Plans for an exemplar low carbon parish in mid Cornwall moved a step closer after a scheme to build a community wind turbine was submitted for planning.
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Plans for an exemplar low carbon parish in mid Cornwall moved a step closer after a scheme to build a community wind turbine was submitted for planning.
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THE Cornish Pirates have moved to end speculation regarding their long-term ambitions by announcing a new three-year plan which will include a redevelopment of their current home at the Mennaye Field.A delay in building the proposed Stadium for Cornwal...
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CORNWALL Council's decision to press ahead with cut-down plans to privatise some services has been welcomed by the firm in the running to win the contract.At a meeting of the full council last week it was agreed that what has been dubbed as "BT Light" ...
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CORNWALL Council's decision to press ahead with cut-down plans to privatise some services has been welcomed by the firm in the running to win the contract.At a meeting of the full council last week it was agreed that what has been dubbed as "BT Light" ...
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Cornwall Council’s plan to tax the very poorest in the county to help fill a council tax black hole has been branded “obscene” by Secretary of State Eric Pickles.
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Plans to create a single ambulance service for the South West moves a step closer as the plans are sent to the government for approval.
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Cornish Pirates chief executive Rod Coward says the club plan to make "significant improvements" to their Mennaye home.
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A site has now been chosen as part of a plan to build more affordable homes in Coverack.
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NHS and council staff in Cornwall fear for their jobs after part privatisation plans are approved, according to Unison.
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Cornwall Councillors vote in favour of a middle way option for the future sharing of some council services.
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CORNWALL Council has voted in favour of creating a partnership with a private firm but to have a number of key services removed from any proposals.Councillors have been debating this morning the proposals to create a Joint Venture (JV) partnership to p...
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A PLANNING inquiry is due to open in Camborne on Wednesday to look at a proposal to build 40 homes at West Tolgus.First Step Homes (SW) Ltd's application was turned down by Cornwall Council planning officers in November 2011.The company put in a new ap...
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THE launch of Redruth's youth council has been hailed as an unqualified success.Thirty-one young people turned up at the community centre to find out about it, and such was the level of interest that the town council is considering increasing its size....
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An MP in the South West welcomes an announcement by Chancellor George Osborne that proposals for regional pay will not go ahead.
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The Health Minister has urged South West NHS Trusts to rethink pay plans that would see local NHS workers paid less than elsewhere in the UK.
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Almost half a million pounds is set to be spent on a new boardwalk linking Prince of Wales Pier to the car park in Church Street, the Packet can exclusively reveal.
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The strength of Cornwall Council’s enforcement officers was called into question this week by the chair of Falmouth town planning committee.
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to turn a former Sunday school in St Ives into nine flats have been strongly opposed by the town council's planning committee.This is the second application to convert the building on Bedford Road; a previous application for 13 flat...
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With one in eight beds in cottage hospitals in Cornwall closed, including six in Falmouth, one campaign group is calling for an “urgent action plan” to tackle the shortage.
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There are calls by a campaign group for an "urgent action plan" to tackle a shortage of beds across Cornwall's hospital system.
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PLANS have been made by Falmouth Day Centre to create a sensory garden for visitors with dementia and disabilities.
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