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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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Cornwall24 - independent news and comment for the independently-mindedCornwall24 is a news and comment website for any items of a Cornish nature. It is a Cornish site, run by Cornish people who live in Cornwall. Please feel free to browse the site, add news or visit our message forum. If you have any useful Cornish links, photos of Cornwall or news please do not hesitate to upload it onto the site. The site acts as a news portal and encourages anybody with any news on or from Cornwall to submit their news. We are grateful to our users for news postings, so if you have anything to tell us about please put it up! Contact us at editor@cornwall24.co.uk with any comments you may have or any ways that you think we could improve this website. ‘NO’ TO NUCLEAR WASTE IN CORNWALL - MPsProposals to bring nuclear waste to Cornwall have been described as ‘absurd and irresponsible’ by Cornish MPs. Route Partnership Plan for Penzance unnecessaryTheir 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 publicHaving 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. MK New Year MessageIn his traditional New Year message to party members, supporters and the people of Cornwall, MK Leader Cllr Dick Cole has challenged one and all to “make sure that the voice of Cornwall is heard loud and clear in 2009.” CENSUS IDENTITY 'TICK BOX' OPTION FOR WELSHThe UK Government announced this week that the Welsh will be given their own tick box on the 2011 population census, but the Cornish will not. Second public consultation commences for the Cornwall Energy RecoveryCornwall Council’s Spatial Planning section today announced that a second round of public consultation will commence this week into further information which it has received from the applicants, SITA Cornwall Ltd, relating to the proposed Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre. The second public consultation period will run until approximately 23rd January 2009. IRELAND: LISBON RERUN 'AN INSULT TO DEMOCRACY'The EU Summit of EU state leaders that took place in Brussels on 11th and 12th December, to discuss among other things, the future direction of the Lisbon Treaty after the Irish No vote last year, was hailed as a success by Irish Taoiseach, Brian Cowen. David Whalley and cultural agressionPetition organisers demand that the Implementation Executive, 'led' by Liberal Democrat David Whalley stop the unacceptable cultural aggression against Cornwall and retain the much loved and respected traditional logo. Well look aren't Cornwall Council in control of Newquay Airport (not)...This is a press release from Cornwall Council. Don't believe the hype. The Civil Aviation Authority Inspectors have returned to Newquay Cornwall Airport today (Wednesday 17 December). SALMOND BOOST FOR dotSCO BIDThe First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, gave his and his Government's backing last week to the bid for a top-level internet domain (TLD) name for the Scots community online. BASQUE EXTRADITION HEARING - SPANISH WARRANT 'DEFECTIVE'A former member of the Basque paramilitary group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna(ETA) attended a second court hearing on Thursday (11th December 2008) in Belfast as a consequence of attempts by the Spanish authorities to extradite him to Spain to answer charges of 'praising terrorism'. CORNWALL AND NATIONALISM - DEBATE ON BBCA long awaited debate on the Cornwall and Cornish nationalism was aired on BBC Radio Cornwall yesterday with three well known and respected guests from Cornwall's academic, political and cultural world. CELTIC NATIONS EURO CUP BIDExploratory talks have begun between the Welsh and Scottish Football Associations (FA) with the aim of making a Celtic bid to host the European Football Cup in 2016. MANNIN/ISLE OF MAN - LEAGUE MAKE UN SUBMISSIONThe Celtic League has made a submission to a forthcoming session of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Is George Eustice Good For Cornwall?George Eustice selected as Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Camborne & Redruth. GEORGE EUSTICE has been selected as the Conservatives Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for the Camborne & Redruth constituency. GREENLAND SELF RULE VOTE POINTS THE WAY TO MORE 'TIMID' CELTSDespite the UK Government's attempt to convince the Scottish electorate last October that Scotland is better off being part of a big European state rather than becoming a small independent nation in the current global financial crisis, one nation at least decided last week that greater independence was indeed the way forward for them. Cornwall - Banana Republic?Newquay Airport,Route Partnership,Penwith Moors and the Unitary Authority. NEWQUAY AIRPORT CLOSURE: “HEADS MUST ROLL”Stephen Gilbert, the prospective local MP for Newquay, has said that “heads must roll” over the unexpected closure of Newquay Airport and has called for a full enquiry into what went wrong. Important Information regarding Air Southwest flights to/from Newquay Airport.We have been advised that Newquay Airport will be closed from 1 December to 19 December 2008 inclusive. This is due to issues with the handover of air traffic control from the RAF to the airport authority. English Heritage get one thing right at leastEnglish heritage have joined with a variety of other organisations in opposing the planned incinerator in St. Dennis on grounds that they have failed to recognise or address the impact that the proposals will have on the wider landscape of St. Dennis. |
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Triplets survive against the odds Call for inquiry into fire centre Fire chiefs demand a public inquiry into the delayed opening of the regional fire control centre for the south west of England. Prison sentence for benefit cheat A man who admitted swindling more than £51,000 in benefits over a six-year period is jailed for 18 months. Divers face trial over shipwreck Three Cornish divers accused of plundering a shipwreck off the coast of Spain are to be tried in a Spanish court. 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. |
