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  • Plans published for Lostwithiel centre to study plant science 19th January 2021
  • Cornwall Council will provide free school meals at half term 15th January 2021
  • Concern over the future of Cornwall’s pre-school nurseries 14th January 2021
  • Cornwall Council condemns “poor value for money” food boxes provided to children who qualify for free school meals 13th January 2021
  • Covid-19: Cornwall’s schools now have seven times as many pupils in class as during Lockdown 1 12th January 2021
  • Anger as “free school meals” replacement serves near-empty boxes to Cornwall’s hungry children 12th January 2021
  • At least 17 Cornish primary schools closed because of Covid-19 4th January 2021
  • Some Cornish schools announce last-minute closures because of Covid-19 4th January 2021
  • Chaos and confusion as nobody knows which schools in Cornwall will open tomorrow, as Covid-19 spirals out of control 3rd January 2021
  • Will today’s Covid rules outlaw Cornwall’s New Year’s Eve parties? 30th December 2020
  • Eden Project to stay closed until at least 6th January 27th December 2020
  • Covid-19 testing to become routine in Cornwall’s schools and colleges next month 17th December 2020
  • Work due to start on new science building at Callywith College, Bodmin 8th December 2020
  • New initiative to reduce school exclusions in Cornwall 29th November 2020
  • County Hall announces £15-a-week vouchers to provide free school meals over Christmas holiday 26th November 2020
  • Talks about integrated bus tickets are “complex and challenging” and will not be concluded by January 24th November 2020
  • Callington Community College reopens, but older pupils told they must stay at home 20th November 2020
  • Cornwall to embrace food voucher scheme for school holidays 19th November 2020
  • Covid-19: outbreak confirmed at Bodmin food plant, as Budehaven secondary school forced to close 18th November 2020
  • Cornwall Council considering how to provide free school meals during holidays as anti-poverty debate comes to County Hall 17th November 2020
  • Callington Community College forced to close as Covid-19 blows in from the east 16th November 2020
  • Government’s U-Turn on free school meals will save Cornwall Council £400,000 12th November 2020
  • Victory for anti-poverty campaigners as government U-Turns on free school meals 8th November 2020
  • Launceston’s new primary school set to open next year 6th November 2020
  • £12 million for primary school at Truro New Town 4th November 2020
  • Plate protestors ask Truro & Falmouth MP to think again about free school meals during holiday 28th October 2020
  • Free school dinners row: protestors encouraged to show their feelings in Truro on Wednesday 26th October 2020
  • Cornwall Council to fund free school meals during Christmas holidays 25th October 2020
  • Cornwall councillors challenged to fund free school meals during holidays 24th October 2020
  • All six of Cornwall’s MPs vote against extending free school meals to holidays during Covid-19 22nd October 2020
  • Rent increase threatens future of pre-school at Praze-an-Beeble 20th October 2020
  • EXCLUSIVE: Only five Cornish schools have had confirmed Covid-19 cases since term resumed in September – but more than 40% have had “suspected” cases 16th October 2020
  • EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council confirms it is to run its own mini bus service for school transport and adult social care 14th October 2020
  • Primary school closes for two-day “deep clean” following Covid-19 outbreak 8th October 2020
  • After yesterday’s £6 million bail-out, the battle for Cornwall’s leisure centres is only just getting started 1st October 2020
  • Cornwall still struggling to reopen its leisure centres, as councils in Devon show the way 29th September 2020
  • Covid-19 confirmed at Penryn university campus 25th September 2020
  • Falmouth falls 33 places in The Guardian’s “good university” guide 25th September 2020
  • Cornwall councillors told to keep information about local Covid-19 cases secret, “to prevent panic” 24th September 2020
  • Covid-19: Cornwall now has 10 clusters, and 20 new cases in 24 hours 23rd September 2020
  • Decision next week on Cornwall’s leisure centres, promises council 22nd September 2020
  • Covid-19: Year 8 told to stay away at Camborne Science and International Academy school 22nd September 2020
  • Falmouth drops 22 places in the Sunday Times Good University guide 20th September 2020
  • 76 new Covid-19 cases in Cornwall since the schools went back two weeks ago 17th September 2020
  • Covid-19 confirmed at Cornwall College, as local cases increase by 18 in 24 hours 15th September 2020
  • Covid-19: Cornwall records 42 new cases in 8 days, a school class has to close, and council appeals for information about testing chaos 15th September 2020
  • “Save Our Pool!” – Wadebridge fears its leisure centre is at the top of County Hall’s “hit list” 13th September 2020
  • Covid-19: Cornwall’s university students to get same-day, on-campus private testing 10th September 2020
  • Government criticised for failure to promote Cornish language 10th September 2020
  • Cornwall’s alternative education provider gets new 10-year contract 9th September 2020
  • Just when you thought it was safe to go for a run – another U-turn limits gatherings to 6 (but not til Monday) 9th September 2020
  • Cornwall closes in on Covid-19 case number 1,000, with reduced capacity for testing 7th September 2020
  • Liskeard’s Victorian-era library building about to enter a new era, with refurbishment due to start in January 6th September 2020
  • Cornwall’s world class mining engineering course, once run by the Camborne School of Mines, fears it is now “game over” 3rd September 2020
  • EXCLUSIVE: As Cornwall’s schools prepare to welcome back their pupils, simple mathematics suggest that more than 2,000 could be in quarantine within a fortnight 1st September 2020
  • Academic subjects retreat from Cornwall as university student numbers decline 30th August 2020
  • Some of Cornwall’s indoor swimming pools might never reopen, warns new report 27th August 2020
  • Truro primary school is the most over-subscribed in Cornwall 26th August 2020
  • On the road again: Cornwall’s pupils prepare to catch the school bus 25th August 2020
  • Cornwall’s leisure centres could remain closed until April, warns union, as management company tries to shed workers 25th August 2020
  • EXCLUSIVE: 100% of Cornwall’s schools expected to reopen next week, following Covid-19 risk assessments 24th August 2020
  • Is Tintagel falling out of love with tourism? The future of its once-prized Visitor Centre has divided the village 24th August 2020
  • Cornwall’s headteachers welcome latest government U-Turn on exam results 20th August 2020
  • Cornwall’s headteachers frustrated by government’s last-minute change to A-level results 13th August 2020
  • Covid-19: Will Cornwall’s Local Outbreak Board have to choose between pubs and schools? 2nd August 2020
  • Google to lay 3,300 miles of submarine fibre cables from New York to Bude 28th July 2020
  • Covid-19: “all clear” at Lanivet primary school 27th July 2020
  • Covid-19 confirmed at Lanivet primary school 26th July 2020
  • More misery for swimmers as Plymouth’s “Olympic legacy” dive centre shuts for major repairs, with only three indoor pools set to reopen in Cornwall 24th July 2020
  • Children expected to return to school in September, says council 22nd July 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
  • Many facilities to remain closed, as Cornwall Council strikes deal with its leisure centre manager 15th July 2020
  • Eden Project sheds 150 workers, as Covid-19 impacts on visitor numbers 15th July 2020
  • Housing plan for Carclaze primary school will go ahead, despite fire, says council chief 8th July 2020
  • MP turns the heat on County Hall as fire destroys St Austell’s historic former primary school 8th July 2020
  • Covid-19: Cornwall now has a local lockdown plan, but still does not know how it will work 2nd July 2020
  • Here it is: the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Covid-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan 1st July 2020
  • 23 Cornish schools succeed in bids for essential repairs 1st July 2020
  • Will all of Cornwall’s leisure centres re-open next month? County Hall promises a statement soon 18th June 2020
  • Covid-19: Cornwall’s Local Outbreak Board will focus on care homes, schools and workplaces 12th June 2020
  • Falmouth University stands still at 77th in the latest national league table 10th June 2020
  • “Don’t burst my bubble” – the slogan which officials hope will protect Cornwall’s children from Covid-19 31st May 2020
  • Back to school? It’s going to look very different to the traditional classroom, as children adjust to the new “bubbles” 30th May 2020
  • Bishop of Truro has “real and serious concern” about Boris Johnson’s defence of Dominic Cummings 25th May 2020
  • Details start to emerge about which schools in Cornwall will reopen next week 25th May 2020
  • Cornwall Council will not fine parents who do not send their children back to school on 1st June 22nd May 2020
  • Should children go back to school on 1st June? It’s nothing to do with us, says Cornwall Council 20th May 2020
  • Poltair School headteacher steps down after 12 years 7th May 2020
  • Menheniot temporary classroom approved 4th May 2020
  • Government’s online school meals voucher system is not fit for purpose, says Cornwall Council leader 1st May 2020
  • Covid-19 testing for all key workers goes live – but not in Cornwall 24th April 2020
  • Foodbanks to the rescue as government’s online voucher scheme leaves Cornwall’s schoolchildren without a meal 17th April 2020
  • Covid-19 lockdown risks increasing domestic abuse in Cornwall, warn police 7th April 2020
  • Stratton school trail approved 7th April 2020
  • Covid-19 halts work on the Hall for Cornwall 28th March 2020
  • No school on Monday? Keep Calm, Carry On – Malory Towers is coming to the rescue 21st March 2020
  • Falmouth University suspends face-to-face teaching because of Covid-19 18th March 2020
  • New primary school for Newquay 10th March 2020
  • Back to school for Cornish students who went skiing in the coronavirus region of Italy 26th February 2020
  • Penair school, Truro, asks pupils and staff to “self quarantine” because of coronavirus scare, following ski trip to Italy 25th February 2020
  • Labour tries to squeeze an extra £500,000 out of today’s budget, in bid to help Cornwall’s youth centres 25th February 2020
  • Redruth School to close its sixth form 20th February 2020
  • Number of new students accepted at Falmouth University falls again 11th February 2020
  • A rebrand and a new name for Bodmin’s military museum 9th February 2020
  • Climate Change to get its own section in Cornwall’s libraries 4th February 2020
  • Cornwall College to close Saltash campus in bid to avoid financial collapse 15th January 2020
  • Cornwall’s Music Education Hub gets a slice of government funding 2nd January 2020
  • St Austell D-Day hero among Cornwall’s New Year Honours awards 28th December 2019
  • Tate St Ives to close for toilets upgrade 26th December 2019
  • EXCLUSIVE: High-tech business park is still more than half empty, 18 months after it opened, but County Hall remains optimistic about its future 19th December 2019
  • Manx Gaelic pips Cornish in contest to name distant planet and star 17th December 2019
  • Vote before midnight to get Cornish names for newly-discovered heavenly bodies 2nd December 2019
  • University lecturers strike at Falmouth in dispute over pay, conditions and pensions 25th November 2019
  • Liberal Democrat Disability Association files formal complaint about its own North Cornwall candidate 23rd November 2019
  • Truro New Town: council offers sweeteners to help ease the pain 13th November 2019
  • New boss for troubled Falmouth School 13th November 2019
  • Cornwall’s children’s services rated “outstanding” 5th November 2019
  • St Just finally wins its five-year campaign to save town’s library 4th November 2019
  • Pupils in Cornwall’s special schools face shake-up, as County Hall tries to slash £1.5 million from Alternative Education budget 31st October 2019
  • Government admits it is “disappointing” that would-be A-level pupils in St Austell cannot complete their studies locally 22nd October 2019
  • Cornwall’s Citizens’ Advice helps write off £5.4 million debt 7th October 2019
  • Paperwork mix-up cancels Jeremy Corbyn visit to Falmouth University 4th October 2019
  • City Council takes over Truro library 2nd October 2019
  • Cornwall Council appoints its new boss for Children, Schools and Families 1st October 2019
  • Private schools in Cornwall to face “redistribution” of assets under a Labour government 23rd September 2019
  • Health chief points to decline of school arts classes as factor in mental health problems 5th September 2019
  • Councillors to debate call to make them walk “dangerous” school routes 5th September 2019
  • Falmouth School chief quits after damning Ofsted report 3rd September 2019
  • Lottery cash for Cornish seal charity 23rd August 2019
  • Education & Skills Agency pulls plug on some Cornwall College courses, leaving 14-16 year-olds in the cold 18th August 2019
  • Falmouth University climbs back up the league table, ahead of next week’s A-level scramble 10th August 2019
  • New £1.75 million transit site for gypsies and travellers poised to open 5th August 2019
  • County Hall refused to co-operate with Ombudsman investigating why homeless teenager was given a tent 1st August 2019
  • Falmouth School faces a long battle to satisfy Ofsted, as new Trustees submit “Action Plan” to Department for Education 28th July 2019
  • Crunch-week for Falmouth School, after damning Ofsted report 22nd 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
  • Pondhu primary school to keep temporary classroom – at the expense of its playing field 8th July 2019
  • Temporary classroom or play space? Planners to decide for Pondhu primary school 8th July 2019
  • Advocates for Roma gypsies and speakers of ancient Norman among those attending the UK’s first “National Minorities Summit” at Falmouth tomorrow 4th July 2019
  • Archaeologists digging deeper to help Calstock Roman fort yield its secrets 2nd July 2019
  • As Falmouth prepares to host first-ever UK “National Minority” summit, what next for the Cornish Project? 1st July 2019
  • Looe’s library to close for three months, pending conversion to a “community hub” 27th June 2019
  • Bishop of St Germans moving on to new pastures 24th June 2019
  • UK’s National Minorities invited to Falmouth to celebrate five years of Cornwall’s “protected” status 11th June 2019
  • Success at last for five year campaign to save St Just library 10th June 2019
  • Safer Cornwall campaign warns of “tombstoning” dangers 9th June 2019
  • Roselyon school to close – not enough pupils, say trustees 22nd May 2019
  • Twenty rural schools in Cornwall to get fibre broadband 20th May 2019
  • There are no illegal schools in Cornwall, says County Hall 14th May 2019
  • 10,600 children in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly “have experienced sexual abuse” – new report 7th May 2019
  • Search is on for the location to build a new secondary school near Cornwall’s north coast 26th April 2019
  • Cornwall Council “does not know” how many children are not in school 14th April 2019
  • Saltash library opening ceremony today 13th April 2019
  • “No need” for a new faith school in Saltash 12th April 2019
  • St Agnes parish council becomes the latest minor local authority to take control of its library 2nd April 2019
  • Cornwall’s school children stage another “strike” in protest against global warming 17th March 2019
  • Padstow library set to close 12th March 2019
  • EXCLUSIVE: Falmouth University staff survey says three quarters fear speaking out 11th March 2019
  • Cornwall Council pays out over boy who missed school 6th March 2019
  • A cabinet member revolted, and a senior Lib Dem was missing – the inside story of a Cornwall Council budget defeat which delivered an extra £1 million for Cornwall’s children 27th February 2019
  • Cornwall’s Lib Dems defeated again as Labour wins an extra £1 million for children’s mental health services 26th February 2019
  • DfE names new governance of five Cornish academy schools abandoned by their former sponsor 26th February 2019
  • EXCLUSIVE: Official figures reveal sharp drop in number of students applying to Falmouth University 5th February 2019
  • Cornwall’s “micro” libraries under threat as County Hall embarks on another review 23rd January 2019
  • Cornwall’s special schools for excluded pupils expand into Devon 17th January 2019
  • Five Cornish schools abandoned by their Multi Academy Trust hope to have their new “sponsor” soon 13th December 2018
  • School transport policy which forces 11-year-olds to risk their lives must be reviewed, says Delabole councillor 28th November 2018
  • Big rise in school fines for unauthorised absences 22nd November 2018
  • Cornwall College braces itself for the next phase of its “Fresh Start” 5th November 2018
  • Falmouth University says new recruitment company poses no threat to existing staff 23rd October 2018
  • Cornwall loses its A-team as three top managers set to depart County Hall’s Children’s Services 18th October 2018
  • Falmouth University bosses set up their own private company to handle human resources 18th October 2018
  • Cornwall Council learns the price of everything, but questions of value remain open to political judgement 8th October 2018
  • Cornwall’s children’s services to stay at County Hall, as officials out-fox Tories over outsourcing 4th October 2018
  • EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council grants more than £400,000 in tax breaks to private schools 13th September 2018
  • Labour calls for inquiry into Cornwall-based Multi-Academy Trust 13th September 2018
  • Nearly £40 million unspent at County Hall, as Delabole parents face bus pass bills 10th September 2018
  • Delabole bus pass row comes to the boil 3rd September 2018
  • Hall for Cornwall finds a new home for instruments and equipment, as the demolition squad prepares to move in 25th July 2018
  • “Listen to Delabole,” Prime Minister tells County Hall, as the annual battle of the school bus pass reaches Parliament 5th July 2018
  • New student accommodation plans at Penryn 4th 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
  • Falmouth University continues its slide down national league tables 30th May 2018
  • Falmouth University tumbles down the league table 26th April 2018
  • Home schooling in Cornwall: one family’s view 24th April 2018
  • Falmouth University boss closing in on £320,000 pay and pension deal 24th April 2018
  • Penzance charities join forces to build a new centre for botanical education and horticulture 24th April 2018
  • Falmouth University trip to Hong Kong cost nearly £28,000 23rd April 2018
  • The French Connection: exploring cultural and heritage links 23rd April 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 rocketing numbers of Cornish children who do not attend school 12th April 2018
  • Mind the gap: details of where Cornwall’s public sector pays men more than women 5th April 2018
  • Falmouth University team returns from trade mission to Hong Kong 2nd April 2018
  • Council says sorry for “temporary” classroom failure in North Cornwall which has so far cost more than £500,000 14th March 2018
  • Councillors upset County Hall officials with decision to approve student village at Penryn 15th February 2018
  • Officials again recommend thumbs-down for Penryn student village 15th February 2018
  • Cornwall’s libraries: the devolution revolution has been postponed 23rd January 2018
  • Falmouth University bosses consider Vice Chancellor’s pay 8th January 2018
  • Cornwall’s teenagers face 30% hike in cost of bus pass to get to college and sixth form 3rd January 2018

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