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Twenty rural schools in Cornwall to get fibre broadband 20th May 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon Twenty schools in Cornwall are to benefit from government investment to install fibre broadband. It is part of a £200 million programme to improve connectivity in rural areas. The ...
Hustyns to become “instant village” as planners vote 8-6 to lift “holiday-only” restriction 20th May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Planners have voted 8-6 to lift a “holiday-only” restriction on a timeshare complex at Hustyns, Burlawn, near Wadebridge. Voting against their officers’ recommendation, members of Cornwall Council’s planning committee ...
Persimmon Homes still considering its missing fire safety barriers 20th May 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse A Cornwall councillor has slammed housebuilder Persimmon and asked whether they are waiting for someone to die before they take an issue around missing fire safety barriers seriously. Thousands ...
Decision day for Hustyns holiday lodges, as planners meet to consider lifting the restriction which prevents an “instant village” near Wadebridge 20th May 2019 Anne North By Anne North Cornwall’s planners meet this morning (Monday) to consider lifting a “holiday-use only” restriction at a long-established resort near Wadebridge. The Hustyns complex was built during the 1980s and 90s ...
New train timetables operate in Cornwall from today 20th May 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne New train timetables come into effect today (Monday) which should see a doubling of commuter services through Cornwall. The new timetable will see regular half-hourly local stopping services between ...
The law of unintended consequences: someone has to account for the impacts on other wildlife, as North Cornwall farmers continue to cull badgers 19th May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Farmers and landowners have been angered by a request for information about the impact of badger culling on fox populations. Natural England has asked for the information because of ...
End of the line for Inter City 125 trains from Cornwall 19th May 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne The Inter City 125 high speed trains which have connected Cornwall to London for more than 40 years have finally gone. The last one travelled on the Penzance-Paddington ...
North Cornwall beach van refused licence to sell alcohol 16th May 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse A converted horsebox serving tacos will not be allowed to sell alcohol after being refused a licence due to concerns about public safety. Taco Boys run their business from ...
BBC Radio Cornwall sheds another 5,000 listeners in a year 16th May 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane BBC Radio Cornwall’s audience figures continue to slide, dropping to 115,000 for the first quarter of the year, according to industry figures published today (Thursday.) The Rajar statistics compare ...
There are no illegal schools in Cornwall, says County Hall 14th May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith There are no unregistered schools in Cornwall, according to a Freedom of Information answer supplied by County Hall. Last month Ofsted reported there were more than 500 illegal schools, ...
No rocking at Rock this year, as festival organisers admit defeat 13th May 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane A controversial rock concert due to be held at Rock will not go ahead after all. The Porthilly Spirit festival was refused a licence last week. The site is ...
Planners asked to lift “holiday-only” restriction on Hustyns lodges, near Wadebridge 13th May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith One of Cornwall’s longest-established holiday resorts could soon be turned in to an “instant village” in an Area of Great Landscape Value near Wadebridge. Hustyns announced in December 2015 ...
Residents called to “extraordinary” parish meeting to consider Charlestown harbour licence bid 10th May 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Richard Whitehouse and Rashleigh MacFarlane St Austell Bay parish council is calling an extraordinary meeting this evening (Friday) to discuss plans to hold events in Charlestown Harbour. Charlestown Harbour Limited has ...
Newquay-London passenger numbers increase after switch from Gatwick to Heathrow 8th May 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon The switch from Gatwick to Heathrow airports appears to have contributed to a 4% growth in passenger numbers flying from Newquay to London. Newquay airport says more than 15,000 ...
End of the road for Tywardreath village shop owner, as courts finally run out of patience and put company into receivership 8th May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith An application to set aside a winding-up order against the company which owns Tywardreath’s village shop has been rejected, meaning that Hunter Grange Investments Ltd is now in ...
Newquay bar accuses police of “misinformation” after licensing extension refused 6th May 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse A Newquay bar which was denied permission to extend its opening hours has accused the police of spreading “misinformation” over drugs being sold in the venue. Whiskers in Gover ...
Hayle harbour redevelopment delayed 5th May 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse The first phase in a major redevelopment of Hayle Harbour has been delayed after councillors were unable to decide whether to grant planning permission. A reserved matters application – ...
An unreliable boyfriend? Branson delays again, but signs up another airstrip 3rd May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith The first test flight of Richard Branson’s satellite launcher has again been delayed. The pioneering air-launched system is the foundation of Cornwall Council’s ambition to build a spaceport ...
New ownership of Tywardreath village shop “is in the final stages,” says the woman who raised £470,000 in personal loans from local people 3rd May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith The owner of the Tywardreath village shop has again said she hopes a new owner will take over the business soon. Trudy Thomson made similar claims at a ...
Cornwall’s MPs join new All-Party Parliamentary group designed to promote “South West” vision 1st May 2019 theboss By Graham Smith At least five of Cornwall’s MPs have joined a new all-party group to represent the “Great South West” region in Parliament. The move mirrors greater co-operation between the ...
Councillors meet to consider Newquay nightclub bid to stay open until 2.30am 1st May 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Police have claimed that a Newquay nightspot is known to be a venue used for the purchase and supply of drugs. Cornwall Council’s licensing act sub committee is ...
Rock rocked by music festival described as “a very good idea in the wrong place” 1st May 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Fears have been raised that a new music, food and wellbeing festival could bring traffic chaos and drugs to a quiet area in north Cornwall. Porthilly Spirit is set ...
Poor but happy? The Thriving Places Index says Devon is better than Cornwall 30th April 2019 theboss By Graham Smith A charity which tries to measure the “quality of life” has published a snapshot of what it is like to live in Cornwall – and decided that Devon ...
Bid to heat Penzance Jubilee Pool using underground geothermal energy hits a snag 29th April 2019 Anne North By Anne North The £1.9 million project to heat the open-air Penzance Jubilee swimming pool by tapping into the natural energy of underground hot rocks has hit a potentially serious snag. Engineers ...
Climate Emergency: Cornwall Council admits it has no idea how its spaceport could be carbon neutral 29th April 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane County Hall officials have confirmed they do not know how the proposed Newquay spaceport can avoid contributing hundreds of tons of carbon into the atmosphere, should Richard Branson ...
House of Lords challenges government to realise the potential of rural economies 28th April 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy has called on the government to develop a Rural Strategy, to address rural challenges and realise the potential ...
Company behind Tywardreath village shop goes into liquidation, as local people scramble to get their money back 28th April 2019 theboss By Graham Smith The company which owns Tywardreath’s village shop has been forced into liquidation after a brief hearing at a court in Surrey. Hunter Grange Investments Ltd, run by Trudy Thompson ...
Search is on for the location to build a new secondary school near Cornwall’s north coast 26th April 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Cornwall Council has started looking for a site for a new secondary school on the north coast to help ease pressure for places in and around Newquay and ...
John Betty is back at County Hall as a freelance consultant just weeks after leaving the staff 26th April 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Cornwall Council’s former £140,000-per-year Strategic Director for Economic Growth, whose formal employment ended only a few weeks ago, is back at County Hall earning hundreds of pounds per ...
Creditors trek to London in bid to salvage anything from the wreckage of LCF, as they try to untangle the complex web of business deals that all point to a wealthy Tory donor 24th April 2019 Anne North By Anne North Creditors of the failed London Capital and Finance company meet this afternoon (Wednesday) in a bid to salvage some of the firm’s £236 million collapse. Cornwall Reports published ...
Cash boost for Cornish rail projects will create a second platform in Bodmin and refurbish Saltash station 22nd April 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon The Bodmin General railway station, used mainly for “heritage” steam fun services, is to get a new platform to improve passenger links. The £54,000 scheme will allow additional ...
Isles of Scilly Steamship Company to dispose of troubled Mali Rose cargo vessel after only three years 22nd April 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane The Isles of Scilly Steamship company is to get rid of its £2.5 million Mali Rose freight vessel, following a shake-up in the company’s top management and a ...
Tywardreath village shop – winding up proceedings come to court next week 17th April 2019 theboss By Graham Smith The owners of the Tywardreath village shop have been summoned to defend a winding up petition next week (Friday 26th April.) Two of the local people who pledged money ...
Refit starts on Torpoint ferry as consultation gets underway on Tamar Bridge tolls 17th April 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane Tamar II, one of the three Torpoint ferries, has been taken out of service for its five yearly refit at the dry dock facilities at A&P Falmouth. Earlier this ...
County Hall’s housing headache, having built homes at a cost greater than they can be sold 16th April 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall councillors have voted to progress their controversial plans to create a new arm’s-length company to build 1,000 houses, despite the misgivings of some councillors over the quality ...
Would a giant video screen help to fill Truro’s cultural vacuum? 16th April 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon Proposals for a giant public video screen to be displayed on Truro’s Lemon Quay have been thrown into uncertainty after city councillors decided not to approve planning permission ...
Public inquiry starts to consider 112,000-chicken poultry farm 16th April 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse A planning inquiry gets underway today (Tuesday) to consider proposals for a mega egg farm which would be home to 112,000 birds. Local residents have been fighting the plans ...
Cornwall’s Wave Hub gets another £1.5 million – despite no electricity, nor even a business plan 15th April 2019 Anne North By Anne North Cornwall Council has given the Wave Hub another £1.5 million to keep the project alive while councillors and officials consider its future. A decade ago the £42 million Wave ...
Council plans to crack down on illegal puppy farms 15th April 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Licensing officers say they are monitoring an “explosion” in the number of people breeding dogs without a licence and advertising them for sale on social media. Cornwall Council officers ...
Trading Standards alert as mobile mattress sellers target Torpoint 14th April 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne Cornwall’s Trading Standards team is warning the public not to deal with a mobile gang selling mattresses from their white Toyota van. The warning follows reports of the gang ...
How much room do you need in the back of a Cornish taxi? 11th April 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Cornwall’s taxi drivers are calling on councillors to relax rules around the minimum legroom provided in cabs, saying the current 8-inch rule “could end drivers’ careers.” The issue pits ...
What is the best way to spend £100 million + on Truro? 10th April 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Residents of Truro are being urged to find out more about a multi-million pound redevelopment of the city, aiming to build 1,000 new homes and create hundreds of ...
Ten Years After: Cornwall Council still struggling to establish a uniform scale of charges for taxis 10th April 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse The latest bid to set a single set of taxi fares for the whole of Cornwall looks unlikely to succeed after cabbies raised objections. There are currently six different ...
Hey Whitehall! Remember that “Prosperity Fund” you promised, to replace the Euromillions? 9th April 2019 Anne North By Anne North Cornwall has joined a group of “less developed” areas in reminding the government of its promise to set up a UK-wide Shared Prosperity Fund, intended to replace the ...
Branson delays again – until 29th May – suggesting problems in California 9th April 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson has announced a long delay to the first powered flight of his LauncherOne satellite rocket, only days after the previous postponement. The billionaire’s bid to put satellites ...
Cornwall’s communities urged to become new watchdogs to press for better NHS dental treatment 8th April 2019 Anne North By Anne North The chronic shortage of NHS dentistry in Cornwall will come under County Hall scrutiny next week when councillors consider calling for local communities to be given better information ...
Top Tory in the frame, as Serious Fraud Office joins hunt for the missing millions, somehow sunk without trace in Cornwall 7th April 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Administrators appointed to investigate the London and Capital Finance company have expressed concern about the true value of the Waterside Resort hotel and holiday lodge complex at Lanivet, ...
Planners vote unanimously to approve £84 million St Austell link road 4th April 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Planning permission has been granted for a new £78 million road which will provide an improved link between St Austell and the A30. A full planning application for the ...
Lords call for better rail links to Cornwall, noting that little has been done since 1846 4th April 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse A major new report from the House of Lords has called for the Government to give more support to coastal communities including better rail links into Cornwall. The Future ...
Devon & Cornwall police chiefs ask for extra cash to help deal with post-Brexit tourism explosion 4th April 2019 theboss By Daniel Clark Police chiefs are asking for millions of pounds extra cash to deal with ‘the busiest summer ever’ with the anticipated rise in visitors to Devon and Cornwall because ...