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 Topic: NewsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.NEW HOMES PLAN FOR OLD MINE SITEAn historic mine site close to Redruth town centre is set for a new lease of life with the creation of around 50 much-needed new homes for the town. SECOND LOTTERY GRANT FOR CORNWALL'S REAL NAPPIESThe Cornish Real Nappy Project has been awarded a second Big Lottery Fund grant from the Community Recycling and Economic Development (CRED) Programme, bringing the project’s total funding from the scheme to £222,393. DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENT TO ATLANTIC – INQUIRY TO BE HELDThree applications to discharge effluent to the Atlantic Ocean will be the subject of an inquiry requested by the Defra Secretary of State Margaret Beckett. WE WANT REGIONAL POWERS – NOT A REFORM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTMebyon Kernow - the Party for Cornwall has branded government talk of local government reform as premature and demanded that it should first institute a referendum on a Cornish Assembly. COUNCILLORS PLEDGE TO LOBBY ASSEMBLY OVER FUNDINGNews that four major transport schemes in Cornwall have not been identified as priorities by the South West Regional Assembly has been greeted with disappointment by Cornwall Council which has pledged to put pressure on members of the Assembly to include the schemes in its programme. COUNCIL SUPPORTS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF EDEN PROJECTCornwall Council is to give a £360,000 grant to the Eden Project to support the latest phase of its development. Kerrier: Kerrier leads multi-agency operationIn the early hours Wednesday, 25 January, officers from Kerrier Council acting together with the Fire Brigade and the Police, carried out an unannounced visit to Rosemaber Farm in Breage. The visit was as a result of mounting concern amongst the agencies over conditions at the farm, which houses a large number of Polish and Lithuanian agricultural workers in an unauthorised caravan encampment. Kerrier: BUSINESSES TO BENEFIT FROM PARKING CHARGE REDUCTIONSKerrier District Council is changing its car park tariffs, to help local businesses. Restormel: URGENT TREE SAFETY WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT TO PROTECT THE PUBLICA large number of trees growing within Crinnis Woods, St. Austell, within falling distance of the highway, have been identified as posing a considerable hazard to the public following inspections by Tree Officers. CELEBRATION FOR FIRST SCHOOLS TO BE AWARDED DYSLEXIA FRIENDLY QUALITY MARKA special ceremony to celebrate the success of the first schools in Cornwall to be awarded the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark will be held at Cornwall Hall in Truro on Tuesday, January 24. North Cornwall: LOSTWITHIEL SCHEME IS BEST IN WESTAn £8.3 million riverside homes development in Lostwithiel, including the restoration of a fire-damaged former Brunel rail depot, has been judged “best building in Devon and Cornwallâ€? and warmly praised by Lord Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour Party. Kerrier: COAST WORKSHOP TO TACKLE BEACH & COASTAL MANAGEMENTA workshop is being held in Chacewater, on Thursday, to discuss ways of improving beach and coastal management across Cornwall, as part of the Coast Atlantic Project. CORNWALL ‘BETWEEN DEVIL AND DEEP BLUE SEA’ ON WASTERegretting the Council decision to pursue a waste incinerator, local MP Matthew Taylor says Government policy has forced the decision. MP CALLS ON CORNWALL TO ‘RECONSIDER HARD’ OVER INCINERATORLocal MP, Matthew Taylor, is calling on Councillors to ‘reconsider hard’ over plans to site a waste incinerator in Central Cornwall. Carrick: DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER BEGINS AGAINA young, female Common dolphin is just one of the 17 latest victims to die in fishing nets around Cornwall over the last few days. Cornish MP in Reality TV ShowJulia Goldsworthy, MP for Falmouth and Camborne MP, has signed up for Channel Four's "The Games". N. IRELAND WATER BILLS CAP “RANK HYPOCRISYâ€?Truro and St Austell MP, Matthew Taylor, has written to water bills Minister, Elliot Morley, urging him to apply the same Northern Irish capping policy to water bills in the Westcountry. The £30 million a year scheme means low income households in Northern Ireland will have their water bills capped at £180 in 2010 – a subsidy of £130 on their average bill. Restormel: THE FUTURE OF PONTS MILL TURBINE IS SECUREDCornwall Council and Restormel Borough Council have secured ownership of the Hydro-electric Turbine at Ponts Mill and the former Ponts Mill China Stone Works from the China Clay Company, Imerys, following lengthy negotiations. As part of the deal, adjoining buildings and land have also been taken over. Kerrier: OTTERS RETURN TO CORNWALL'S LARGEST LAKEResearch conducted at Loe Pool, nr Helston, in collaboration with the National Trust and the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, suggests that otters are firmly re-established at Cornwall's largest freshwater lake, after a 40-year struggle. ONE IN THREE PUBS AND OFF LICENCES SOLD ALCOHOL TO 15 YEAR OLDSA third of pubs and off-licences visited across Cornwall during the run-up to Christmas sold alcohol to 15 year olds. These are the findings of Cornwall's involvement in the national Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign. |
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Woman, 90, fulfils 'thong' wish Man is murdered while walking dog A murder inquiry is under way after the death of a man who was attacked while walking his dog. Heating oil taken from home twice A Cornish homeowner has hundreds of pounds worth of heating oil taken from his house in two separate thefts. Rally called off over muddy field One of the biggest steam rallies in the South West is called off after rain leaves the exhibition field too muddy. Factfile Penwith payphones earmarked for closure: Knitting Pictured with her giant needles on a sunny morning in Causewayhead is Julia Hopson and members of her knitting group. They were knitting 9in squares which will be made into a giant baby blanket to raise awareness about Oxfam's campaign to improve the ... Pays £500 for harassment Henry Francis Bradley, aged 47, of Talland Road, St Ives, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to harassment. He was given a conditional discharge and told to pay compensation of £500. Feast of the senses attracts 3,000 fans Around 3,000 people poured into the grounds of Trereife House near Penzance last weekend for a feast of music, food and entertainment. |
