camborne woman, who was sentenced to an indefinite sentence in hospital after killing a man, was a victim whose vulnerability...
WELCOME NEWS FOR SEARCH & RESCUE IN WEST CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY
Publish Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:54:45 -0800
Local MP Andrew George has welcomed the announcement about the future contract for Search & Rescue survivors from RNAS Culdrose. The service will be operating from 2012 using 2 new Sikorsky S92 helicopters. They are 30% faster than the existing Sea Kings and have a larger range. The Night Vision Capacity and Forward Looking Infra-Red [...]
MPs CALL FOR END TO SECOND HOME TAX BREAKS
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:05:33 -0800
Local Liberal Democrat MPs Dan Rogerson and Julia Goldsworthy have met with Local Government Minister Barbara Follett to raise concerns about the impact of the growth of second homes in Cornwall. They highlighted loopholes that allow many second home owners to benefit from tax breaks, and urged the government to give local councils more powers [...]
£60 million for new Cornish eco-towns
Publish Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:37:32 -0800
Housing Minister John Healey has today backed the country?s biggest ever green home building programme, with four areas, including St Austell, sharing £60m cash to build over 600 new homes to the toughest ever environmental standards. These new ?eco-show homes? will be built in and around the four pioneering eco-town locations, introducing nearly 2,000 people to [...]
Full list of St Piran Day events
Publish Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:39:13 -0800
Here is a comprehensive list of St Piran Day events. ANNUAL ST PIRAN?S FEAST 2010 PONSMERE HOTEL, PERRANPORTH SUNDAY 7TH MARCH 7PM for 7.30pm………PRICE…….£15…
.Our traditional Feast Dinner [...]
Cornwall set to have incinerator after all?
Publish Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:03:32 -0800
Steve Gilbert, the prospective MP for St Austell & Newquay, has condemned Cornwall Council for once again failing to grasp the nettle and cancel the contract for the incinerator planned for St Dennis. The Lib Dem candidate made the comments after taking a day out from his election campaign to attend today?s meeting of Cornwall [...]
Radio Cornwall programme on Cornish insults
Publish Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:35:31 -0800
At about 08.30 (if not a bit before) on Tuesday 26th January, 2010, Mike Chappell is going to be interviewed live on BBC Radio Cornwall by James Churchfield. The interview will concern the ongoing abuse and insults shown to the Cornish by the media and individuals and follows formal communication between various people and the Equality [...]
St Piran in Penwith celebrations
Publish Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:32:02 -0800
On Thursday 4th March, 2010, 100 schoolchildren together with St. Buryan Male Voice Choir will put on a concert in honour of St. Piran at 7.00pm in St John?s Hall, PZ. On Friday 5th March, ST. PIRAN?S DAY, 700 local schoolchildren will dance through the streets of PZ.
Leaving St. John?s Hall at 10.00 am
Procession starts [...]
Tories to create ?Devonwall??
Publish Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:36:22 -0800
Cornish parliamentary candidate Loic Rich has criticised the Conservative Party after a senior Conservative suggested there might be a Devon and Cornwall Economic Partnership after the General Election. Reports have stated that Conservatives plan for the South West Regional Development Agency to be broken up if they win the next election.
But a senior Tory source has [...]
?Unholy Alliance? keeps Cornish out of census
Publish Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:41:34 -0800
Labour and Conservative MPs united to keep ?Cornish? off the 2011 census last night, as the Government voted down a proposal from North Cornwall?s MP, Dan Rogerson, to have it included. Mr Rogerson said the Cornish national identity should be recognised with a tickbox, just as the Scottish, Welsh, English and Northern Irish identities will [...]
Top Tory election chief emabarrassed by his own defeat
Publish Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:51:53 -0800
A huge election swing from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats in Cornwall Council’s first by-election is a significant indicator of growing disillusion with Conservatives at Cornwall Council, and a humiliation for the Conservatives? top Cornwall election organiser (who put himself up as the candidate), says local MP Matthew Taylor. Newly elected Lib Dem Councillor [...]
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