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200727 | Over 3,000 Cornish businesses 'at risk' as government withdraws funding

Over 3,000 Cornish businesses 'at risk' as government withdraws funding

Over 3,000 Cornish businesses 'at risk' as government withdraws funding

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

Written by Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter  read more »

200726 | More than a third of jobs furloughed in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

More than a third of jobs furloughed in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

More than a third of jobs furloughed in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

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 »

200721 | George Eustice AGAINST | How your MP voted on legal bid to protect the NHS in US trade deal

How your MP voted on legal bid to protect the NHS in US trade deal

The amendment would have banned any deal that undermined the ability "to maintain the quality and safety of health or care services"  read more »

200603 | Gordon Ramsay reported to Devon & Cornwall Police

Gordon Ramsay reported to Devon & Cornwall Police

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200602 | Environment Bill protest at Eustice office

200602 | Over 200 Cornwall second homes reported to police over coronavirus

Over 200 Cornwall second homes reported to police over coronavirus

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‘Dual it by 2030, make it safe now’ | A30 Ludgvan, Crowlas

200505 | There are fresh calls to dual Cornwall's last big A30 bottleneck and improve the road

The A30 at Crowlas
The Newtown roundabout near Penzance

Fresh calls for A30 improvements in west Cornwall

Fresh calls for A30 improvements in west Cornwall
image capture sep 2016 2017 google

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 6:54am 5th May 2020.

There are fresh calls to dual Cornwall's last big A30 bottleneck and improve the road.

Campaigners are pushing the government for better road links between St Erth and Penzance.  read more »

200219 | Shipwrecked by banks: Seaside towns, St Ives and Hayle rely on cash; branch and ATM closures left them high and dry

Shipwrecked by the banks: Like so many seaside towns, St Ives and Hayle rely on cash to keep afloat. Now, branch and ATM closures have left them high and dry

  • Bank branches are shutting at a rate of 55 a month across the UK
  • Lloyds will close its branch in Hayle, Cornwall, leaving the town without a bank
  • Shopkeepers fear tourists will go elsewhere, while the elderly face long journeys

By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail

Updated: 04:08 EDT, 19 February 2020

 

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200111 | Boris and his promises – time to ‘level up’

Boris and his promises – time to ‘level up’

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Government confirms relaxed Permitted Development rules with no neighbour complaints via upwards extensions

Announcement Families able to add two storeys to home WITHOUT planning permission | Robert Jenrick on Twitter
Minister pledges radical change to planning laws to allow extensions
 

Jenrick confirms relaxed rules to boost housing provision via upwards extensions and office demolitions


30 September 2019 by John Geoghegan and Colin Marrs


Housing secretary Robert Jenrick today announced that the government will push ahead with controversial plans to ease planning rules to allow upwards extensions of properties and the demolition of commercial buildings to make way for new homes.

 
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General Election 2019 Camborne and Redruth: Labour need a 1.6% swing to win; Liberal Democrats need a 20.7% swing to win

General Election 2019
Camborne and Redruth
General Election 2019
2019 Candidates
George Eustice, Conservative
Paul Farmer, Labour
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Property rules BOMBSHELL: You could add a two-storey extension WITHOUT planning permission ‘permission in principle’

Key changes:

Housing secretary announced plans to allow homeowners to build two-storey extensions in a further rollout of permitted development rights (PDR), first unveiled last year

The new rights will first be given to blocks of flats and then extended to all detached homes.

According to reports, controversial proposals to allow commercial buildings to be demolished and rebuilt as residential without planning permission have also been confirmed.  read more »

190830 | Prorogue Protest Truro

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190722 | Britain's Leading Edge launched in parliament

190717 | Operation Snap | New way of reporting driving offences - with dashcam footage

New way of reporting driving offences - with dashcam footage

New way of reporting driving offences - with dashcam footage

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 5:59pm 17th July 2019. (Updated at 8:15pm 17th July 2019)

There is a new way of reporting driving offences in Cornwall, with dashcam footage.

Operation Snap is a secure online portal through which members of the public can upload video or photos of incidents on the road.  read more »

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