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  • The Battle for Trevalga reaches Westminster, as Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries orders Charity Commission to investigate 17th August 2022
  • How to ensure a clear water revival? River Camel and its tributaries remain plagued by pollution problems 14th July 2022
  • The Queen is not amused: Davidstow cheese factory could lose its Royal seal of approval over Bodmin Moor pollution 30th June 2022
  • EXCLUSIVE: Marlborough College puts entire North Cornwall hamlet on the market (again) 28th June 2022
  • EXCLUSIVE: The 30 year secret which describes how health officials considered trying to silence one of their fiercest critics over the Camelford water poisoning disaster 27th June 2022
  • Davidstow cheese factory fined £1.5 million for pollution offences 24th June 2022
  • “Doc Martin” surgery in North Cornwall, closed for two years because of Covid, might never reopen 22nd June 2022
  • Rave On: Davidstow’s “Not The Jubilee” party continues to irritate some locals 5th June 2022
  • The wrong kind of Jubilee party has North Cornwall residents up in arms 4th June 2022
  • North Cornwall farmer gets his climate protest day in court 20th May 2022
  • David Flower, former TV repair man, photographer and Tintagel local news website pioneer, dies 8th May 2022
  • A bridge too far: Cormac prepares for major engineering task at Helland, as locals urge physical traffic-calming measures to prevent more damage in future 27th April 2022
  • Camelford by-pass: the £48.17 million project awaits a government decision as timetable slips 22nd February 2022
  • Planners again reject proposals for eight bungalows on golf course near Camelford 21st February 2022
  • Who should pay to repair Port Isaac’s harbour? 8th February 2022
  • Government promises to review “hit and run” laws after being forced to debate fatal accident in North Cornwall 16th November 2021
  • Sits Vac: North Cornwall Liberal Democrats seek new Parliamentary candidate 10th November 2021
  • Rescue services save four from car roof as Storm Aurore floods St Kew ford 21st October 2021
  • Promotion for St Austell and Newquay MP Steve Double in this week’s government reshuffle 18th September 2021
  • Twenty years later, and after a long “Metric Martyrs” march to Strasbourg and back, people in Camelford might soon be able to buy a pound of apples once more 17th September 2021
  • North Cornwall planning embargo could remain in place for months 7th July 2021
  • Call for more walk-in Covid vaccination centres in North and South East Cornwall is “a fair challenge” 23rd June 2021
  • 15th century Helland Bridge, a Grade 1 scheduled monument, faces long closure after car crash 20th June 2021
  • Covid-19: Cornwall records its first new cluster for more than a week 26th May 2021
  • The Once and Future Kings of Tintagel settle in to their new roles as parish councillors 21st May 2021
  • County Hall confirms embargo on new building in part of North Cornwall: full details 27th April 2021
  • EXCLUSIVE: Natural England asks Cornwall Council to pause housebuilding because of serious, long-term damage to important wildlife sites 26th April 2021
  • All in one place: the full list of the Cornwall Council candidates 10th April 2021
  • Tough questions ahead for County Hall, as leisure centres remain closed until the middle of the election campaign 15th March 2021
  • “Hitler Youth” group takes a hike on Bodmin Moor to protest against Covid lockdown 9th March 2021
  • Budget boost for Okehampton rail link could benefit North Cornwall 4th March 2021
  • Canadian cheese giant gets £3.2 million of Cornwall’s “shovel-ready” Covid recovery cash 25th February 2021
  • Reopening Cornwall’s branch railway lines: plenty of ideas, but no money for infrastructure 4th February 2021
  • “We’ll consider a wide range of business models,” says council, as consultants look at the future of Cornwall’s leisure centres 31st January 2021
  • Tintagel parish council ordered to release information, after Commissioner rules that questions were not “vexatious” 3rd January 2021
  • Covid-19 forces the closure of several Cornish pubs 29th December 2020
  • Camelford bypass set to blight the north and west of the town as details emerge of proposed route 10th December 2020
  • Under the hammer: the many mansions of Cornwall Council 1st December 2020
  • Democracy comes to Delabole, as one of Cornwall’s largest holes-in-the-ground gets its own parish council 15th November 2020
  • Suspended jail sentence for Camelford man who punched paramedic 29th September 2020
  • “Save Our Pool!” – Wadebridge fears its leisure centre is at the top of County Hall’s “hit list” 13th September 2020
  • Some of Cornwall’s indoor swimming pools might never reopen, warns new report 27th August 2020
  • Suspended sentence for “hit and run” driver after fatal St Teath accident 9th August 2020
  • Leisure centres at Falmouth, Launceston, St Ives, Saltash and Wadebridge will all remain closed until further notice after another “outsourcing” contract goes bad 16th July 2020
  • Three more Cornwall councillors in the “dock” over alleged misbehaviour 12th July 2020
  • “We’re in the money!” Penzance in line for a multi-million pound windfall, while North and East Cornwall can only wait for crumbs 31st May 2020
  • Camelford Show falls victim to the Covid-19 lockdown 21st April 2020
  • Question: When is a holiday home not a holiday home? Answer: When the council fails to take action for so long that nobody cares 15th April 2020
  • No school on Monday? Keep Calm, Carry On – Malory Towers is coming to the rescue 21st March 2020
  • Budget cash for Camelford by-pass 11th March 2020
  • This is why Cornwall Council won’t say where the local Covid-19 patients come from 10th March 2020
  • Coughs and sneezes don’t just spread diseases – they underline the 5,000-mile connection between Cornwall’s dairy farmers and China 27th February 2020
  • Public consultation on proposed Camelford by-pass ends 16th April 17th February 2020
  • Labour Parties in North Cornwall and St Ives nominate Emily Thornberry as their leader 12th February 2020
  • Health chiefs sacrifice overnight services in North Cornwall in order to treat patients elsewhere 9th January 2020
  • Liberal Democrat Disability Association files formal complaint about its own North Cornwall candidate 23rd November 2019
  • Labour selects Bodmin’s Joy Bassett as its Parliamentary candidate in North Cornwall 23rd October 2019
  • Two Cornwall councillors in line for national awards 11th October 2019
  • “We will fight them on the beaches” – town and parish councils go to war over once-in-a-generation boundary disputes 15th September 2019
  • Is Tintagel’s new footbridge causing more harm than good? asks councillor 9th September 2019
  • Councillors to debate call to make them walk “dangerous” school routes 5th September 2019
  • Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson visits North Cornwall 18th August 2019
  • YouGov poll cheers Liberal Democrats in St Ives and North Cornwall 14th August 2019
  • EXCLUSIVE: How the roads lobby hijacked air quality and turned it into a by-pass for Camelford 13th August 2019
  • Weather delays opening of Tintagel Castle’s new footbridge 7th August 2019
  • County Hall to draw up revised plans for Camelford by-pass and ask government to fund new road 31st July 2019
  • Tintagel’s new footbridge to the castle will open next week 30th July 2019
  • A new look on the cheese counter, as Cornwall’s Dairy Crest re-brands as Saputo 23rd July 2019
  • Is the man who fell to Earth in Davidstow Britain’s first Libyan boat refugee? 17th July 2019
  • County Hall sets its sights on a £42.5 million Camelford bypass by 2023 17th July 2019
  • Tintagel Castle footbridge will not be open in time for school holidays 13th July 2019
  • Local government Ombudsman rules against Cornwall Council, and in favour of Delabole families, in the long running saga of school bus passes 12th July 2019
  • “Illegal immigrant” arrested after falling from underneath lorry at Davidstow 7th July 2019
  • North Cornwall MP Scott Mann stands up for Cornish Wrestling 12th June 2019
  • Seal died after “ghost gear” net entanglement 10th June 2019
  • Controversy rages over Davidstow cheese factory expansion, with planning decision now overdue 10th June 2019
  • Camelford man charged with attempted murder 28th May 2019
  • Rock rocked by music festival described as “a very good idea in the wrong place” 1st May 2019
  • North Cornwall Liberal Democrats select Danny Chambers as their Parliamentary candidate 11th April 2019
  • Nearly 30,000 children in Cornwall live in poverty, says Director of Public Health 21st March 2019
  • Bodmin councillor Leigh Frost declares he wants to be North Cornwall’s next MP 12th March 2019
  • Unite seeks talks with new owners of Davidstow cheese factory 25th February 2019
  • Port Isaac Rowing Club’s annual Gig Push raises £600 31st December 2018
  • School transport policy which forces 11-year-olds to risk their lives must be reviewed, says Delabole councillor 28th November 2018
  • The 30-year campaign for a skatepark in Wadebridge finally goes out to tender 18th September 2018
  • EXCLUSIVE: 135 complaints per year. There’s something in the air at Davidstow, as Dairy Crest prepares for controversial expansion 13th September 2018
  • Nearly £40 million unspent at County Hall, as Delabole parents face bus pass bills 10th September 2018
  • How Cornwall Council could save nearly £12,000 without really trying (and find the money for school bus passes in Delabole) 4th September 2018
  • Delabole bus pass row comes to the boil 3rd September 2018
  • “Insane” County Hall tells Delabole children they must pay-up – or walk to school in Camelford on Tuesday 30th August 2018
  • North Cornwall Liberal Democrats look to the future 23rd July 2018
  • North Cornwall MP Scott Mann quits ministerial role over Brexit 16th July 2018
  • Cornwall’s reservoirs holding up well, as long dry spell appears set to end soon 10th July 2018
  • “Listen to Delabole,” Prime Minister tells County Hall, as the annual battle of the school bus pass reaches Parliament 5th July 2018
  • Prime Minister set to enter the fray as Cornwall Council’s “walk to school” ruling reaches Parliament 4th July 2018
  • Delabole petition passes 1,500 as campaigners protest County Hall’s “walk to school” ruling 4th July 2018
  • Camelford bypass petition presented to Parliament 29th June 2018
  • Camelford care home to close following critical CQC report 18th June 2018
  • Council acts to remove elderly residents from Camelford care home after another critical report 16th June 2018
  • Countdown to Devonwall? 4th June 2018
  • Davidstow creamery gets £75 million cash injection 23rd May 2018
  • Cornwall Farmers to survive at Wadebridge, Helston and Otterham following sale to Welsh company 4th May 2018
  • Cornwall’s secondary school pupils face cut-per-head lottery under new funding formula, as class sizes start to increase 19th April 2018
  • The secret jigsaw: how the NHS is Shaping Our Future into a Cornwall of winners and losers, depending on the “Property Asset Scorecard” 23rd March 2018
  • Heavy snow forecast for Cornwall this afternoon 1st March 2018
  • Council pays for refurbishment of eight leisure centres 20th February 2018
  • Battle lines drawn for Cornwall Council elections in 2021, as Independents face party political squeeze 14th February 2018
  • 87, 88, 89…….that’s not right! Last-minute hitch as councillors crawl towards the boundaries finish line 8th February 2018
  • GPs to the rescue? Will your local doctor take the place of your nearest Minor Injury Unit? 1st February 2018
  • Cornwall’s libraries: the devolution revolution has been postponed 23rd January 2018
  • Could Falmouth keep its Minor Injury Unit? New report sheds insights into how health and council bosses are planning the “Kennally Care” future of Cornwall’s community hospitals 18th January 2018
  • Named – the ten Minor Injury Units in Cornwall due to close under Accountable Care 3rd January 2018
  • Defra hails the latest cull “a success” as the North Cornwall badger body count piles up 26th December 2017
  • Good news for pet owners as fire crews get new life-saving kit 7th December 2017
  • Camelford gets ready for its Big Community Christmas Breakfast 7th December 2017
  • National Westminster closes several branches throughout Cornwall 4th December 2017
  • Budget was “a missed opportunity” to help clean Cornwall’s air quality blackpsots 26th November 2017
  • North Cornwall Lib Dems get ready for the next general election 20th November 2017
  • Government says Tintagel Castle footbridge can go ahead 19th November 2017
  • Cornwall remembers 13th November 2017
  • Camelford bypass campaign gets a boost, as Greens lend their support 2nd November 2017
  • Cornwall’s foodbanks braced for arrival of Universal Credit 30th October 2017
  • Planners vote 13-2 to approve Tintagel Castle footbridge – but government will now have the final say 26th October 2017
  • Government intervenes to stop Tintagel Castle footbridge 26th October 2017
  • One more week to have your say about Cornwall’s Telehealth service 23rd October 2017
  • Cornwall’s libraries: the “devolution revolution” is taking longer than expected 20th October 2017
  • Dartmoor ponies find a new home 20th October 2017
  • Planning officials recommend approval for Tintagel Castle footbridge 19th October 2017
  • Devonwall returns, as a theoretical prospect, but the Parliamentary maths remain unchanged – for now 17th October 2017
  • The battle for Tintagel Castle’s footbridge approaches its endgame 8th October 2017
  • And this is where the lifeboats are – but there are only 87 seats for 123 councillors, as the scramble for places gets underway 29th September 2017
  • “Devonwall” constituency now unlikely, as parties gear up for another election 26th June 2017
  • No Devonwall, no by-elections: the 2017 General Election will be all about Brexit (again) 18th April 2017

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