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Penzance Ice Ring! Penzance Boating Pool - Frozen  Can't remember ever seeing the Boating Lake in Penzance frozen solid, but here it is. Jan 2009... Church Cove - Gunwalloe  Looking out over Church Cove on the Lizard. The beach is named (unsurprisingly) after St Winwaloe's church tucked away at the northern end... Old Poldhu Hotel  Poldhu Cove on the Lizard Peninsula. Poldhu is perhaps best known for being the site of Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic radio message in 1901. The building at the end of the headland wa... User's Login
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 Topic: NewsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.Halt the alien menaceDon’t dump your garden rubbish on the road verge! Many invasive alien plants that are now threatening our native flora in Cornwall have been introduced into the wild from garden throw-outs. The list is long and includes winter heliotrope, Japanese knotweed, Hottentot fig, three-cornered leek, Spanish bluebell, and one that is much in evidence along our roadsides at the moment – montbretia, also known by its Latin name, Crocosmia. Caradon: CONNON BRIDGE PROSECUTION STATEMENTLiskeard Magistrate’s Court today imposed fines of £35,000 on CES Ltd against five charges of breaching site permit conditions at one of Cornwall’s two main landfill sites – charges to which the company had pleaded guilty. Kerrier: New plans for Camborne-RedruthKerrier District Council have just announced the consultation period for the Kerrier and Camborne-Redruth plans, as part of the Local Development Framework process. The idea is to set out development proposals for the next 20 years. The six week consultation period ends on September 15th. The plans for Camborne-Redruth suggest considerable change for the area. NEW PRIMARY CARE TRUST CHAIR APPOINTEDThe Chairs of the new Primary Care Trust in the South West to be introduced on 1st October 2006 have been appointed. As part of the ongoing reconfiguration of NHS organisations, the existing 32 Primary Care Trusts will be replaced by a total of 14 across the NHS South West area which comprises Avon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Independent Councillors slam ruling Liberal Democrat groupThe Independent Group on Cornwall Council has accused the controlling Liberal Democrat group of putting party politics before the people of Cornwall by appointing Lib Dem chairs to all but one of the Council's Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees. LIB DEM DECISION TO PROCEED WITH INCINERATOR WAS WRONGMebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has hit out at the decision of the Liberal Democrat-controlled County Council to agree a multi-million pound deal with SITA to deal with Cornwall’s domestic waste and build an incinerator in Mid Cornwall. North Cornwall: NCDC supports Cornish AssemblyNorth Cornwall District Councillors have backed a call for a directly elected Cornish Assembly. DON’T BURN IN THE HEATCornwall Fire Brigade is warning people living, working and visiting the county of the potential dangers created by the soaring temperatures. Cornish money from English agency?Rural areas across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are set to benefit from £550,000 of extra investment. GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR PROJECTS IN THE CORNWALL AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTYGroups in some of Cornwall’s finest landscapes are being invited to apply for grants to fund projects that will benefit communities, landscape and the local economy of Cornwall AONB. Kerrier: Beach users advised to observe the Dog BansThat is the advice from Kerrier’s Dog Wardens who have successfully prosecuted a number of people who have flouted the Dog Ban rules this summer. LANDMARK ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE PRESERVED IN CORNWALLWork to preserve important Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age settlements on one of Cornwall’s landmark sites is being celebrated as part of National Archaeology Week. Goodbye to KRENA on 23rd July??This gig is part of the HELSTONBURY festival. It would be really nice to get as many Cornish speakers along as possible as under our current line up, this will be our last performance. COUNCIL VOTES ON WASTE SOLUTION OR CORNWALL POLLUTIONOn Tuesday 18 July, Cornwall Councillors will be asked to vote to sign a long term contract with waste management company SITA. By doing so, they will put in motion a planned programme of change which will revolutionise the way waste is managed in Cornwall. COUNCIL SUPPORTS OPENING OF NEW GREEK SCHOOLCornwall Council is welcoming the opening of a new Greek School in the county. Kerrier: YOUNGSTERS SNAP UP ‘FLATS OF THE FUTURE’A landmark new homes project in Camborne, with “flats of the future” replacing a piece of the town’s industrial history, will be completed next month (Aug 2006) with all 56 units already sold. NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR FOUR MAJOR TRANSPORT SCHEMES FOR CORNWALLNews that the Government has confirmed the controversial recommendation by the South West Regional Assembly not to fund four major transport schemes in Cornwall over the next ten years has been greeted with disappointment by Cornwall Council. CLAY NEWS “SHOCKING AND DEVASTATING” SAYS LOCAL MPNews that 800 China clay jobs (out of 1850) are to be axed by Imerys is shocking and devastating news for the whole of the Clay Community, says local MP Matthew Taylor. Mr Taylor has pledged to do all he can to help. START OF SUMMER ROADWORKS EMBARGOCornwall Council’s Summer Embargo on road works on the busier tourist routes in the county begins this weekend. Routine work on all A and many B roads within the county will now be suspended until September, although some work may be undertaken in the evenings, early mornings or at night. Penwith: Contracts are awarded to Cornish companiesA major new museum of hard rock mining is to be created through funding from the Heritage Lottery and European Community Objective One at Geevor Tin Mine in Pendeen. |
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Prison sentence for benefit cheat Divers face trial over shipwreck A team of Cornish divers accused of plundering a shipwreck off the coast of Spain are to be tried in a Spanish court in March. RFA Argus docks for major refit The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Argus docks in Falmouth for a major refit which will take nearly a year to complete. Workshops offer redundancy advice Drop-in workshops at Truro College are offering people advice on how to deal with redundancy. ‘NO’ TO NUCLEAR WASTE IN CORNWALL - MPs Proposals to bring nuclear waste to Cornwall have been described as ‘absurd and irresponsible’ by Cornish MPs. Route Partnership Plan for Penzance unnecessary Their plan having been rejected by the public in the final exhibition in Septmber with 90% against the Route Partnership have decided to try again in mid January after a mailout and poster campaign.The Chamber of Commerce has been at the forefront of this campaign. Route Partnership for IoS Link continues to mislead the public Having failed to win support for the Penzance development of the Route Partnership at the September 30th final exhibition there is to be another exhibition in mid January after a campaign by the Chamber of Commerce and a mass leaflet drop to every home in Penzance promoting an unnecessary £40+million plan to trash the sea front. Speech facility on police website Devon and Cornwall police install a new speech facility on its website to enable more people to access information. |
