Posts Tagged ‘ Isles ’

Work to start on health centre for Isles of Scilly

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December 31, 2012

Work on a new health and wellbeing centre is due to start on the Isles of Scilly in the new year.The £600,000 project at Carn Gwaval will offer a range of new facilities including a new centre for lifelong learning for the local population, a per...
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PM offers heli link help

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December 20, 2012

The Prime Minister has said “if necessary”, he is prepared to meet with Isles of Scilly residents to help secure a new helicopter service to the islands.
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PM ‘will have helicopter meeting’

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December 19, 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron says he will meet Isles of Scilly residents if he is needed to help secure a helicopter service.
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Land’s End Airport re-opens as waterlogged runway declared safe

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December 18, 2012
Land’s End Airport re-opens as waterlogged runway declared safe

LAND'S End Airport has reopened after its previously waterlogged runway was declared safe to use. Skybus, which provides flights from Land's End to the Isles of Scilly, has been ferrying passengers to Newquay Airport since it closed on Friday. It is ...
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Reports ‘delaying Ofsted verdict’

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December 18, 2012

An Ofsted report into an Isles of Scilly school will not be issued until other investigations are completed, the BBC understands.
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Suspended Isles of Scilly council boss ‘to leave and get hefty pay-off’

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December 18, 2012
Suspended Isles of Scilly council boss ‘to leave and get  hefty pay-off’

By lyn bartonSpeculation is mounting about the future of an under-fire council supremo amid reports he is to leave his job and receive a hefty pay-out.Philip Hygate, chief executive of the Council of the Isles of Scilly, was suspended at the end of Oct...
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Annus horribilis of council chief

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December 17, 2012

The chief of the Isles of Scilly Council leaves after 2012 proves to be an "annus horribilis"
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Scilly council chief ‘to leave’

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December 17, 2012

The suspended chief executive of the Council of the Isles of Scilly is leaving his job, the BBC understands.
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No leader in Scilly chief inquiry

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December 13, 2012

An investigator into allegations relating to suspended chief executive of Isles of Scilly council is still to be appointed.
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10 places that stand out in the census

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December 12, 2012

More than a quarter of Isles of Scilly households do not have central heating, census data reveals
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Anger at Wilby report restriction

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December 12, 2012

Only a few Isles of Scilly councillors are allowed to read a report into a former headmaster because of legal advice, a council head says.
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Land’s End Skybus flights resume

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December 10, 2012

Flights between the Isles of Scilly and Land's End, in Cornwall, resume after being redirected because of a waterlogged runway.
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Flights resume from Land’s End on Monday

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December 8, 2012
Flights resume from Land’s End on Monday

Land's End Airport will now re-open for flight operations on Monday morning (10 December), following a week of heavy rain.Airport management had originally intended to re-open on Thursday but the waterlogged grass runway meant that this was not possibl...
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Trust reappoints chairman

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December 7, 2012

Isles of Scilly Steamship Group CEO, Jeff Marston, has been reappointed as chairman of the Carn Brea Leisure Centre Charitable Trust.
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Fuel discount could be extended

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December 6, 2012

The fuel duty rebate scheme for Scottish islands and the Isles of Scilly could be extended to parts of Cornwall.
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Waterlogged Land’s End Airport to remain closed

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December 5, 2012
Waterlogged Land’s End Airport to remain closed

LAND'S End Airport remains closed to flights to and from the Isles of Scilly until at least Saturday following a runway inspection ay lunchtime today.The airport has been waterlogged since last Saturday and all passengers, post and papers that wer...
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Report into Isles of Scilly school affair to remain secret

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December 5, 2012
Report into Isles of Scilly school affair to remain secret

A confidential final audit investigation report relating to the suspension of a headteacher on the Isles of Scilly earlier this year will not be made public.The document concerns Bryce Wilby, former headteacher of the Five Islands School on St Mary's....
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Call for year-round Scilly ferry

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December 3, 2012

Residents on the Isles of Scilly renew calls for a subsidised year-round ferry to the mainland.
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Skybus transfers flights from Land’s End to Newquay

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December 1, 2012
Skybus transfers flights from Land’s End to Newquay

The airline Skybus, which provides flights to the Isles of Scilly, has announced that it is temporarily transferring its operations from Land's End to Newquay Cornwall Airport. In an announcement on the company's Facebook and Twitter pages, it said tha...
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Weather hits Scilly newsagents

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November 30, 2012

Isles of Scilly newsagents say bad weather and the axing of a helicopter link has hit their business.
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Ofsted returns to Scilly’s school

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November 30, 2012

School inspectors are returning to the Isles of Scilly's Five Islands School, two weeks since their last visit.
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