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    [Save Penwith Moors] Carn Galva for Common Land

    Posted on 18 May 2012 | No Comments
    Save Penwith Moors has initiated an application to re-register a large part of Carn Galva as Common Land – the first of several such applications for West Penwith moorland. This will give the area far better protection from any future development (permanent fencing/gates, farm sheds...
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    Cornish marched against another Tax on Cornish Culture

    Posted on 2 May 2012 | No Comments
    Quoting Edward Rowe, aka ‘Kernow King’, from his item in the Guardian newspaper of Monday 30th April, and alluding to the 1497 Cornish Uprising march, against the King’s Taxes among other grievances: “On 29 April 2012, an uprising against the so-called “pasty tax” resulted in...
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    Cornish shine at Pan-Celtic

    Posted on 20 April 2012 | No Comments
    by Anne Kennedy Truscott The 41st International Pan Celtic Festival, Carlow, Ireland Last week the town of Carlow in Ireland was festooned in Celtic flags, placards, banners and bunting to welcome the arrival  of the 41st International Pan Celtic Festival – and its many participants...
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    Sick as a Parrot – an open letter

    Posted on 6 April 2012 | No Comments
    Sick as a Parrot – an open letter Dear Sir, Those who voted Conservative on the basis of statements by George Eustace and other Tories that the figures in the Labour governments regional spatial strategy were ‘bonkers’ must be ‘sick as a parrot’ over the...
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    Hot Pasty Tax?

    Posted on 23 March 2012 | No Comments
    The UK coalition government at Westminster has declared war on hot pasties, taxing their eaters heavily!  Will Cornwall yet declare war on Westminster? In his Budget this week, Chancellor George Osborne announced that he is putting 20% VAT on ‘food sold above ambient temperature, and...
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    The South East Corner of Cornwall

    Posted on 13 March 2012 | No Comments
    - by Tom Bowden This article is about a journey from Cremyll Point in Plymouth Sound to Looe many years ago. I have drawn a rough map of the area to guide everyone and selected fifteen old picture postcard views to illustrate places on our...
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    St Piran Celebrations at Grass Valley

    Posted on 13 March 2012 | No Comments
    Grass Valley, and their sister Nevada City, in California again celebrated St Piran and their local Cornish settlement heritage. Let the photos do the talking … The Pasty Bake contest was again very popular. The Pasty Olympics, again a great hit: Grass Valley Mayor Jan...
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    New CD: Omdowl Morek – Sea Wrestling

    Posted on 13 March 2012 | 1 Comment
    Phil Knight chose the name ‘Omdowl Morek’ for his album of songs, because he came across something rare unexpectedly in September, 2006, as he strolled on dunes near Marazion. He learnt later that the thing was something no-one had ever noticed before in Cornwall according...
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    [CoSERG] The Core Strategy: Time for a breathing space

    Posted on 2 March 2012 | No Comments
    Over the last 50 years Cornwall’s population grew by 208,000 (the equivalent of 19 Truros). The number of houses doubled from 132,000 to 255,000. Back in 1989 CoSERG called for a breathing space so that Cornwall and its communities could cope with this unprecedented growth,...
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    [Save Penwith Moors] Cornwall to Geneva

    Posted on 2 March 2012 | No Comments
    FROM CORNWALL TO GENEVA LOCAL ACTION GROUP ALLEGE NATURAL ENGLAND FAILED TO ABIDE BY EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Documents sent to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in Geneva Having failed to get any satisfactory resolution of our complains by the UK Parliamentary Ombudsman, Save Penwith Moors...
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