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- Two of Cornwall’s Tory MPs “raise concerns” about the impact of Brexit deal on fishing communities 17th January 2021
- Cornwall prepares to host the world’s most expensive, and dangerous, photo-opportunity as St Ives gets set to become G7 garrison town 17th January 2021
- Cornwall to host G7 summit of world leaders 16th January 2021
- Covid-19: A grim week for the Royal Cornwall hospital, with seven deaths in one day and more than 20 since Christmas. More than one patient in 10 now has Covid 15th January 2021
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council hires top barrister to probe Cormac-gate 15th January 2021
- Cornwall Council will provide free school meals at half term 15th January 2021
- Covid-19: Cornwall now has third highest infection rate in the South West 13th January 2021
- Information is power – but when it comes to the Covid-19 vaccine, everyone in Cornwall is still in the dark 13th January 2021
- Cornwall needs to think again about A30 “upgrade” between Carland and Chiverton Cross, say Greens 13th January 2021
- Cornwall’s shell fishing industry now looks back with fond nostalgia to the days when membership of the European Union made life so much easier 12th January 2021
- Anger as “free school meals” replacement serves near-empty boxes to Cornwall’s hungry children 12th January 2021
- Covid-19: will Cornwall join the government’s new “test while you wait” programme? 12th January 2021
- Cornwall councillors in line for new annual allowance of £15,596.99 11th January 2021
- Penzance flag stunt leads to police protection and panic button, as councillors squabble over what to do next 10th January 2021
- Many happy returns – Mebyon Kernow celebrates 70 years of political campaigning 9th January 2021
- Covid-19: infection spreading faster in the South West than anywhere else 9th January 2021
- Covid lockdown: should Cornwall hold local council elections in May? 7th January 2021
- Covid-19: “We asked to be put into Tier 4” says County Hall, as all six of Cornwall’s MPs vote in favour of Lockdown 3 7th January 2021
- Crown Prosecution Service “discontinues” Public Order charges against Truro Black Lives Matter protestors 6th January 2021
- Cornwall’s MPs prepare to debate Covid Lockdown 3 6th January 2021
- Cormac-gate: County Hall’s “Independent Person” praises Bob Egerton’s tenacity, as council fails to decide if its Code of Conduct was breached 5th January 2021
- From Covid Tier 1 to full national lockdown in only four weeks: Cornwall goes back to the future 5th January 2021
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s Tier 3 status has only hours to go 4th January 2021
- At least 17 Cornish primary schools closed because of Covid-19 4th January 2021
- Covid-19: Cornwall is now the most infected part of the South West 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
- Drowning, not waving: the unauthorised flag display in Penzance plunges town into fresh Brexit controversy 3rd January 2021
- Tintagel parish council ordered to release information, after Commissioner rules that questions were not “vexatious” 3rd January 2021
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s rate of infection now worse than Newcastle, as Tier 4 status looms 3rd January 2021
- Cornwall starts 2021 on a rapidly rising tide of Covid infection 1st January 2021
- Tourists not to blame for Cornwall’s rapid increase in Covid cases, says council 31st December 2020
- All six of Cornwall’s MPs voted in favour of EU trade deal, despite pleas from fishing communities 31st December 2020
- Cornwall in Covid Tier 3: this is what it means 30th December 2020
- BREAKING: Cornwall moved to Tier 3 for Covid restrictions from midnight 30th December 2020
- Will today’s Covid rules outlaw Cornwall’s New Year’s Eve parties? 30th December 2020
- County Hall alarm at rapid spread of Covid-19 in Cornwall 29th December 2020
- Cornwall looks set to stay in Tier 2 for Covid restrictions 29th December 2020
- Covid-19 forces the closure of several Cornish pubs 29th December 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall records 261 new cases in a single day 28th December 2020
- Get ready for surge in Covid patients, NHS bosses tell local hospitals 28th December 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council finalising its secret sale of the Wave Hub, refusing to say who has bought it or how much they paid 27th December 2020
- Government gives Penzance High Street £10.4 million to help with Covid-19 economic recovery 27th December 2020
- Cornwall’s fishermen accuse government of “betrayal” as MPs prepare to vote on EU trade deal 27th December 2020
- Police turn away Covid Tier 4 holidaymakers on the Isles of Scilly – but virus refugees continue to arrive at Newquay 25th December 2020
- The Isles of Scilly are now the only part of England with Tier 1 Covid restrictions, as Cornwall is bumped into Tier 2 24th December 2020
- Flights from London are not breaking any laws, insists Newquay Airport 21st December 2020
- Cornwall’s Covid numbers treble in six days, yet for only £41 a London virus refugee can fly to Newquay 21st December 2020
- Yellowhammer, Black Swan and panic-buying: not quite the Christmas which Cornwall had been expecting 21st December 2020
- Flights from London to Cornwall are continuing despite government’s “stay at home” instruction to people in Tier 4 20th December 2020
- In the bleak midwinter: Cornwall braces for national Covid Lockdown 3 20th December 2020
- Cornwall is now heading rapidly for Tier 2 Covid rules – unless national Lockdown 3.0 starts in January 19th December 2020
- Government U-Turn on “mutant housing algorithm” welcomed by Cornwall’s MPs 17th December 2020
- Cornwall stays in Tier 1 for Covid restrictions, but several Tory shires move to Tier 3 17th December 2020
- Covid-19: the number of new cases in Cornwall now rising sharply 17th December 2020
- MPs expect Cornwall to stay in Tier One for Covid restrictions 16th December 2020
- Unemployment in Cornwall increased last month 16th December 2020
- Cormac-gate: inquiry into cover-up due to start in January 15th December 2020
- County Hall and Cornwall’s MPs disagree about government’s replacement for European cash 14th December 2020
- Oh, Jeremy Corbyn! Hundreds in Cornwall rush to salute former Labour leader’s new flag 14th December 2020
- Adam Paynter elected leader of Cornwall’s Liberal Democrats, despite party’s disciplinary wrangle 13th December 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall set to stay in Tier 1, but London faces lockdown 13th December 2020
- “Big Brother” surveillance caused by Covid-19 is only temporary, promises Cornwall councillor 11th December 2020
- Deal or No Deal, Cornwall will keep its EU office in Brussels 9th December 2020
- Councillors try to put the brakes on County Hall’s sale-of-the-century, as the wheels start to fall off their officials’ quest for “estate transformation” 8th December 2020
- Feed Cornwall – charity Christmas song aims to help hungry families 8th December 2020
- “Affordable” housing plan rejected 8th December 2020
- Brexit: The stark reality for Cornwall’s fishing and farming sectors laid bare in new report 7th December 2020
- Extinction Rebellion banners displayed over Cornwall’s roads in climate change protest 6th December 2020
- Police say they will not fine people travelling to Cornwall but they “must abide by the restrictions” 4th December 2020
- It is not “inevitable” that Cornwall is heading for Tier 2 Covid status, says public health expert 3rd December 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: The curious case of the council tax write-off and the hole in the ground in Hayle is set to have its day in court 3rd December 2020
- Today is the first day of the next Covid-19 regime, as all six of Cornwall’s MPs back Boris Johnson’s 3-Tier system of rules and regulations 2nd December 2020
- Under the hammer: the many mansions of Cornwall Council 1st December 2020
- Cornwall’s “NHS heroes” once more forced to pay for hospital car parking, despite government promise 1st December 2020
- Another Covid lockdown is “possible” in January, warns Camborne & Redruth MP George Eustice 30th November 2020
- The devil is in the detail: Cornwall’s farmers close in on life without European subsidies 30th November 2020
- Cornwall’s MPs expected to back the government in Tuesday’s Covid-19 vote, as yet another national crisis boils down to internal Tory Party divisions 29th November 2020
- Covid-19: Why Cornwall’s Tier 1 status means the virus is now all about politics – and that things can only get worse 27th November 2020
- Tiers before bedtime: Why you can buy a drink in a pub in Cornwall, but not in Devon unless you also buy a “substantial” meal 26th November 2020
- North Cornwall MP Scott Mann welcomes cut to overseas aid budget 26th November 2020
- County Hall announces £15-a-week vouchers to provide free school meals over Christmas holiday 26th November 2020
- Covid-19: Testing Cornwall’s care workers “must improve” 26th November 2020
- Politicians have their say about Covid-19 in Cornwall: be prepared for a bumpy ride 25th November 2020
- There was nothing wrong with the land deal which allowed a developer to make nearly £34,000 per month just by watching the grass grow, says council 24th November 2020
- County Hall gets “The Cornwall We Want” – but voters will have the final say 24th November 2020
- Talks about integrated bus tickets are “complex and challenging” and will not be concluded by January 24th November 2020
- Government bail-out means plan to increase cost of using Tamar Bridge can be put on hold 24th November 2020
- Four years later: Cormac-gate finally makes it onto the agenda for a Cornwall Council meeting 23rd November 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: How Truro New Town developer made £1.35 million profit just by watching the grass grow 22nd November 2020
- Let us make you an offer you can’t refuse: How Cornwall Council flexes its muscle to persuade landowners to co-operate 20th November 2020
- Cormac-gate: the “independent” review heads for its first political showdown 20th November 2020
- Cormac-gate: the “independent” review struggles to get started, as rival political camps dispute its terms of reference 19th November 2020
- GLL walks away from a contract, sending shockwaves through Cornwall’s leisure sector 19th November 2020
- Cornwall to embrace food voucher scheme for school holidays 19th November 2020
- Covid-19 restrictions: Is Cornwall about find out that Tier 2 is the new Tier 1, with new rules about who can meet indoors? 18th November 2020
- Under the hammer: Cornwall’s community hospitals edge closer to sale of the century 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
- EXCLUSIVE: Tories in a muddle over candidates for next year’s council elections 17th November 2020
- Approval of planning permission in Rame Head AONB to be challenged at Judicial Review 17th November 2020
- Consultants hired to keep Cornish freeport idea alive 16th November 2020
- Cornwall’s Covid-19 “Snitch Team” clocks up nearly 5,000 inquiries 16th November 2020
- Democracy comes to Delabole, as one of Cornwall’s largest holes-in-the-ground gets its own parish council 15th November 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall records 250 new cases in 48 hours 15th November 2020
- “Clarification is not to clarify things. It is to put one’s self in the clear” – why the Cormac-gate review must ask the right questions 14th November 2020
- Cormac-gate: Cornwall Council concedes a new independent review 13th November 2020
- Cornwall Council leader wins national award 13th November 2020
- Government’s U-Turn on free school meals will save Cornwall Council £400,000 12th November 2020
- Newquay Airport will continue to provide links to Covid-19 hotspots when lockdown is lifted, says council leader 12th November 2020
- Unemployment in Cornwall falls again, but is still 69% higher than last year 11th November 2020
- The pasty pound or Broken Barnet? Six months late, Cornwall councillors try to catch up with their Future Operating Model 11th November 2020
- Another “leak” whodunnit at Cornwall Council, as confidential details of proposed Hayle land deals escape from County Hall 11th November 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council gets ready to U-Turn over Cormac-gate 10th November 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cormac-gate now commands a council chamber majority in favour of an independent inquiry into health and safety 9th November 2020
- Blood on the tracks: why did it take Cormac two years to update its accident reporting form? Forensic examination of four-year-old incident at Grampound Road, and the subsequent cover-up, now destined for major political showdown at County Hall 8th November 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall now averaging more than 50 new cases per day 8th November 2020
- Victory for anti-poverty campaigners as government U-Turns on free school meals 8th November 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall records another 63 cases in one day, but South West “R” number falls slightly 7th November 2020
- Cornwall’s Conservatives join the call for a halt to County Hall’s cash handouts to second home owners 6th November 2020
- County Hall continues to threaten compulsory purchase of land at Hayle 5th November 2020
- Tamar crossing tolls mean Cornish residents have to pay £2 to get to hospital 5th November 2020
- Cornwall councillor attacks “scandalous” use of Covid-19 business grants to subsidise second home owners 5th November 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall Council defends its economic response to Lockdown 2 5th November 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall records 77 new cases in a single day, as Lockdown 2 gets underway 5th November 2020
- St Ives MP Derek Thomas rebels and votes against Covid-19 lockdown 2 5th November 2020
- Brexit meets Covid-19: Cornwall’s fishermen prepare for a perfect storm 4th November 2020
- In for a penny – hundreds of council workers paid too much in pension contributions 3rd November 2020
- Cornwall heading for a deep blue rinse next May, if pollsters are right 3rd November 2020
- Cornwall councillor Sue James to step down at next May’s elections 3rd November 2020
- Covid-19: County Hall fraud experts investigating if “pay now, check later” approach cost £8 million in small business grants 3rd November 2020
- Why I’ll be voting for a Covid-19 lockdown U-Turn, by St Austell & Newquay MP Steve Double 3rd November 2020
- Will Langarth be inspired by Mugsborough? County Hall considers turning the clock back to 1835 2nd November 2020
- Pheasant to be classed as “nuisance” species as government forces shooting estates to seek licences 2nd November 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall Council renews call to run Test and Trace, also asking for more handouts 1st November 2020
- Two weeks is a very long time in politics: government’s latest U-Turn puts Cornwall’s MPs on the spot 1st November 2020
- Covid-19: new lockdown from Wednesday 31st October 2020
- Legal challenge to pheasant shooting could change the face of the Cornish countryside 30th October 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: County Hall’s compulsory purchase threat alarms Hayle landowners 30th October 2020
- Cornwall’s 30-year plan might last only months 29th October 2020
- Plate protestors ask Truro & Falmouth MP to think again about free school meals during holiday 28th October 2020
- Council crackdown on business waste 28th October 2020
- Cornwall about to deploy its first Covid-19 marshals to enforce social distancing 27th October 2020
- Truro rejects the idea of an immediate development boundary on the Mayor’s casting vote, after 9-9 deadlock 27th October 2020
- “I don’t want a penny – but they have just been covering-up, covering-up, covering-up” – the man at the centre of Cormac-gate tells his story 26th October 2020
- Free school dinners row: protestors encouraged to show their feelings in Truro on Wednesday 26th October 2020
- Out of the mouths of babes: why Cornwall’s Conservatives need to swallow hard, and admit they have got it badly wrong on free school meals 25th 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
- Don’t come to Cornwall from Covid-19 lockdown areas, urges council (but please don’t ask about our new flights from Manchester) 22nd October 2020
- All six of Cornwall’s MPs vote against extending free school meals to holidays during Covid-19 22nd October 2020
- Don’t bet on County Hall elections actually happening, warns councillor 22nd October 2020
- Councillors agree to change the rules, putting limits on what a single officer can define as “reasonable” 22nd October 2020
- Flights from Manchester to Newquay will resume on Friday, despite Tier-3 Covid lockdown in the north 21st October 2020
- Leisure centre price increases are nothing to do with us, says council 20th October 2020
- Councillors vote 9-4 against “The Cornwall We Want” saying it is the Cornwall we vote for that matters 20th October 2020
- Cornwall Council launches new campaign to maintain its own European Union links beyond the end of the year 19th October 2020
- Cornwall just got much closer to a complete Covid-19 lockdown (as the crow flies) 19th October 2020
- Covid-19 and Newquay Airport – arrivals from Alicante (99 cases per 100,000) quarantine for 14 days; arrivals from Manchester (582 cases per 100,000) no quarantine 19th October 2020
- We don’t want a “circuit-break” – Cornwall’s MPs tell Labour leader 18th October 2020
- Why we voted against the National Farmers Union on the Agriculture Bill – Cornwall’s MPs put their case 15th October 2020
- County Hall planning crackdown on rogue landlords 15th October 2020
- St Ives MP Derek Thomas rebels against government over 10pm pub curfew 15th October 2020
- Amazing! Cornwall is cluster-free of Covid-19, thanks to the attractive new green map 14th October 2020
- Fee increases for people who use Cornwall’s leisure centres “would be appropriate” – says the councillor in charge 14th October 2020
- Stampede for the door after Cornwall Council invites “voluntary” redundancies: 600 ask to go 14th October 2020
- Cornwall’s Lib Dems suffer 9-6 defeat on pro-tourism economic report 14th October 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s cluster map is not as bad as it looks 13th October 2020
- The Cornwall We Want: County Hall’s own report confirms an uncomfortable truth about tourism 13th October 2020
- A tale of two (or three) charters: Property developers don’t trust local plans, Cornwall Council doesn’t trust the government, and why local communities don’t trust County Hall 13th October 2020
- Unemployment in Cornwall falls slightly for the month, but is still more than 7,000 higher than last year 13th October 2020
- Labour’s Jayne Kirkham selected to contest Cornwall Council elections in May 13th October 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall likely to miss out on “cash for crackdowns” 11th October 2020
- More than 70 public space “protection” orders in Cornwall 11th October 2020
- Countdown to Cornwall’s polling day: a survey of the battlefield 9th October 2020
- Covid-19: Latest NHS data on hospital admissions reveal stark contrast between Cornwall and northern cities 9th October 2020
- Living by numbers: As the government wrangles over tougher Covid-19 restrictions, is it time to embrace logic and consistency? 8th October 2020
- Nothing to see here, says Cornwall Council, as councillors chuckle at the “meaningless dummy” content of their new Creative Manifesto 7th October 2020
- Cornwall’s new Creative Manifesto and its “meaningless dummy” introduction – probably not written by the council leader 7th October 2020
- Cornwall’s plan for Covid-19 economic recovery is more of the same 6th October 2020
- The politics of planning set to dominate next year’s council election manifestos 1st October 2020
- The dos and do nots of Covid-19, depending on where you are, explained with an interactive map 1st October 2020
- Cornish fish for Cornish fishermen – but not before 2024 1st October 2020
- After yesterday’s £6 million bail-out, the battle for Cornwall’s leisure centres is only just getting started 1st October 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Hold tight, councillors are in for a bumpy ride as they try to find out why Cormac has applied for a bus operators’ licence 28th September 2020
- Is the Camborne-Pool-Redruth area heading for a Covid-19 lockdown? 28th September 2020
- None of Cornwall’s MPs has (so far) signed the amendment to “take back control” of Covid-19 25th September 2020
- Cornwall councillors told to keep information about local Covid-19 cases secret, “to prevent panic” 24th September 2020
- Nothing to see here – why people in Cornwall might find out more about Covid-19 by asking their neighbours in Devon 24th September 2020
- Black people in Devon and Cornwall are 12 times more likely than a white person to be stopped and searched, admit police 24th September 2020
- “They are trying to treat us like mushrooms,” complains councillor, as the battle for Covid-19 information intensifies 23rd September 2020
- County Hall is gambling on a “fool’s errand” says councillor 23rd September 2020
- Farewell, Gibraltar – Cornwall’s former neighbour in European Parliament decides which side its bread is buttered 23rd September 2020
- Cornwall Council votes 63-3 to protest at proposed bonfire of planning controls 23rd September 2020
- County Hall to consider “hybrid” meetings in a bid to strengthen democracy 22nd September 2020
- Covid-19 testing isn’t working and must be fixed now, says Cornwall Council leader 22nd September 2020
- Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 statement expected to reverse the “back to offices” demands of Cornwall’s MPs of only two weeks ago 22nd September 2020
- No more strategic planning until bonfire night 21st September 2020
- Cornwall Council’s deputy leader expects another Lib Dem-Independent coalition after next election 21st September 2020
- Covid-19 and Cornwall at the tipping point: will the lessons be learned? 21st September 2020
- County Hall’s new “Independent Alliance” group to take six committee places as Tories and Independents lose out 20th September 2020
- Covid-19: South East Cornwall cluster on Rame peninsula 18th September 2020
- Covid-19: County Hall’s emergency procedures “have inhibited proper democratic scrutiny” 18th September 2020
- Cornwall Labour Party activist cleared of anti-Semitism, after 14-month investigation into anonymous allegation 18th September 2020
- Cornwall Council poised to lodge “strong objections” to proposed bonfire of planning controls 18th September 2020
- When was the last time you saw your doctor, face-to-face? Covid-19 means it will probably never be “business as usual” 17th September 2020
- Unemployment in Cornwall fell slightly during August 17th September 2020
- Plan to limit trips to the tip will depend on the outcome of council elections in May 16th September 2020
- Cornwall Council shortlisted in three categories for Municipal Journal awards 16th September 2020
- The end of the trusts? Royal Cornwall Hospital and Cornwall Partnership Foundation merger comes a step closer, as Cornwall’s district health authority makes a comeback 16th September 2020
- After last week’s news of 200 job losses, County Hall is hiring a new boss 16th September 2020
- Transformation, Transformation, Transformation: how Cornwall Council plans to do more, with less (allegedly) 15th September 2020
- Covid-19 EXCLUSIVE: People would panic if they knew how we are making decisions, says Public Health Cornwall 15th September 2020
- Is there something fishy going on in Mevagissey? As the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy sinks below the UK’s horizon, Cornwall’s own fishermen show they have plenty of other ways to fall out with each other 14th September 2020
- Cornwall’s leadership board takes steps to combat racism 14th September 2020
- Covid-19: More confusion as “rule of six” marshals, and police, await their orders 13th September 2020
- “Save Our Pool!” – Wadebridge fears its leisure centre is at the top of County Hall’s “hit list” 13th September 2020
- Constitutional wrangle ahead, as councillors eye 22nd September as the day they hope to change the rules 11th September 2020
- Cornwall’s council tax bills set to rise 11th September 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council set to slash funding for Newquay spaceport – is this “the final nail in the coffin?” 10th September 2020
- Government criticised for failure to promote Cornish language 10th September 2020
- Council staff finally told their jobs are on the line, as County Hall bosses sharpen the axe 9th September 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: What County Hall executives are telling managers about how to handle the bad news about jobs and offices 9th September 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: County Hall wants to axe 200 jobs 8th September 2020
- We are not plotting to close and sell our offices, insists Cornwall Council, as war of words with MPs heats up 8th September 2020
- Could Cornwall be merged with Devon, Somerset and Dorset? Government ponders major shake-up of local councils 8th September 2020
- Who ate all the pies? Government reveals who scoffed the most during Eat Out To Help Out 7th September 2020
- A brief history of protest and change brightens the beach at Porthtowan 7th September 2020
- Cornwall Council is using Covid-19 as an excuse to close and sell buildings, claim MPs 7th September 2020
- Crunch-time approaching for Cornwall’s leisure centres, as nearly 1,800 sign petition demanding that St Ives reopens 7th September 2020
- Cornwall is the “perfect example” of why planning rules should change, says Robert Jenrick 6th September 2020
- All vanity projects are questionable, but some are more questionable than others: Steve Double MP attacks HS2 rail project 6th September 2020
- Government U-Turns on public transport message “not helpful” as more than half of passengers stay away 6th September 2020
- Government withdraws Covid-19 testing capacity from Cornwall in bid to fight the Coronavirus elsewhere 4th September 2020
- Covid-19: Financial impact on Tamar Crossings could mean “major reductions to services” or increases in tolls 3rd September 2020
- Get back to normal working practices at County Hall, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Cornwall Council 3rd 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
- Next week’s meeting of 13 will be lucky for one 3rd September 2020
- Anger grows at government proposals for a “developers’ charter” in new planning White Paper 2nd September 2020
- Cornwall Council to bring forward its “purdah” period to avoid political scrutiny in the run-up to next May’s elections 2nd 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
- EXCLUSIVE: The finest democracy money can buy 30th August 2020
- It’s business as usual, as Liberal Democrats elect another “Orange Book” leader 27th August 2020
- Some of Cornwall’s indoor swimming pools might never reopen, warns new report 27th August 2020
- County Hall’s “wealth gap” just got wider as bosses pocket the same percentage pay rise as other staff 27th August 2020
- Time is running out for that “oven-ready” Brexit deal to save the reputation of Cornish pasties, sardines and clotted cream 26th August 2020
- Liberal Democrats due to elect a new party leader tomorrow 26th 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
- Covid-19: While most people are told “go back to work” Cornwall Council tells its members to stay at home until at least the end of the year 23rd August 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: County Hall’s new political group already making waves for the ruling administration, as Lib Dems and Indies wrangle over committee allocations 23rd August 2020
- Cornwall’s headteachers welcome latest government U-Turn on exam results 20th August 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall gets ready for “impending food crisis” 19th August 2020
- Blue on Blue contest looms as councillors decide which divisions to fight at May election 18th August 2020
- Councillor John Fitter quits Conservatives as shrinking council forces scramble for seats 18th August 2020
- Sudden death of Labour Party stalwart Chris Herries 18th August 2020
- Nearly 5,000 Cornish badgers are about to be shot and there is nothing the Prime Minister, his wife, or Cornwall Council can do about it 17th August 2020
- Tracie Langley confirmed as County Hall’s Chief Operating Officer 17th August 2020
- More than 100 turn out in Falmouth to help refugees 16th August 2020
- Falmouth protest to welcome refugees 16th August 2020
- How many Covid-19 contacts are missing in Cornwall? Public Health chiefs refuse to say 15th August 2020
- Cornwall’s headteachers frustrated by government’s last-minute change to A-level results 13th August 2020
- Liberal Democrats voting now to elect a new leader 11th August 2020
- Covid-19 and test and trace: bringing it all back home 11th August 2020
- Remember, remember, the 5th of November and how Cornwall Council ended up sleepwalking into “reasonable” constitutional chaos 10th August 2020
- No rush to find a new chair for Cornwall’s “strategic” planning committee 9th August 2020
- Relaxation of planning rules “could double house-building in Cornwall” 9th August 2020
- EYE-WITNESS: Inside Cosgarne Hall, a force for good in the social fabric of Cornwall 7th August 2020
- New kids on the block: County Hall forced to recognise Cornwall’s newest political group 5th August 2020
- Indy Indies are now the fourth largest group on Cornwall Council 5th August 2020
- Executive recruitment in a time of Covid-19: County Hall closes in on its next chief operating officer 5th August 2020
- How to spend £14.3 million: the full list of Cornwall’s shovel-ready Covid-19 cash winners 4th August 2020
- Hall for Cornwall gets £1.5 million, but there is nothing for the Truro stadium, as government reveals its “shovel-ready” Covid-19 economic recovery spending 4th August 2020
- We, the people: Sheltered housing row forces councillors to consider constitutional change at County Hall 3rd August 2020
- Cornwall’s sheltered housing scheme: council scrutiny committees “might as well pack up and go home” 2nd August 2020
- Those new Covid-19 rules: people from Manchester can’t meet their neighbours indoors, but they can come on holiday to Cornwall 2nd August 2020
- Covid-19: Will Cornwall’s Local Outbreak Board have to choose between pubs and schools? 2nd August 2020
- Council refuses to “think again” about controversial sheltered housing deal 1st August 2020
- Cornwall “needs its own public inquiry into Covid-19” 31st July 2020
- “I’m here to listen,” local government minister tells Cornwall Council 30th July 2020
- Labour leader’s visit to Cornwall leaves his own members “deeply offended,” according to party’s general election candidate 30th July 2020
- Local government minister visiting Cornwall today 30th July 2020
- “Who’s he? Why is he here?” Sir Keir Starmer’s day trip to Falmouth 29th July 2020
- “Regrets” had quite a few but those “condemns” too few to mention 29th July 2020
- Nothing to see here – Cornwall Council rejects calls for an inquiry into its Covid-19 response 29th July 2020
- Are we nearly there yet? Only a week to go before Cornwall Council finally gets a permanent Chief Operating Officer 29th July 2020
- Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer in Falmouth today 29th July 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall’s proposed 30-year £150 million sheltered housing deal runs in to trouble 29th July 2020
- Call for inquiry into how Cornwall has handled Covid-19 28th July 2020
- Sits Vac: Chair of Cornwall’s strategic planning committee, worth £1,000 per meeting 28th July 2020
- Cornwall councillor Dulcie Tudor quits Liberal Democrats 27th July 2020
- Concerns over Cornwall’s plan for sheltered housing set the stage for potential rule-book shoot-out 27th July 2020
- You can still fly from Newquay to Alicante, but you’ll now have to quarantine for 14 days on your return 26th July 2020
- Government tells Cornwall Council to return unspent Covid-19 millions 26th July 2020
- Mind the gap – County Hall is staring at a £74 million Covid-19 budget shortfall, warning of a “financially unstable position” 22nd July 2020
- Councillor censured for “sinister underbelly of Cornish nationalism” remark 21st July 2020
- “Sinister underbelly” rumpus finally gets a hearing – but it will be in secret 21st July 2020
- Cornwall Council prepares to hire a “permanent” Chief Operating Officer, nearly eight months after shock resignation 20th July 2020
- No decision yet on whether County Hall can spend Covid-19 cash on Truro stadium 20th July 2020
- Don’t call us if you see someone not wearing a mask, says Police and Crime Commissioner 19th July 2020
- Cornwall’s public health officials to get “named patient data” to help fight Covid-19, as South West “R” number remains high 19th July 2020
- Cornwall asks Boris Johnson to keep his pre-election promise, and give £700 million to replace EU funds 17th July 2020
- Cornwall’s jobless 56% higher than this time last year 16th July 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s local lockdown bosses hold their first meeting, in secret 16th 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
- A milestone moment for Truro stadium, as Local Enterprise Partnership decides whether to include it on the Covid-19 “shovel-ready” shopping list 15th July 2020
- Cornwall’s economy faces a double-plus-ungood future, after Covid-19 14th July 2020
- Councillors struggle to adapt to the curse of new technology 14th July 2020
- Three more Cornwall councillors in the “dock” over alleged misbehaviour 12th July 2020
- Drawing the line between town and country: how Cornwall’s Community Governance Review is getting lost in the long grass 12th July 2020
- MP slams “pathetic” Cornwall Council for handling of discretionary Covid-19 grants 12th July 2020
- Truro’s anti-racism protest: three people charged with Public Order offences 9th July 2020
- MP turns the heat on County Hall as fire destroys St Austell’s historic former primary school 8th July 2020
- The rising cost of Covid-19 in Cornwall reaches £74 million 8th July 2020
- Cornwall Council votes 54-50, with 3 abstentions, to offer itself as a pilot for lowering the voting age to 16 at next May’s elections 7th July 2020
- Cornwall’s health workers tune in to hear about their latest “Back to The Future” managerial shake-up 7th July 2020
- Boozing is fine, but voting is far too dangerous: the curious case of Cornwall’s suspended democracy 6th July 2020
- Year Zero for Cornwall and Covid-19: all the new numbers start from here, as County Hall explains why it will not be publishing them 5th July 2020
- Anyone fancy a nice part-time job in Brussels? Brexit might be history, but for some, the melody lingers on 2nd July 2020
- BBC axes local Inside Out programme and switches current affairs production to Bristol 2nd 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
- What’s the best way to spend £1.2 billion? Councillors seek to debate the “pasty pound” and put the brakes on outsourcing expansion 30th June 2020
- Covid-19: South West “R” number rises to 1.1 – possibly 1.8 – according to independent scientists 29th June 2020
- New fund to help tackle anti-social behaviour in Cornwall as anxious coastal communities countdown to tourist invasion 29th June 2020
- Cormac-gate EXCLUSIVE: What the Health & Safety Executive really said about 2016 accident, as Cornwall Council refuses to act on the workers’ “whistle-blower” letter 29th June 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: More people are moving to Cornwall than anywhere else in England or Wales, as the cities empty 29th June 2020
- Some of Cornwall’s care homes “face financial ruin because of Covid-19” 26th June 2020
- Wafer-thin majority keeps alive the (slim) chance that 16-year-olds might be able to vote in Cornwall Council elections next May 24th June 2020
- Councillors unite to defend County Hall democracy 24th June 2020
- That awkward moment when the family gathers round to discuss your school report 24th June 2020
- Late, over-budget, and out of control: what the auditors found when they looked at key projects at Cornwall Council 24th June 2020
- Revealed – the £71 million Covid-19 cost of subsidies paid to Cornwall’s holiday home owners 23rd June 2020
- Voting is so 20th century – Cornwall councillors told they need to make constitutional change as the leadership board makes plans “for at least the next 20 years” 22nd June 2020
- Cornwall’s leisure centres: could there be winners and losers? Announcement expected next week 21st June 2020
- Cormac-gate EXCLUSIVE: Corserv spent £2,000 trying to silence former council cabinet member 20th June 2020
- Cornwall in no hurry to lower the voting age 19th June 2020
- “We don’t need to vote because we make decisions by consensus” says the chairman of Cornwall’s leadership board 19th June 2020
- Day 3: Council leader denies any cabinet rift over tourism, saying “sometimes, occasionally, things are not reported in quite the way that we said them” 18th June 2020
- Cornwall’s Tourism Recovery Plan: businesses will “open on the first day that is allowed” 18th June 2020
- Council chief dodges a bust-up by agreeing to promote liberal values, rather than a libertarian society 17th June 2020
- Devon and Cornwall Local Resilience Forum to risk assess climate change 17th June 2020
- Day 2: Economy chief Tim Dwelly again tells the nation not to visit Cornwall (until later in the year) 17th June 2020
- Tim Dwelly: “What I meant to say was that central government, not the council, should pay to keep the tourism industry closed” 16th June 2020
- Where would we be without “all-member” emails? Political spat over tourism comments spins out of control 16th June 2020
- Should Cornwall Council pay tourism firms to stay closed this summer? Definitely not, say Tories 16th June 2020
- “We think it would be better to support the tourist business with grants and support rather than have a summer season” – says the man in charge of Cornwall’s economy 16th June 2020
- 1,000 take part in Truro anti-racism protest 16th June 2020
- A very Cornish coup? How the “leadership board” is poised to run things in the post-Covid new normal 15th June 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council refuses to answer the public’s questions about Cormac’s health and safety failings 13th June 2020
- High Noon – tomorrow is your deadline to ask Cornwall Council a question, for the first time in three months 11th June 2020
- Covid-19 to claim more than 70,000 jobs in Cornwall, say council and business leaders 10th June 2020
- Revealed: the cost of Covid-19, as County Hall publishes a list of “major decisions” taken under emergency powers 10th June 2020
- Cornwall’s local media try to block racist comments following Black Lives Matter coverage 10th June 2020
- Coming soon: Cornwall’s Covid-19 Local Outbreak Board, deciding who can go out, and who must stay indoors 9th June 2020
- Covid-19: government fund for Cornwall’s small businesses massively over-subscribed 8th June 2020
- Black Lives Matter across Cornwall, as anti-racism protestors show solidarity with worldwide campaign 7th June 2020
- Covid-19: who will pay for the decision to stop collecting tolls on the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry? 7th June 2020
- We need more, says Cornwall, as government Covid-19 aid tops £444 million 6th June 2020
- Covid-19: New data reveals the “R” number in the South West is now at 1, the highest in the country, and rising, as 18 people in Cornwall find themselves in the government’s new “test and trace” system 5th June 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall is “completely in the dark” about local lockdowns, says council leader 4th June 2020
- Devon and Cornwall police urge race protestors to seek advice before organising demonstrations 4th June 2020
- Covid-19: Detailed jobs figures show seven Cornish towns are among the worst affected in the country, with the Isles of Scilly worst of all 4th June 2020
- Panto season arrives early at the Palace of Westminster, as five of Cornwall’s MPs support the end of “virtual” voting 3rd June 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall finally produces a plan for care homes 2nd June 2020
- What’s the best way to spend £25 million in Camborne? 2nd June 2020
- Cornwall’s NHS: how the road to Covid-19 recovery leads to County Hall 2nd June 2020
- Newquay Tory councillor Mark Formosa makes waves for his Conservative group over lifeguards 1st June 2020
- Covid-19: County Hall starts to think about the impact on council tax bills (and just possibly next May’s elections) 1st June 2020
- Devon and Cornwall police issued nearly 1,000 Covid-19 fixed penalty notices in two months – and 75% were to locals 31st May 2020
- Who remembers the climate emergency? Cornwall’s public consultation about how to be carbon-neutral by 2030 has just ended, and this is what the Green Party had to say about it 31st May 2020
- Covid-19 and the democracy shutdown: Cornwall Council says no public scrutiny for two more months 31st May 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
- New threat to local BBC politics and current affairs programmes 30th May 2020
- Tory claims that “most” of Cornwall’s beaches will have lifeguard cover criticised as dangerous and irresponsible 30th May 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: County Hall steps in to rescue Corserv from insolvency 30th May 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall’s buses should be “80% back to normal” next week, but they won’t be free 29th May 2020
- Who knew what, and when? Cornwall Council and government blame each other for confusion over Covid-19 grants to the self employed 28th May 2020
- Cornwall Council revises its criteria for Covid-19 hand-outs, after second-thoughts about self-employed workers 28th May 2020
- Two more of Cornwall’s MPs have their say about Dominic Cummings 28th May 2020
- Media “hounding” of Dominic Cummings is “unacceptable in a civilised democracy” says St Austell & Newquay MP Steve Double 27th May 2020
- Dominic Cummings must go, says Cornwall’s Conservative group leader councillor Linda Taylor 27th May 2020
- Two of Cornwall’s MP finally speak about Dominic Cummings – but don’t say very much 27th May 2020
- Found! A Cornish Tory who is prepared to support Dominic Cummings 26th May 2020
- Central government: “Don’t travel on buses unless you have to.” Cornwall Council: “Let’s make bus travel free from next Sunday.” 26th May 2020
- Bishop of Truro has “real and serious concern” about Boris Johnson’s defence of Dominic Cummings 25th May 2020
- There is a 1st July deadline for a post-Brexit fishing deal. We cannot afford to waste any more time 25th May 2020
- Details start to emerge about which schools in Cornwall will reopen next week 25th May 2020
- County Hall rumpus over discretionary Covid-19 grants 24th May 2020
- Stiff little fingers? While cabinet members have rushed to support Dominic Cummings, Cornwall’s MPs have been strangely silent 24th May 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s “blueprint” for testing in care homes is due next week 22nd May 2020
- EU funding has left Cornwall’s economy over-reliant on the public sector, says Chamber of Commerce President 22nd May 2020
- Cornwall Council will not fine parents who do not send their children back to school on 1st June 22nd May 2020
- Keir Starmer starts his virtual tour of Britain with an online video chat with Cornwall 22nd May 2020
- 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” 21st May 2020
- Nearly a third of Cornwall councillors hold their own meeting, in defiance of County Hall’s democracy shutdown 20th May 2020
- Should children go back to school on 1st June? It’s nothing to do with us, says Cornwall Council 20th May 2020
- Covid-19 shutdown causes huge job losses in Cornwall, with more than 19,000 now claiming benefit 19th May 2020
- Five out of six of Cornwall’s MPs voted to exclude “unskilled” migrant workers, putting agriculture and care sectors at risk 19th May 2020
- On your marks, get set, go! Cornwall’s tips open tomorrow 18th May 2020
- Democracy shutdown: how Cornwall got lost on the road to Barnet 18th May 2020
- Only 20 Cornwall councillors agree to “go paperless” despite County Hall’s promise of action on climate change 17th May 2020
- Old wine in a new bottle? Cornwall Council’s “Future Operating Model” looks very similar to the one which broke Barnet 17th May 2020
- Remember the Covid-19 lockdown? Cornwall Council has had 1,700 complaints, but served only three formal closure notices on holiday accommodation for alleged breaches of the rules 16th May 2020
- Are we nearly there yet? Council leader says “a few” miles are fine but “too far” is not as he shares a “lack of clarity” award with Boris Johnson 15th May 2020
- County Hall keen to avoid setting clear targets for Covid-19 testing in care homes 15th May 2020
- No emergency budget before September, no Health and Adult Social Care scrutiny before the end of June – the democracy shutdown at County Hall continues 15th May 2020
- Cornwall Council, arriving very late, finally switches on to new technology – but decides not to use it for a few more months 15th May 2020
- Cornwall’s MPs vote to block measure which would protect local farmers against cheap US imports 14th May 2020
- Cornwall Reports seeks business manager 13th May 2020
- Back to the Future: Eight new jobs which are intended to transform Cornwall Council 13th May 2020
- Cancellation of next week’s Cornwall Council meeting means democracy shut-down will have lasted 82 days before there can be any public scrutiny of Covid-19 response 12th May 2020
- The council chamber stays empty, but politics returns as County Hall wrestles with Whitehall’s road map to Covid-19 recovery 12th May 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall singled out for special treatment, as government’s “recovery road map”suggests that restrictions could be lifted here before the rest of the country 11th May 2020
- Care workers at “significant risk” of Covid-19 death, according to the Office for National Statistics 11th May 2020
- County Hall offers interest-free loans to prop up Cornwall’s Business Improvement Districts 11th May 2020
- Another “new normal” – Truro to get a new mayor, thanks to an internet video link 11th May 2020
- Government finally asks Public Health Cornwall to help test for Covid-19 in care homes 10th May 2020
- “You’ve just had a pay rise, so stop complaining” council leader tells care workers 10th May 2020
- Careless talk costs lives – as the government’s Covid-19 message becomes increasingly confused, a former Cornwall Council spin doctor spills the beans 10th May 2020
- No cabinet reshuffle, so Tim Dwelly is County Hall’s new portfolio chief for Culture, Economy and Planning 10th May 2020
- Tim Dwelly is Cornwall Council’s new cabinet member, following “Cormac-gate” election 9th May 2020
- Cornwall Council’s new cabinet member could be known by Monday 9th May 2020
- Cornwall Council elections still on track for May next year, insists Julian German 8th May 2020
- Cornwall’s largest private hospital will remain available to cancer patients for duration of Covid-19 crisis – at a cost 8th May 2020
- £10,000 cash handout for dairy farmers to offset impact of Covid-19 8th May 2020
- No rush to resume the St Mewan by-election 7th May 2020
- Housebuilders plan to resume work in Cornwall on Monday 7th May 2020
- Give Cornwall a say in how the lockdown is lifted, says Green Party 7th May 2020
- Two cheers for a census tick box 7th May 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall gets mixed messages about any “tourist season” this year, as government prepares to make major announcement about what happens next 7th May 2020
- Cornwall Council finally sets a date for restoring democracy 6th May 2020
- Re-open Cornwall’s household waste tips? We’ll do it dreckly, says council 6th May 2020
- Trade unions criticise Corserv for “insulting” delay to pay talks 5th May 2020
- Labour joins Conservatives in calling for an inquiry in to “Cormac-gate” 5th May 2020
- Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry “will run out of cash in 12 weeks” 5th May 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Your money or your life? Cornwall’s tourism industry eyes 26th May as the date for welcoming back holidaymakers, despite widespread public opposition 3rd May 2020
- No comment, says Corserv, as pressure grows for an inquiry into Cormac-gate 3rd May 2020
- Police use of Covid-19 emergency powers under the microscope, as Cornwall waits for news of how the lockdown is to be eased 3rd May 2020
- Cornwall Council leader challenged to confirm there will be no further delay to elections 3rd May 2020
- Could Cormac-gate be heading for the libel courts? See Arkell vs Pressdram 1971 2nd May 2020
- Government’s online school meals voucher system is not fit for purpose, says Cornwall Council leader 1st May 2020
- When is a manager not a manager? When he or she is a member of Cornwall Council’s cabinet, as Cormac-gate develops into a semantic row about “whistleblowing” and who knew what, and when 1st May 2020
- Five in the frame: who will get County Hall’s planning and economy hot seat? 1st May 2020
- Testing for Covid-19: when the government says “everywhere” it doesn’t necessarily mean Cornwall 1st May 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council’s cabinet ignored Cormac whistleblowers’ letter, leaving 18 workers with 406 years’ service to ask “how you can carry on in an environment where you don’t feel safe?” 1st May 2020
- Government urged to fund Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry 30th April 2020
- Corserv issues statement on Cormac-gate, claiming “we have taken this matter very seriously” 30th April 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Health & Safety Executive never investigated “Cormac-gate” as internal documents reveal the anatomy of a cover-up 29th April 2020
- Democracy can resume in mid-May, says Cornwall Council leader 29th April 2020
- Cornwall Council must meet to debate Cormac-gate, says MP 28th April 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: No new inquiry into Cormac-gate, say Cornwall’s Liberal Democrats 28th April 2020
- We have nothing to hide, insists Cornwall Council leader, as “Cormac-gate” casts a shadow over County Hall 27th April 2020
- Cornwall’s Tories demand an inquiry into “Cormac-gate” – and insist that County Hall restores democracy to allow council meetings 27th April 2020
- What really happened at Grampound in December 2016? Whether it was a cock-up or a conspiracy, Cornwall Council and Cormac have questions to answer 27th April 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Bob Egerton resigns from Cornwall Council’s cabinet, with explosive allegations against County Hall and Cormac 27th April 2020
- EYEWITNESS EXCLUSIVE: “I have seen the future, and it doesn’t work” – government’s Covid-19 testing regime leaves Cornwall out in the cold 26th April 2020
- Yes! Yes! Yes! Minister – St Austell & Newquay MP Steve Double was only trying to be helpful 25th April 2020
- Cornwall’s taxpayers forced to give £50 million “cashback” to second-home owners because of Covid-19 25th April 2020
- Covid-19 testing for all key workers goes live – but not in Cornwall 24th April 2020
- I cancelled next month’s cabinet meeting because there is nothing to talk about, says Cornwall Council leader 24th April 2020
- Cornwall waits for clarity, as government ponders a lockdown extension which would ban Boardmasters and the Royal Cornwall Show 23rd April 2020
- Cornwall Council praises Citizens Advice for Covid-19 help, two years after a backbench councillor revolt helped ensure the charity’s survival 23rd April 2020
- Police caught between town and country over “drive to exercise” Covid-19 rules 22nd April 2020
- Why the Council of the Isles of Scilly is far ahead of Cornwall Council when it comes to public scrutiny 21st April 2020
- Now even Cornwall Council’s cabinet meeting is shelved, as County Hall remains a democracy-free zone 20th April 2020
- We need clarity about Cornwall’s Covid-19 care home deaths, says chairman of council’s scrutiny committee 19th April 2020
- Pick For Britain initiative stuggles to find Cornish farm workers, as Daily Mail cheers “Romanians to the rescue” 19th April 2020
- Lift the Covid-19 lockdown early in Cornwall, says former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt 17th April 2020
- We are still not ready to restore democracy, says Cornwall Council leader, after porn attack on South Somerset’s virtual planning committee 16th April 2020
- Cornwall Council edges closer towards the restoration of democracy, but will still be three weeks behind the rest of the country 14th April 2020
- Cornwall is a hotspot for illegal fox hunting, claims League Against Cruel Sports 13th April 2020
- Covid-19 triggers new crisis for Cornwall’s dairy farmers 12th April 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall now supplying its own frontline, as overdue PPE delivery allows some care homes to reopen to new admissions 12th April 2020
- Council leader rejects suggestion that lockdown might be eased early in Cornwall, despite huge regional variations in the numbers of Covid-19 cases 10th April 2020
- It will be business as usual after Covid-19, says Cornwall’s Local Enterprise Partnership, while plans for Truro New Town are still on track 10th April 2020
- £60 fine for second home owners is not enough, says council leader 9th April 2020
- When the revolution comes, it will not be televised in Cornwall – council leaders in no rush to embrace “virtual democracy” as the rest of the country logs on 9th April 2020
- Cornwall’s frontline Covid-19 health and care workers today received only one third of the protective equipment they had asked for – “lives are being put at risk” says County Hall 8th April 2020
- The view from the bridge: Covid-19 update from Cornwall Council leader 7th April 2020
- Local government gets to grips with virtual democracy – except in Cornwall, where we are at least two weeks behind the rest of the country 6th April 2020
- The view from the bridge: County Hall briefs the media on Covid-19 crisis 6th April 2020
- County Hall gives progress report on its Covid-19 holiday homes crackdown – 190 complaints in 24 hours, but some “a little vague” 5th April 2020
- A tough job, but somebody has to do it: Paul Masters to become the Isles of Scilly council chief executive 5th April 2020
- Cornwall’s new £450 million acute hospital to be delayed, as cash goes to the Covid-19 Nightingale hospitals – and to the private sector 5th April 2020
- Another two Covid-19 deaths at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, bringing the toll so far to 21 3rd April 2020
- Don’t visit Cornwall, says Visit Cornwall, as County Hall insists it is serious about cracking down on holiday home owners who flout the Covid-19 public health rules 3rd April 2020
- It’s time to restore democracy to County Hall, says councillor 3rd April 2020
- When will Cornwall lift the “pause” button on democracy? Most councils to resume meetings next week 3rd April 2020
- South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray says NHS staff have the protective equipment they need 3rd April 2020
- County Hall accepts the idea of rescheduled council tax payments 3rd April 2020
- No surfing: Devon & Cornwall police say they will continue to challenge motorists who are on their way to exercise, despite new national advice 2nd April 2020
- Cornwall Council car parks are free – but only for “key workers” 1st April 2020
- County Hall urged to give residents an immediate break in council tax payments, during Covid-19 crisis 31st March 2020
- Easter will be allowed in Cornwall, but not in North Yorkshire – police told to be consistent in the way they interpret their Covid-19 emergency powers 31st March 2020
- Covid-19: We’re going bust, say Cornwall’s businesses, as 40% say they may not survive a month 30th March 2020
- Cornwall might escape Covid-19 with “only” 35 deaths if strict lockdown rules are obeyed, say scientists 29th March 2020
- Keep off the beaches or we will arrest you, say police 29th March 2020
- There is no “power vacuum” at County Hall, insists all-powerful executive 28th March 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall should brace for “a significant number” of extra deaths, says council leader 26th March 2020
- Covid 19 lockdown: Everything which is not compulsory is forbidden, and everything which is not forbidden is compulsory. In Devon & Cornwall, that includes garlic bread and chewing gum 26th March 2020
- Brexit kills “Devonwall” constituency – meaning Bude and Launceston can stay in Cornwall 26th March 2020
- Why it is so difficult to get tested for Covid-19 – and why the government hopes it might soon get NHS staff back to work 25th March 2020
- Stay indoors or crackdown will get worse, and last longer, warns St Austell & Newquay MP – as police challenge people they find outside 24th March 2020
- Even Covid-19 can’t stop politics: Cornwall Council group leaders asked to agree their position on councillors who are over 70 24th March 2020
- Democrats Abroad – including those in Cornwall – again go for Bernie Sanders as the man to beat Donald Trump 23rd March 2020
- Cornwall should expect Covid-19 deaths to peak at the end of May, as council prepares for burials and cremations, scraps by-elections and gets ready for electronic voting 19th March 2020
- Trial of 79-year-old Cawsand army veteran adjourned until Monday 18th March 2020
- Covid-19 could derail Cornwall Council’s house-building plans, says cabinet member 18th March 2020
- Government shelves “getting Brexit done” as Covid-19 means new fishing and farming trade deals are no longer the priority 18th March 2020
- Ten people in Cornwall now confirmed with Covid-19 coronavirus 18th March 2020
- Anger over the government’s £3,000 Covid-19 coronavirus “budget bonus” for second home owners 17th March 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall to get its own daily coronavirus briefing, as Whitehall retreats, accepting that its highly-centralised “message control” isn’t working 17th March 2020
- Cornwall Council ponders the prospect of inquorate meetings because of Covid-19 16th March 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Jackie Pendleton to leave NHS Kernow, as Cornwall Council strengthens its grip on local healthcare 16th March 2020
- Covid-19 puts paid to £50,000 Euro conference which council had planned to host at Newquay 15th March 2020
- Newquay Aerohub Enterprise Zone cost Cornwall’s council taxpayers more than £200,000 last year 12th March 2020
- Cornwall Council and Corserv – not as connected as you might expect for a wholly-owned company 12th March 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s calm before the economic storm, as ministers ponder when to ban large outdoor gatherings such as music festivals 12th March 2020
- Cornwall Council leader “disappointed” by budget 11th March 2020
- St Austell & Newquay MP Steve Double to be offered Covid-19 test, following scare over health minister 11th March 2020
- Cornwall Council seeks “emergency powers” to take over failing care homes 10th March 2020
- Newquay Airport to be transferred from Cornwall Council to Corserv, dodging scrutiny and control 9th March 2020
- Trial delayed for Cawsand army veteran accused of attempted murder, 46 years ago in Northern Ireland 9th March 2020
- The incredible shrinking council: County Hall prepares for asset sales worth £12 million a year 9th March 2020
- Hallelujah! Satisfaction all round as the new-look satisfaction survey continues to satisfy 9th March 2020
- Flybe collapse: political reaction from County Hall and Westminster 5th March 2020
- Government announces a slow U-Turn on badger culling, aiming for a cattle vaccine within five years 5th March 2020
- Liberal Democrats go back to the future for their Police & Crime Commissioner candidate 4th March 2020
- In and out: Mebyon Kernow candidate withdraws from Police and Crime Commissioner election in order to focus on council contest at St Mewan 3rd March 2020
- How Cornwall’s Americans can today help remove Donald Trump from office 3rd March 2020
- Day One of post-Brexit European Union trade talks, with Cornwall’s fishing and farming sectors told they are not important 2nd March 2020
- St Mewan by-election will be on 16th April 1st March 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: the long and winding road that leads precisely nowhere – why Cornwall Council’s ambitions for Truro New Town, and a stadium, are struggling to progress 26th February 2020
- Cornwall Council tax to increase 3.99%, as councillors vote 63-38 in favour of their budget 25th February 2020
- Cornwall Council by-election to be held at St Mewan, as Cherilyn MackRory MP quits County Hall 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
- When two become one: Cornwall’s health and council bosses edge closer together 24th February 2020
- Labour’s Gareth Derrick will again contest Police & Crime Commissioner election in Devon & Cornwall 23rd February 2020
- Cornwall Council to spend £1.3 billion, after 99 people out of 100 ignored its public consultation exercise 23rd February 2020
- Cornwall to bid for “freeport” tax haven status? 20th February 2020
- Uncertain future for Cornwall’s daffodil pickers as the government “takes back control” and makes it much more difficult to hire migrant workers 19th February 2020
- Cornwall’s dementia care costs set for huge increase over 10 years, warns Alzheimer’s Society 19th February 2020
- Fowey set to join the parish-level revolt against new-build second homes 18th February 2020
- How much will a Cornwall councillor be worth after next year’s elections? 18th February 2020
- Tory MPs rally to defend BBC local radio as Downing Street hawks consider replacing the licence fee with a subscription service 17th February 2020
- As Cornwall shudders under the new “normal” weather, the Black Crows take Falmouth by storm 17th February 2020
- George Eustice appointed to the Cabinet as Environment Secretary 13th February 2020
- County Hall under fire for “lack of transparency” over the hiring of new finance chief 13th February 2020
- Cabinet reshuffle exposes the flimsiness of the Truro stadium election campaign promise 13th February 2020
- Rent rise for Cornwall Council tenants 13th February 2020
- Coming soon: NewCareCo, Cornwall’s publicly-owned social care company, taking social services back to the future 12th February 2020
- Cornwall For Europe finding a new role in a post-Brexit world – helping victims of hate crime 12th February 2020
- Labour Parties in North Cornwall and St Ives nominate Emily Thornberry as their leader 12th February 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Who spent what in Cornwall’s general election – details of every candidate 10th February 2020
- Camborne, Redruth & Hayle Labour activists nominate Rebecca Long-Bailey as leader 10th February 2020
- New laws for farmers take a step forward as Agriculture Bill clears second reading 10th February 2020
- The curious case of the police and crime panel members who failed to take part in their own budget decision 9th February 2020
- Truro quits Cornwall’s Community Governance Review, claiming parish boundary shake up is “a waste of time” 9th February 2020
- Cornwall’s Labour activists divided over who they want to be their next leader 7th February 2020
- South East Cornwall Labour Party nominates Keir Starmer for leader 6th February 2020
- Cornwall’s Liberal Democrats start their trawl for next year’s council candidates 5th February 2020
- NHS Kernow facing £27 million deficit 4th February 2020
- Climate Change to get its own section in Cornwall’s libraries 4th February 2020
- Cornwall now needs to go beyond “Twinning Committees and Esperanto lessons” to maintain European links 3rd February 2020
- Here it is – the new flag which Cornwall Council will fly at County Hall, in the brave new shrunken world 3rd February 2020
- As the penny finally drops, County Hall decides to lower its European flag – and tomorrow is another day 31st January 2020
- Could you be our next Police and Crime Commissioner? There are only 97 campaigning days to go 31st January 2020
- Goodbye to all that: Cornwall keeps a toe-hold in Brussels, but with no Euro MPs and no say in any decisions 31st January 2020
- A dog’s life: County Hall under fire, already, for relaxing its rules about beaches 31st January 2020
- Cornwall Council urged to set up its own town centre regeneration fund 30th January 2020
- County Hall “can’t be arsed” about economic development post-Brexit, claims councillor 30th January 2020
- Choppy waters ahead for Cornwall’s fishermen, as 48 years of Common Fisheries Policy come to an end 28th January 2020
- When the fun stops, stop – Cornwall Council’s casino economy cost taxpayers £45 million 28th January 2020
- The Lowering: what will happen to Cornwall’s European Union flag after Friday? 27th January 2020
- Council leader lays down the law on anti-Semitism 26th January 2020
- “Kremlin-style secrecy” over planning enforcement in Cornwall 23rd January 2020
- How many Cornish schoolchildren have been labelled “potential terrorists” by County Hall’s participation in the Prevent programme? 23rd January 2020
- With only ten years to go to achieve its own target, Cornwall Council pats itself on the back over climate change 22nd January 2020
- Cornwall’s badgers: proposal to vaccinate, rather than cull, kicked into the long grass for at least six months 21st January 2020
- As the general election dust settles, and Brexit looms, Labour and Liberal Democrats consider their next leaders 21st January 2020
- Council officers in no rush to do anything about badger culling 21st January 2020
- St Austell & Newquay MP calls for cheaper beer 20th January 2020
- Neither a lender nor a borrower be: Cornwall council loaned other councils £177 million, while borrowing £122.5 million 19th January 2020
- County Hall whacks it on plastic with a £1 million spend in three months 19th January 2020
- Local councils study the idea of a tourism tax, with divided opinions in Cornwall 19th January 2020
- Cornwall to pioneer firefighter and social worker “blended workforce” 15th January 2020
- Councillors finally get the chance to debate badger culling on Cornwall Council farms 14th January 2020
- Flybe continues its slow shuffle towards the exit, as hopes fade for the Newquay-Heathrow link 13th January 2020
- Sudden closure of Bude-Stratton community health centre overnight means local residents “are not safe” 12th January 2020
- Cornwall’s MPs vote against measures to protect child refugees in first test of “Getting Brexit Done” 9th January 2020
- Council denies Newquay airport sell-off 8th January 2020
- You got what you voted for, officials tell councillors, explaining how NHS provision of sexual health services in Cornwall ended up in the private sector 8th January 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Newquay airport to be privatised – posing new questions over a spaceport 8th January 2020
- County Hall losing enthusiasm for publishing its own newspaper 7th January 2020
- Royal Cornwall hospital back on “black alert” as patient pressures mount 6th January 2020
- You can’t always get what you want – despite hours of public consultations, debates in planning committees and a decade of promises, somehow it just never happened. A brief survey of some of Cornwall’s castles in the sand 6th January 2020
- Cornwall’s footballers await the draw for the “alternative” World Cup 6th January 2020
- Look North, in wonder, as Scotland edges closer to affordable local government by pioneering Britain’s first tourism tax 30th December 2019
- A carbon-neutral Cornwall by 2030? Ask not what your council can do for you – ask what you can do for your council 27th December 2019
- Government says it will ensure free car parking for some patients, visitors and staff at Truro’s Royal Cornwall hospital 27th December 2019
- Cornwall’s fishing and farming sectors face a year of watching Brexit Get Done 23rd December 2019
- Cornwall’s Extinction Rebellion climate activists get ready for a busy 2020 23rd December 2019
- Cornwall’s footballers hope to play in the “alternative” World Cup – in North Macedonia – next year 19th December 2019
- Public subsidy for 73 Cornish bus routes 19th December 2019
- Cornwall is going to be Conservative for a very long time – we just have to get used to it 18th December 2019
- Sophie Hosking returns to Cornwall Council as the new boss for neighbourhoods 17th December 2019
- Cornwall’s six Euro MPs have only a few weeks left before they will need new jobs 16th December 2019
- Ready for another one? Cornwall returns to the polls in only five months 16th December 2019
- As the dust settles on the general election, True Blue Cornwall ponders what to do once it has Got Brexit Done 15th December 2019
- Conservatives hold St Ives, also with hugely increased majority 13th December 2019
- Cornwall’s election, in percentages 13th December 2019
- Brexit splits the anti-Tory vote and Cornwall stays true blue 13th December 2019
- Branson’s new deadline: he has to get his rocket off the ground by April, or risk another vote at County Hall 12th December 2019
- Cornwall votes: polling stations open until 10pm today 12th December 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: That’s the way the money goes – how Cornish taxpayers helped finance Donald Trump’s election victory, loaned cash to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and other scandals too numerous to mention 11th December 2019
- St Ives, Camborne & Redruth, and Truro & Falmouth are all in play – YouGov 11th December 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: The knives are out on County Hall’s fourth floor: a story of fear, loathing and bitter disappointments 11th December 2019
- Cornwall has more than 7,500 extra voters compared with 2017 general election 10th December 2019
- Three days to go – and the bookmakers are still forecasting a True Blue Cornwall 10th December 2019
- Cornwall’s Anti-Brexit campaign pins its election hopes on tactical voting 8th December 2019
- How to the road to a prosperous South East Cornwall leads through Cyprus, Turkey, Gibraltar, Washington, Israel and Armenia – thanks in part to Putin’s pal 8th December 2019
- Cornwall Council’s financial position further downgraded, from “stable” to “negative” 6th December 2019
- Cornwall’s on-off-on-again strategic planners to have pre-Christmas get-together 3rd December 2019
- Cornwall Council to slash £59 million from services over the next four years 3rd December 2019
- Cornwall councillor asks for leave of absence due to illness 3rd December 2019
- Bookmakers still think the Tories are home and dry in Cornwall, but report a slight adjustment in Truro & Falmouth 3rd December 2019
- Tracie to the rescue, as Cornwall councillors get down to the nitty-gritty of setting their £1.2 billion budget 3rd December 2019
- Wanted: staff for Cornwall’s general election polling stations and people to count the votes 2nd December 2019
- Opinion pollsters and tactical voting gurus provide election talking points in Cornish constituencies 1st December 2019
- Cornwall’s “strategic” planners told they can take the rest of the year off 1st December 2019
- Budget is still on track, despite loss of Chief Operating Officer, insists Cornwall Council 28th November 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council loses its chief operating officer 28th November 2019
- Two weeks to go: YouGov points to a Blue Christmas in Cornwall 28th November 2019
- Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn both in Cornwall at the same time – but somehow their paths did not cross 27th November 2019
- Last-minute registration drive results in 7% increase – in only three weeks – in the number of general election voters in Cornwall 27th November 2019
- Boris Johnson visits Goonhilly Earth Station 27th November 2019
- Could yesterday’s County Hall chaos lead to a security crack-down? 27th November 2019
- Corbyn and Johnson on the election campaign trail in Cornwall today 27th November 2019
- Cornwall Council votes 66-34 to spend £12 million on Newquay spaceport, as protestors watch in dismay 26th November 2019
- County Hall under pressure to postpone today’s spaceport vote, as politics and science collide 26th November 2019
- University lecturers strike at Falmouth in dispute over pay, conditions and pensions 25th November 2019
- Countdown to the spaceport vote, with Branson still on the ground while CDC flies high (and often) 25th November 2019
- Bookmakers think the Conservatives are home and dry in Cornwall 23rd November 2019
- Doctors criticise Cornwall Council over privatisation of sexual health services 23rd November 2019
- Liberal Democrat Disability Association files formal complaint about its own North Cornwall candidate 23rd November 2019
- Is Branson selling out Newquay? Daily flights to Heathrow look set to end next year, with passengers forced to fly to Southend instead 21st November 2019
- This is where your vote will be counted: Bodmin, Truro and Pool 21st November 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council confirms it spent more on building houses than it was able to get by selling them 21st November 2019
- Royal Cornwall hospital back on black alert 20th November 2019
- “Give 16-year-olds the vote in Cornwall Council’s 2021 local elections” urge councillors 20th November 2019
- Labour promises to tighten the law on fox hunting 19th November 2019
- Countdown to confusion: Cornwall Council is going ahead with its spaceport vote, despite the general election, despite having no Environmental Impact Assessment, and with Richard Branson’s rocket still firmly on the ground 18th November 2019
- Should Cornwall Council draw a veil over the Newquay spaceport idea until after the general election? 18th November 2019
- “Stop Brexit” battlebus tours Cornwall 17th November 2019
- Cornwall’s NHS: Will the general election signal the end of the road for Kennally Care? 17th November 2019
- Cornwall waits 14 years for a Liberal Party candidate, and then six turn up all at once 16th November 2019
- The sun also rises, as County Hall’s corridors of power await their next big beast 15th November 2019
- And they’re off! The official runners and riders for Cornwall’s 2019 general election 14th November 2019
- Houston, we have a problem: Cornwall’s spaceport team just can’t keep their feet on the ground 14th November 2019
- Rush to spend Euromillions as Cornwall Council identifies three major projects 14th November 2019
- People’s Vote campaign tries to turn three Cornish seats into its Brexit battleground 13th November 2019
- It’s all a bit rubbish, as two years of contract negotiation go to waste 13th November 2019
- Councillor’s advice surgery, and County Hall webcasts, fall prey to general election purdah 13th November 2019
- Farage set to give Cornwall a miss, as Brexit Party comes under further pressure to quit general election 13th November 2019
- Another stroke of bad luck for Cornwall’s strategic planners, as next scheduled meeting date clashes with general election 13th November 2019
- Dismay as council prepares to scrap recycling banks 13th November 2019
- The Truth is coming! Cornwall Council draws up plans to boost its reputation, by publishing its own newspaper 13th November 2019
- Tories pick Cherilyn MackRory as candidate for Truro & Falmouth 10th November 2019
- Independents gain Wadebridge West in Cornwall Council by-election 10th November 2019
- Greens stand down in North Cornwall, as part of a national deal to help save their party leader 7th November 2019
- Cornwall’s dustbin AND recycling collections will both be fortnightly, as row looms over bungled waste contract 5th November 2019
- Cornwall’s children’s services rated “outstanding” 5th November 2019
- Cornwall Council promises to “lead the way” with climate-friendly houses on its Truro New Town project 4th November 2019
- Truro City Council told to stop its “aggressive” takeover of rural neighbour 3rd November 2019
- Brexit Party candidates could cost Tories at least two seats in Cornwall 2nd November 2019
- Cornwall councillors and staff “should pay to park at County Hall” 1st November 2019
- Truro & Falmouth Tories hope to have their candidate next week 31st October 2019
- Cornwall Council says its trip to Sicily cost taxpayers £1,625 and was necessary to maintain “invaluable” membership of think-tank 31st October 2019
- Mebyon Kernow confirms it will contest only one Cornish constituency at general election 30th October 2019
- Greens and Brexit Party hold the keys to December’s general election result in Cornwall 30th October 2019
- Richard Branson finally manages to launch something – an online petition, calling on Cornwall Council to scrap its spaceport and spend the money on essential projects and services instead 29th October 2019
- Why it was really, really important that Cornwall Council flew 4,000 miles to Sicily and back for a conference which very few have heard of 29th October 2019
- Sarah Newton quits 28th October 2019
- Cornwall spending more on climate change than any other council 28th October 2019
- Government offers English fishing sector £15 million to help soften the ending of European Union funds 28th October 2019
- EXCLUSIVE SPACEPORT UPDATE: Cornwall’s nature lovers cool their ardour, as Branson now says he wants to go to Mars 28th October 2019
- Key dates to watch out for at County Hall 26th October 2019
- EXCLUSIVE – Cornwall’s waste contract crisis hits the buffers, forcing council leader to make a lonely decision 24th October 2019
- Labour re-selects Gareth Derrick to contest South East Cornwall constituency at general election 24th October 2019
- Cornwall’s roads to be “electric vehicle-only” by 2050, according to new study 23rd October 2019
- Labour selects Bodmin’s Joy Bassett as its Parliamentary candidate in North Cornwall 23rd October 2019
- We’ll tell high-flying staff to justify their carbon footprint, promises Cornwall Council 22nd October 2019
- Government admits it is “disappointing” that would-be A-level pupils in St Austell cannot complete their studies locally 22nd October 2019
- Sharp rise in Devon & Cornwall “hate” crimes 21st October 2019
- Peace in our time? Most town and parish boundaries look set to remain unchanged 21st October 2019
- Cornwall for Europe protestors join London’s huge anti-Brext rally 20th October 2019
- All six of Cornwall’s MPs backed Boris Johnson on Brexit 20th October 2019
- Pay the rent or feed the children? The choice facing welfare families in Cornwall in 2019 19th October 2019
- Moody’s downgrades Cornwall Council credit rating, after PWLB rate rise 18th October 2019
- Adam Paynter again tops the league table as County Hall’s most expensive councillor 18th October 2019
- Cornwall’s MPs expected to vote for Brexit Deal on Saturday 17th October 2019
- Hundreds heading from Cornwall to London for anti-Brexit protest 17th October 2019
- South East Cornwall, North Cornwall and St Ives Labour Parties finally told they can select their Parliamentary candidates 17th October 2019
- Cornwall councillors share their dispute with all 123 members 16th October 2019
- Carn Brea Leisure Centre packed for Brexit Party rally 15th October 2019
- Labour councillor in Penryn defects to Green Party 15th October 2019
- Cornwall’s Strategic Planners again told they need not bother with a meeting 15th October 2019
- Don’t try to throw milkshakes at Nigel Farage, urges Cornwall For Europe 14th October 2019
- Public Works interest rate rise will cost Cornwall Council millions 14th October 2019
- Climate protestors target the Liskeard office of South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray 13th October 2019
- Policing protests in London: what is the cost to Devon & Cornwall? 13th October 2019
- Five candidates line up for Wadebridge by-election 11th October 2019
- Cornwall’s health and social care system gets its man: the first Independent Chair of the Integrated Care Partnership is named 11th October 2019
- Two Cornwall councillors in line for national awards 11th October 2019
- Cornish badger study confirms the science – culling actually spreads TB in cattle 9th October 2019
- Nigel Farage on his way to Cornwall 8th October 2019
- Councillors told they need training on “responsible” pension investment 8th October 2019
- Paul Masters, Cornwall Council’s “Mr Brexit,” calls it a day 7th October 2019
- County Hall upsets Bodmin Town Council by putting profits first in so-called “affordable” housing project 6th October 2019
- A “No Deal” Brexit would impact South West “like Foot and Mouth Disease,” warns LEP 4th October 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: Is food waste about to be dropped from Cornwall’s new household collection contract? County Hall’s surprise new survey makes no mention of it 4th October 2019
- Paperwork mix-up cancels Jeremy Corbyn visit to Falmouth University 4th October 2019
- How to spend Cornwall’s £450 million health windfall: six points of view 3rd October 2019
- Cornwall for Europe flies the flag – with Brexit only 28 days away (possibly) 3rd October 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: The curious case of the £450 million “new hospital cash” that nobody asked for 2nd October 2019
- Polling in Cornwall Council by-election at Wadebridge will be on 7th November 2nd October 2019
- Citizen’s Panel due to meet for the first time to consider Cornwall’s housing crisis 1st October 2019
- Cornwall Council appoints its new boss for Children, Schools and Families 1st October 2019
- Cornwall to pilot cheaper bus fares, after government reveals more cash during Tory conference week 30th September 2019
- Boris Johnson’s promise of £450 million for a new Cornish hospital comes under the microscope – with doubts over if (never mind when) it might actually happen 30th September 2019
- Penzance debates Brexit 29th September 2019
- Government’s Brexit Fund rewards the Isles of Scilly 238 times more than Cornwall 29th September 2019
- Boris Johnson promises to replace Cornwall’s missing millions after Brexit 29th September 2019
- Cornwall “to get £450 million for a new hospital” if Tories win election, says Boris Johnson 29th September 2019
- Conservatives win Camborne Town Council by-election 27th September 2019
- Fraud, bribery and corruption at County Hall: it costs the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds, and two people their jobs 27th September 2019
- South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray posts photos of brick left outside her office 26th September 2019
- Angry villagers prepare to resist takeover by Wadebridge 26th September 2019
- I’m backing Boris Johnson and I want a general election now, says St Austell & Newquay MP Steve Double 25th September 2019
- MPs now have an opportunity to restore protection for rural areas, as Bills for Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment all come back from the dead 25th September 2019
- Boris Johnson lied to the Queen and should resign, says Cornwall For Europe 24th September 2019
- Cornwall councillor quits, triggering by-election at Wadebridge 24th September 2019
- Private schools in Cornwall to face “redistribution” of assets under a Labour government 23rd September 2019
- Corbyn promises cash for Cornwall through new investment bank, but 15-year-old from Bude rocks Brighton 22nd September 2019
- Green Party confirms Parliamentary candidates for all six Cornish constituencies 19th September 2019
- Cornwall’s household waste collection facing two months of uncertainty in quest for an “affordable” new contract 19th September 2019
- Cornwall Council’s cabinet votes 6-4 to back the Newquay spaceport – but first, Richard Branson has got to get into orbit 18th September 2019
Nearly 8,000 Cornwall voters removed from electoral register ahead of Brexit referendum
Nearly 8,000 Cornish voters could have missed out on June's Brexit referendum because of a change in the way the electoral register is compiled.
Election officials at Cornwall Council have disclosed in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act that 7,783 voters were struck off because of the switch to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) between June 2014 and December 2015.
The new system replaced that in which the "head of the household" was required to register all residents of the household who were eligible
Cornwall’s “surf tax” raised only £32,000
The controversial "surf tax" scheme introduced to several Cornish beaches has raised barely £32,000 in revenue after its first year – raising questions as to whether it cost more than that to introduce and enforce.
Cornwall Council spent more than two years investigating ways of using its natural assets to generate income before introducing "licensing for water-based activities on council-owned beaches" in September last year. Similar licensing arrangements are operated by other councils.
But now North Cornwall MP Scott Mann has criticised the council's answer to a formal Freedom of Information question, which gives details of how the scheme – dubbed a "surf tax" by its critics – is operating in practice.
The FOI answer reveals that since the scheme's inception, Cornwall Council has generated just £31,746 from 18 licenses. The council insists that the costs of collection and enforcement are negligible and that the "surf tax" is good value for money – but Mr Mann says it should be scrapped.
Scrap one of Cornwall’s six MPs to prevent Devonwall, suggest council officials
Senior Cornwall councillor faced court summons over £590.97 council tax bill
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High Court rules new-build second homes ban in St Ives can remain