Housing Minister John Healey has today backed the country’s biggest ever green home building programme, with four areas, including St Austell, sharing £60m cash to build over 600 new homes to the toughest ever environmental standards.
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£60 million for new Cornish eco-towns
Full list of St Piran Day events
Here is a comprehensive list of St Piran Day events. »
Cornwall set to have incinerator after all?
Steve Gilbert, the prospective MP for St Austell & Newquay, has condemned Cornwall Council for once again failing to grasp the nettle and cancel the contract for the incinerator planned for St Dennis. »
Radio Cornwall programme on Cornish insults
At about 08.30 (if not a bit before) on Tuesday 26th January, 2010, Mike Chappell is going to be interviewed live on BBC Radio Cornwall by James Churchfield. »
St Piran in Penwith celebrations
On Thursday 4th March, 2010, 100 schoolchildren together with St. Buryan Male Voice Choir will put on a concert in honour of St. Piran at 7.00pm in St John’s Hall, PZ. »
Tories to create ‘Devonwall’?
Cornish parliamentary candidate Loic Rich has criticised the Conservative Party after a senior Conservative suggested there might be a Devon and Cornwall Economic Partnership after the General Election. »
‘Unholy Alliance’ keeps Cornish out of census
Labour and Conservative MPs united to keep ‘Cornish’ off the 2011 census last night, as the Government voted down a proposal from North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, to have it included. »
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