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Keir Starmer starts his virtual tour of Britain with an online video chat with Cornwall
By Richard Whitehouse and Julia Penhaligon History tells us that it can take a little while for a new leader of the Labour Party to visit Cornwall, at least...
21st May 2020: the day the pasties came back to Wadebridge
Barnecutts the bakers re-opened in Wadebridge today (Thursday) - with people queueing along Molesworth Street to resume their quest for pasties. With face-masks and social distancing, this appears to...
Adam Paynter on County Hall’s Future Operating Model: “We’re not outsourcing, we’re not on the road to Barnet, and we’re saving money”
By Graham Smith Cornwall Council’s deputy leader Adam Paynter has defended the authority’s decision to hire eight new contract managers to develop its “Future Operating Model” – insisting that...
Cornwall’s small businesses told they will get details of Covid-19 financial support tomorrow
By Anne North Cornwall Council will unveil tomorrow (Friday) details of its next wave of small business grants, aimed at bed-and-breakfasts, market traders and some charities, which might have...
What we missed: while Covid-19 kept us at home, it’s been business as usual at County Hall
By Graham Smith Cornwall Council’s 10 cabinet members have just been given sight of the huge backlog of important decisions they must try to catch up with when they...
Instant “pop-up” housing estates to appear in Truro and Penzance within the next few days to provide emergency Covid-19 accommodation
By Rashleigh MacFarlane Cornwall Council is using the Covid-19 emergency to revive its plans to make homeless people live in converted shipping containers. The first of these “pop up”...
Branson: it’s the final countdown (and this time he might really mean it) as tycoon plans rocket launch this weekend
By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson says he hopes his LauncherOne rocket will reach orbit this weekend. His Cosmic Girl Boeing 747 is due to take off from the Californian...
Nearly a third of Cornwall councillors hold their own meeting, in defiance of County Hall’s democracy shutdown
By Peter Tremayne The scheduled meeting of the full Cornwall Council did not happen yesterday (Tuesday) but more than a third of the council met anyway. The Conservative group,...
Should children go back to school on 1st June? It’s nothing to do with us, says Cornwall Council
By Julia Penhaligon With less than two weeks to go before the government’s “back to school” deadline, parents and teachers in Cornwall still have no idea if classrooms will...
Lifeguards to return to Cornwall’s beaches before the end of May, promises council leader
By Anne North Lifeguards should return to some of Cornwall’s beaches before the end of May, according to Cornwall Council leader Julian German. Mr German has told councillors that...
Covid-19: Cornwall’s death toll now at 174
By Daniel Clark and Rashleigh MacFarlane The Covid-19 Coronavirus has now killed at least 174 people in Cornwall, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics. The...
Taking out the trash – while keeping your distance: Cornwall’s tips re-open without fuss
By Richard Whitehouse It’s 8am on a Tuesday morning and a military-style operation is in place at St Austell Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) ready for its reopening since...
Covid-19 shutdown causes huge job losses in Cornwall, with more than 19,000 now claiming benefit
By Graham Smith The Covid-19 lockdown, and the introduction of Universal Credit, have caused a dramatic increase in unemployment in Cornwall – up by 66% on the year. Figures...
You can fly Newquay to Heathrow from 2nd July for £82
By Peter Tremayne Flights between Cornwall and London are due to resume on 2nd July, with British Airways offering a direct connection between Newquay and Heathrow airports. A one-way...
Five out of six of Cornwall’s MPs voted to exclude “unskilled” migrant workers, putting agriculture and care sectors at risk
By Julia Penhaligon Five of Cornwall’s six MPs have voted to end freedom of movement, replacing it with a points-based immigration system which risks excluding many of the agricultural...
On your marks, get set, go! Cornwall’s tips open tomorrow
By Richard Whitehouse Cornwall’s tips are set to reopen tomorrow (Tuesday, May 19) but people have been warned that they are for essential waste only. Cornwall Council announced that...