Up to 30 local lockdowns could be imposed to control spike in Covid-19 cases

Stark warning comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed a second wave of the virus could hit within two weeks  read more »

The area of Wales that missed coronavirus - and the simple system it set up. Fantastic story of how one local council set up a simple but effective contact tracing system very early- and it worked

The area of Wales that missed coronavirus - and the simple system it set up

The answer could be down to one council's 'homemade' test track and trace system  read more »

Published by Helen Down at 7:55pm 29th July 2020. (Updated at 11:01am 30th July 2020)

By Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter and Helen Down  read more »

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 10:57am 30th July 2020. (Updated at 11:00am 30th July 2020)  read more »

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Cornwall has the resources to do effective Covid-19 contact tracing. So why is it not being allowed to do so? Jane Stevenson talks to Councillor Colin Martin, who has been trying to find out.  read more »

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 8:45am 28th July 2020.  read more »

27th July  read more »

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 6:27am 27th July 2020.

Written by Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter  read more »

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 10:01am 26th July 2020.

More than a third of jobs have been furloughed in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, according to new figures.

The Trades Union Congress has called on leaders to provide more support for businesses to "stem the tide of redundancies” when the scheme ends in October.  read more »

Council clean energy pledge

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 8:38am 24th June 2020. (Updated at 8:41am 24th June 2020)

Written by Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter  read more »

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 6:44am 24th June 2020.

Written by Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter

New figures reveal that holiday home owners received £71 million of coronavirus business grants paid out in Cornwall.

The Government provided cash to be paid to businesses which had been hit by the lockdown so that they could keep afloat.  read more »

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 6:29am 9th June 2020.

The Cornish Seal Sanctuary is appealing for help from DEFRA as it faces 'tremendous debt and an uncertain future'.

The sanctuary in Gweek has been closed for almost three months because of the coronavirus lockdown.  read more »

8th June  read more »