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 Topic: NewsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.Matthew Taylor MP set to retire at next general electionTruro and St Austell MP Matthew Taylor has just revealed that he is to retire from his seat at the next general election. WORK STARTS ON £10.6M AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMMEWork is due to begin on the first homes in Caradon District Council’s £10,680,574 programme of affordable housing for South East Cornwall later this month. AMBITIOUS AND RADICAL PROPOSAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CORNWALL?Cornwall Councillors are being asked to support an ambitious and radical proposal for a new form of Governance for Cornwall which will deliver strong leadership, greater local involvement and produce annual savings of at least £17m a year to be re-invested in frontline services and reduce future Council Tax increases. Microsoft boosts IT training for migrant workers in Penwith9 January 2007, Newlyn Trinity Methodist Church has been chosen to receive a Microsoft Community Learning Award to help migrant workers in Penwith gain access to vital ICT skills. MORI SURVEY SHOWS PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ‘SINGLE COUNCIL’ PROPOSALAlmost two thirds of Cornish residents find the current system of local government in Cornwall confusing and support the principle of a single council for the county. ‘CATCH OF THE DAY’ SERVED - GEORGEThe MP for the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, Andrew George, has welcomed the outcome of the annual Fisheries Minister’s negotiations in Brussels last night and its impact on Cornish fishermen. COUNCIL PLANS TO LAUNCH A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN 2007Council Executive member for Community Services Eric Brooke has revealed the Council's plans for a community newspaper, saying the proposed monthly doorstep-delivered publication could save up to £300,000 a year on local job adverts and public notices. COUNCIL AGREES TO RETAIN AYR FIELD FOR COMMUNITY USECornwall Council has agreed that Ayr Field in St Ives should be retained for community use and has congratulated local people for putting together such an impressive business case. More houses?New housing figures for Kerrier. The South West Regional Assembly is proposing more houses for Kerrier! For Camborne-Redruth, instead of the 300 per year currently suggested in the draft regional strategy, the alternative figures are 360 or 400. Current house development rates are running at 150 dwellings per year. LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE ASKED FOR THEIR VIEWS ON STRUCTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTCornwall Council has commissioned the independent market research company Ipsos MORI to carry out a telephone survey of Cornish residents to find out their views on the structure of local government in Cornwall. LAUNCH OF NEW SOUTH WEST FORUM FOR GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLERSA new Forum to promote the work being done with Gypsy, Roma and Travellers families across the South West will be launched at a special conference at The Sands Resort Hotel in Newquay (tomorrow) Wednesday, November 29th. New roads for Camborne-Redruth exhibitionAn exhibition showing the new road proposals for Camborne-Redruth will go on display at Carn Brea Leisure Centre on 29th November. ONLY A FEW PEOPLE HAVE READ CORNWALL' WASTE CONTRACT ADMITS COUNCILLORAs Cornwall's waste contact goes online for all to see, Lib Dem Councillor Adam Paynter (Executive Member for Environment and Heritage) admits that only a few councillors have studied the contents of a contract that has far reaching implications for Cornwall. MPs DETERMINED THAT “CORNWALL MUST CONCENTRATE ON MAIN PRIZE”The five Cornish MPs today released a statement of their intent to argue and argue strongly for a powerful, directly elected strategic body for Cornwall as the cornerstone of the future governance of the Duchy. Kerrier: MK MEMBERS HAVE ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ IN RDATwo leading members of the Camborne – Redruth constituency party of Mebyon Kernow - the Party for Cornwall have proposed a motion of ‘no confidence’ in the South West Regional Development Agency at the next Full Council meeting of Camborne Town Council on Thursday 9th November. READING CHAMPION LAUNCH AT THE PIRATES’ LEARNING ZONEWhen the Centre Manager of the Pirates’ Learning Zone needed a keen reader and role model for a new Reading Project he didn’t have any problem finding a player who is renowned for his interest in reading. CORNWALL NEEDS A CORNISH ASSEMBLY – NOT UNITARY STATUSMebyon Kernow comment on Local Government White Paper Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has hit out at the news (Western Morning News 27th October) that the County Council is planning to launch a bid to become a unitary authority. DO CORNISH COUNCILLORS HAVE THE STRENGTH TO PROMOTE REAL CHANGE FOR CORNWALL?A CHANCE FOR MORE SELF-GOVERNANCE OF CORNWALL? Cornwall Council has welcomed today’s publication of the Government’s White Paper on Local Government and says it is ready to lead the challenge of developing a new structure which provides strong leadership and better, more efficient public services for the people of Cornwall. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE UNITED IN DEMANDING MORE POWERSMebyon Kernow says Cornwall needs Devolution – not local government reform With the Government’s White Paper on local government expected today (26th October 2006), the leader of Mebyon Kernow has called on Local Councils and others to come together, to stand up for Cornwall and demand the decentralisation of meaningful political powers to a Cornish Assembly. MINISTER DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOSPITALS’ CRISISIn a letter received the day after meeting Hospital’s Minister – Lord Norman Warner – in the House of Commons, local MP Andrew George has said that Ministers are desperate to distance themselves from decisions to close wards, theatres and hospital services and deny that they have anything to do with the removal of resources into private sector hospitals like Capio in Bodmin. |
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Man dies as car crashes off road Plans in gear for speedway track Speedway could be coming back to Cornwall if a planning application for a track at Bodmin is accepted. Rescued girl's parents at bedside The parents of a French teenager in intensive care after nearly drowning off Cornwall are at her bedside. Independent review team is named Review of management at the Royal Cornwall Hospital's Trust to be lead by former nurse with 50 years NHS experience. Charity hospices in £1m shortfall Two hospices that care for thousands of terminally ill adults could be forced to close in a funding shortfall. Man admits unrelated sex attacks A man arrested in Cornwall admits sex offences and an attempted murder committed nearly a decade apart. Death crash footballer has been jailed Ex-Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick is jailed for killing two children by dangerous driving. Sanctuary in financial 'crisis' A Cornish animal sanctuary, which is home to more than 50 horses, struggles to cover rising fuel and feed costs. |
