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Branson reschedules his first rocket launch, giving himself an extra two weeks to troubleshoot any snags 16th July 2019 theboss By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson has brought forward his first powered test flight of the Virgin Orbit satellite rocket. LauncherOne had been scheduled for its maiden voyage – without any payload – ...
European Commission approves Flybe takeover 16th July 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne The European Commission has approved the takeover of Flybe by Connect Airways, paving the way for the company’s aircraft to be re-branded under the Virgin Atlantic banner. The EU’s ...
Seize Brexit as an opportunity to change the countryside forever, urges Royal Society 16th July 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane A new report calls for a radical shift to sustainable agriculture, making huge cuts in direct payments to farmers. The Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers ...
Online campaign to raise £1 million for Cornish Lithium 16th July 2019 Anne North By Anne North Cornish Lithium is trying to raise £1 million to test its claim that it can extract the metal from deep underground – and stimulate a new industry making ...
Coming soon: everything you wanted to know about the Newquay spaceport, but were afraid to ask 16th July 2019 theboss By Peter Tremayne County Hall is counting down to a special meeting for councillors about the Newquay spaceport. The council chamber will play host to an all-member briefing next week (Tuesday 23rd ...
Why the council wants to keep West Cornwall in the dark 16th July 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane People in West Cornwall are being urged to drop-in to an information session tomorrow (Wednesday) to find out why they might be better off if Cornwall Council tries ...
Will Branson make it into space by Saturday? 15th July 2019 theboss By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson appears to be in danger of failing to deliver on one of his more colourful promises should he fail to make it into space on board ...
It’s all going really well, County Hall chief to tell members 15th July 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon County Hall’s chief executive Kate Kennally is to deliver a “Stewardship of the Council” address to all 123 members of the authority at a special briefing later this ...
Tintagel Castle footbridge will not be open in time for school holidays 13th July 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane The £4 million footbridge to Tintagel Castle will not be open in time for the start of the school holidays, English Heritage has confirmed. The 12 steel sections have ...
County Hall backsliding on transparency is worrying, says councillor 13th July 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Cornwall Council has been criticised for not publishing details of spending on payment cards and payments above £500 with one councillor saying it was “worrying”. Under the Local Government ...
Cornwall considers the next set of rules for dogs on beaches 12th July 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Full details have been revealed of the survey that Cornwall Council will use to get the public’s view on dogs on beaches. The council currently has 48 Public Spaces ...
Newquay airport rated “very good” for disabled access 11th July 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne Newquay airport has been ranked as one of the best in the country for access to people with disabilities. Newquay was one of only 14 to be classed as ...
Virgin Orbit clears crucial “drop test” hurdle, facing a hectic scramble to be ready for first satellite launch 11th July 2019 theboss By Graham Smith In an experiment with huge implications for any Newquay spaceport, Virgin Orbit has successfully “drop-tested” the separation of its LauncherOne satellite rocket from the retired Boeing 747 Cosmic ...
Truro stadium land deal to be signed “in days if not hours” 11th July 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Deals to provide the land and government funding required for the Stadium for Cornwall are within “touching distance” and could be signed by the end of this month. That ...
High-tech heads in the Cloud needed to rescue County Hall’s latest computer project 10th July 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Cornwall Council is looking for a £400-per-day computer specialist to rescue its “Oracle Cloud” project, which is behind schedule and over-budget. The system will allow County Hall to offload ...
Lib Dems hold off challenge for chair of Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning Committee by 9 votes to 6 9th July 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse Cornwall Council’s strategic planning committee has elected its new chairman and vice-chairman at a special meeting. The meeting of the committee was held this morning at County Hall and ...
Trelawney and drums greet councillors as protesters condemn “over-development”and call for “need not greed” 9th July 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse With singing of Trelawny and beating of drums a large group of protesters gathered at Cornwall Council this morning (Tuesday) to call on the authority to help prevent ...
Cornwall’s 2030 carbon-neutral target “extremely challenging” – official report 9th July 2019 Anne North By Anne North The ambition to make Cornwall “carbon neutral” by 2030, in order to help tackle climate change, will be “extremely challenging,” according a new official report. The Cornwall and Isles ...
Campaigners to protest against “destruction of Cornwall” as County Hall poised to elect new chair of Strategic Planning Committee 9th July 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon Campaigners are expected to gather at County Hall, Truro, this morning (Tuesday) to protest at what they describe as the “over-development” of Cornwall. The demonstration has been planned for ...
EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Development Company has so far spent £275,000 globe-trotting in its quest to sell the spaceport 8th July 2019 theboss By Graham Smith The Cornwall Development Company has so far spent more than £275,000 at overseas events, promoting the idea of a Newquay spaceport. £160,000 has gone on “exhibition” costs and ...
Let’s go wild in Truro, say the city’s new hedgehogs 8th July 2019 theboss Made by local artist Emma Scott and her team from Mellingey Mill, and commissioned by Truro City Council, and Truro in Bloom, as part of the Wild Truro project, the ...
EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall’s “surf tax” raising even less in revenue now than when it was introduced 7th July 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne Cornwall’s controversial “surf tax” is raising even less revenue now than when it was introduced to several beaches in 2016, according to a Freedom of Information answer. North ...
Cash boost for Penzance High Street 6th July 2019 Anne North By Anne North Penzance is one step closer to securing government cash to improve the High Street. But Camborne, St Austell and Newquay have lost out. Following a bid to the national ...
A39 road improvements around Truro included in bid for government funding 4th July 2019 theboss By Daniel Clark Major structural maintenance to the Tamar Bridge, and 9km of major upgrades to the A39 in Cornwall are part of a wish-list of road improvements needed for the ...
Cornwall’s last chance to access EU funds for superfast broadband 3rd July 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne Cornwall’s last chance to use European money to develop its broadband infrastructure will come under scrutiny next week. The total cost of a “Superfast 3” project is estimated at ...
Cornwall’s Strategic Planning Committee needs to meet only six times per year, say officials 3rd July 2019 theboss By Graham Smith County Hall officials have crunched the numbers and delivered their verdict – whoever chairs Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning Committee should be worth £892.47 per meeting – typically about ...
Wanted: someone to build an independent Cornish ladies football team, must be willing to travel the world 3rd July 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon The Kernow Football Alliance – which is trying to build support for Cornish soccer as representative of an independent minority group – is advertising for a director to ...
Cornwall care home labelled “inadequate”after CQC snap inspection 2nd July 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon The Trecarrel Care Home, Tywardreath, has been labelled “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission. In November the CQC said the home “required improvement.” The decline means it ...
Don’t believe everything you read in the papers, warns Spaceport Cornwall, trying to dampen speculation about flights from Newquay to Australia in only 90 minutes 1st July 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne Officials promoting the idea of a Newquay spaceport have been moved to correct a wave of wildly inaccurate media stories claiming that sub-orbital tourist flights would soon transport ...
New fisheries conservation rules come into effect in Celtic Sea today 1st July 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane New conservation rules designed to protect fish stocks in the Celtic Sea come into effect today (Monday.) The Celtic Sea is the north east Atlantic Ocean off the ...
Value for money? Cornwall Development Company still under pressure to justify overseas trips 30th June 2019 Anne North By Anne North Pressure is growing on Cornwall Council to answer questions about its grip on the Cornwall Development Company, which last week admitted spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on ...
Flybe stops selling nuts because of passenger allergy fears 28th June 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne Newquay airport airline Fly is to stop selling peanuts or nut-based products on board its own-operated flights. The airline said it has made the decision “in the interests ...
Have your say on the future of Cornwall Council’s farms 28th June 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Cornwall Council has launched a public consultation about its county farms estate, which is likely to undergo major changes over the next 10 years as most of its ...
We do provide value for money, insists the man behind CDC’s 46 overseas trips in four years 27th June 2019 theboss By Graham Smith The boss of the Cornwall Development Company has defended the organisation’ spectacular globe-trotting, saying it is vital for economic development. Mike King, managing director of CDC, has so far ...
Was there ever a real Malory Towers, and might a new stage production launch a tourism boom in Cornwall? 27th June 2019 Anne North By Anne North Malory Towers might not yet enjoy the same media profile as other fictitious locations in Cornwall, but that could soon be about to change thanks to the ever-developing ...
EXCLUSIVE: How Cornwall is trying to beat the world – by racking up thousands of air-miles, at taxpayers’ expense 26th June 2019 theboss By Graham Smith The Cornwall Development Company has travelled the globe, at huge cost to local taxpayers, in its quest to attract new investment, a Freedom of Information answer has revealed. The ...
Bodmin urged to have its say on next phase of the “Contemporary Cornish Living” project 25th June 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon People in Bodmin are being urged to attend a drop-in session at Cornwall Council’s office in the town tomorrow (Wednesday) to learn about plans for 100 new homes ...
Man told to pay nearly £5,000 in fines and costs after refusing to allow Cornwall Inshore Fisheries officer to board 24th June 2019 Julia Penhaligon By Julia Penhaligon A man has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling nearly £5,000 for obstructing a Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority officer, refusing to let him board ...
EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council accused of creating “refugee camps” by making homeless people live in shipping containers 24th June 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Cornwall Council is considering making homeless people live in shipping containers. Some councillors are furious and have described the idea as “creating refugee camps.” Officials are considering how to ...
Work continues to build two WW2 Spitfires in Cornwall 23rd June 2019 Peter Tremayne By Peter Tremayne A not-for-profit organisation based on the Roseland, Truro, is now nearly half-way through a four-year project to build from scratch two World War 2 Spitfires. Started in 2017, recent ...
Labour launches its “Green Industrial Revolution” in Cornwall 23rd June 2019 Anne North By Anne North Nearly 150 Labour Party activists from across Cornwall gathered at Heartlands, Pool, Redruth, yesterday (Saturday) to help front-benchers Rebecca Long-Baily and Barry Gardiner launch a new national campaign ...
Taiwan diplomats tour North Cornwall 22nd June 2019 Anne North By Anne North The Taiwanese Representative – an important diplomatic figure for trade and economic relations – visited North Cornwall yesterday (Friday) for a two-day tour of Newquay, Padstow and Tintagel, ...
EXCLUSIVE – Four companies quit Cornwall’s Aerohub last year rather than pay business rates 21st June 2019 theboss By Graham Smith More than a third of businesses based at the Newquay Aerohub Enterprise Zone have quit the site because they were asked to pay rates. Four out of 11 businesses ...
Tywardreath village shop, rescued by “social entrepreneurs,” has debts of £714,000 21st June 2019 theboss By Anne North The village shop at Tywardreath, controversially rescued by “social entrepreneurs” Trudy Thompson and Josh Taylor, has debts of £714,000, according to the Official Receiver appointed to try to ...
Hall for Cornwall should re-open “on budget and on time” says council 20th June 2019 Rashleigh MacFarlane By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall Council has said it “cannot guarantee” that work to refurbish the Hall for Cornwall will not over-run on either budget or time but that it has no ...
Cornwall Council agrees to splash the cash, despite political bust-up over “financial mess” and “scaremongering” allegations 20th June 2019 theboss By Richard Whitehouse A councillor has warned that Cornwall Council’s £600 million housing investment programme could end up a “financial mess that the people of Cornwall will be paying for for ...
Cornwall’s strategic planners again have nothing to talk about, as leadership of this once-powerful committee remains vacant 20th June 2019 theboss By Graham Smith Next week’s scheduled meeting of Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning committee has been cancelled, leaving unresolved the question of who will chair the organisation. The committee – which is supposed ...
South Crofty mine gets more time to raise cash – meanwhile, the tin remains underground, and underwater 20th June 2019 theboss By Graham Smith It looks increasingly like South Crofty will fail to resume tin mining by its target date of 2021, after struggling to raise the necessary cash. The company has confirmed ...
All buses to use Cornwall’s £10 million “transport hub” by the autumn, says council 19th June 2019 Anne North By Anne North All of Cornwall’s buses should be using the recently-opened £10 million St Erth “transport hub” by the autumn, Cornwall Council’s cabinet member Geoff Brown told colleagues this morning ...
Cornwall Council to seek more advice about 5G mobile phone roll-out 19th June 2019 Anne North By Anne North Cornwall Council is to seek further advice about 5G mobile phone technology. In answer to questions raised at this morning’s (Wednesday’s) cabinet meeting, council leader councillor Julian German said ...