Cornish MP's queued up yesterday to object to the creation of a "Devonwall" constituency on the final day of a public hearing held by the Boundary Commission.On Thursday and Friday campaign groups and individuals arrived at the hearing in Truro to exp...
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The Government U-turn over its renewable energy subsidy threatens to ratchet up pressure on cash-strapped families while killing off ambitious green projects which would have shaved money off domestic fuel bills, campaigners have warned.The Local Gover...
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Campaigners angry over Government plans to create a cross-border "Devonwall" constituency vented their fury at a public hearing held by the Boundary Commission.Yesterday a two-day hearing began at Truro with commissioners listening to groups of campaig...
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Westcountry-born actress Jenny Agutter, who in her most famous role waved her red bloomers at a train to prevent a crash, is championing a new campaign against rail fare rises.
The actress, who was born in Taunton and spends much of the year at her ho...
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London EditorThe Government has been urged to come clean over plans for a £500 million rail scheme that promises reduced journey times between the Westcountry and Heathrow.A committee of MPs said it is "unacceptable" ministers have floated plans ...
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Farmers with the best track records on looking after the environment and their animals' welfare could be subject to fewer inspections, the Government has said.The proposals are part of a response to a report by former Westcountry farming leader Richard...
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Councillors in Cornwall are not pursuing alternative proposals to re-shape the political map amid a controversial Government push to create a "Devonwall" constituency.Cornwall Council's electoral review panel met this week to debate boundary proposals ...
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Devon and Cornwall's first elected police commissioner should be paid an £85,000 annual salary, an independent report has told ministers.Stand-alone elections for new police and crime commissioners, including one for Devon and Cornwall, are sched...
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Devon and Cornwall's first elected police commissioner should be paid an £85,000 annual salary, an independent report has told ministers.Stand-alone elections for new police and crime commissioners, including one for Devon and Cornwall, are sched...
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Could there be more government grey skies for solar power?
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Cornish solar firm Solen Energy UK has said it is confident it will go from strength to strength despite the Government announcing sudden cuts to the Feed-In Tariff (FIT).
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A call of "action not words" has heralded a major new inquiry which will thrust the Westcountry's affordable homes crisis into the spotlight.
Campaign group Housing Voice is to gather evidence and "innovative ideas" from the entire sector, including p...
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Sky-high house prices, rising rents and a lack of affordable housing have created a "broken housing market" which makes living in the Westcountry harder than ever.This is the conclusion of Home Truths, a new study by the National Housing Federation (NH...
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The government turns down plans for up to 1,300 new homes on land north of St Austell in mid Cornwall.
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THE GOVERNMENT has thrown out controversial plans to build 1,300 homes on the edge of St Austell.
Jubilant campaigners were celebrating as it was announced the massive Wainhomes housing scheme -known as the Northern Expansion – would not proceed...
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London EditorThe Government will consider clamping down on "parent dealers" fuelling teenage binge-drinking that blights seaside towns in the Westcountry.A Commons debate secured by Cornwall MP Stephen Gilbert yesterday heard how parents often supply a...
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London EditorThousands of new jobs have been promised to the Westcountry after the Government sunk tens of millions of pounds into the region.Nick Clegg yesterday took the wraps off funding for a geothermal energy plant in West Cornwall, a yacht facili...
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The Conservative-led Coalition made a major error in trying to use a three-line whip on its backbenchers last week, to prevent them voting for a referendum on the EU, according to Westcountry Tory MP George Eustice.It had over-reacted and tried to smas...
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Energy experts in the Westcountry have reacted with puzzlement and dismay to the Government's halving of subsidies for household solar electricity, claiming it will cost 2,000 skilled "green" jobsThe widely expected cut, which many fear will halt t...
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Holiday property owners are facing a hike in their council tax bills of several hundred pounds as the Government moves closer to scrapping second home discounts.The Westcountry has the highest numbers of second home owners in the country, turning some ...
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A leading renewable energy expert has pleaded with David Cameron to halt the "mixed messages" which threaten to scupper the South West's ambitions of creating a booming green economy.In a letter to the Prime Minister, professor Stephen Frankel says the...
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