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Minority of Votes = Majority of Councillors – How is it so?

CORNWALL COUNCIL ELECTION 2021 Elections for Consel Kernow / Cornwall Council unitary authority were held in May 2021 for 87 local areas of the Duchy of Cornwall (down from the…

Cornwall is OUT!

Thursday’s dramatic and historic referendum on the member state United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) has resulted in an OUT vote in…

Kernewek fights on – Skians Conference coming up

A gowetha / Dear all,  Keskussulyans Skians (Rosweyth Hwithrans Yeth Kernewek) a vydh synsys yn 2016 dhe dhy’ Gwener 30ves mis Gwynngala / 1a mis Hedra. Yma galow rag paperyow a-dro dhe’n…

UK Government betrays Cornish language community

On Thursday 21 April, 2016 Cornwall Council issued a bombshell press release, the main points as follows: “The Government has provided up to £150,000 a year to support the Cornish…

Selling Cornwall by the Pound

Housing Requirement for Cornwall: Who’s having the say? CORNWALL COUNCIL DRAFT LOCAL (HOUSING) PLAN OR:  SELLING CORNWALL BY THE POUND By Craig Weatherill For this, and true to their accustomed…

Kernow: Historic Deal?

KERNOW ‘HISTORIC DEAL’ The Westminster Government has agreed an historic ‘new deal’ for Cornwall which will give new control over services which are delivered in Cornwall. Following much preparation and…

Cornwall Council aims low with ‘Case for Cornwall’ launch

John Pollard, Leader of Cornwall Council, writes on devolution “Dear One and All I am very pleased to present our ‘Case for Cornwall’. Following the Scottish Referendum last September the…

Heartlands – “where the future is as historic as the past”?: Part 2

In part 1, we learned quite a lot about the 19 acre World Heritage free visitor site in Pool near Redruth,  named ‘Heartlands’. Linda Joy Lemon continues to explore this…

Heartlands – “where the future is as historic as the past”?: Part 1

By Linda Joy Lemon The 19 acre World Heritage free visitor site in Pool near Redruth, opened its doors over a year ago, in April 2012. Heartlands, once part of…

Blood Boiling Over Glasney Valley Development

– By David Garwood  I’m coming in to the story of Glasney Valley development a bit late. Last year they unveiled the proposal for 500 homes, but other schemes have…