The top jobs (Portfolios) for Elected Councillors at Cornwall Council have been jiggled around. This is not done by consensus, but the Leader can choose who sits in the Cabinet and generally what role they can do. As long as those roles are in line with what is laid down by Government Depts.
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AN £840,000 building programme at Penrice Community College in St Austell is making students’ futures brighter by improving their learning…
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Improvements: £840,000 spent on classrooms
FIREFIGHTERS have warned those responsible for setting hedges on fire around St Austell to “stop wasting our time”. It comes after a crew…
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Hedge fire arsonists warned
A CRANTOCK man who pleaded guilty to possessing a knife has had his case adjourned to await the outcome of a psychological assessment. …
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Wielded knife in centre of Newquay
THE start of the new school year has proved relatively easy for teacher Rob Maher after his strenuous summer holiday.
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Teacher back to work after his 1,000-mile ride ‘holiday’
A NEW NHS orthodontist is expected to open in mid-Cornwall in April 2010 for people aged under the age of 18. The service would cover an…
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Dental specialist for young people
A CORNISH man has been named the UK’s best baker in the industry’s equivalent of the Oscars. Alan Pearce, managing director of Penryn-based…
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Bakers’ boss rises to top at national awards
The Learning and Skills Council, has imposed a funding freeze affecting more than 100 FE colleges.
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Further Education funding freeze
Fourteen fire crews fight to put out a fire which destroyed buildings at a Cornish timber yard.
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A Cornish man is arrested after a car is driven for nearly 20 miles the wrong way down a dual carriageway in Devon.
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The inquest into the death of a Cornish girl who starved to death hears that medical notes about her case were below standard.
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Starved girl’s case notes ‘poor’
Police follow up new lines of inquiry into the murder of a Cornish man whose body was found by fishermen.
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A girl from Cornwall who starved herself to death was eating and drinking two days before she died, an inquest hears.
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Starving girl was not seen by GP
A Devonport-based submarine crew battled to save two colleagues after an explosion, an inquest hears.
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The housing market in Devon and Cornwall is showing “possible signs of improvement” say surveyors.
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Hopes increase for housing market
A eight-year-old girl frightened of dentists starved to death at home after an operation on her teeth, an inquest hears.
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Girl starved to death after op
Snow “panicked” too many businesses and schools to close says a South West business leader.
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‘Snow panic’ cost region millions
People are warned to be careful in north Cornwall as more snow falls in the area.
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Warnings after county snowfalls
More than £600,000 is being offered to voluntary groups to help disadvantaged people train and get jobs.
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A major search and rescue operation has been called off after teams manage to locate a couple trapped in snow.
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Snow falls and freezing temperatures overnight are causing havoc on the roads in Cornwall.
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Snow causes havoc across county
Airline BMI Baby announces a new summer flight timetable between Birmingham International and Cornwall.
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People in a South West city are being asked to start saving for the costs of Christmas 2009.
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Work is under way to replace two RNLI lifeboat slipways in Cornwall to accommodate the arrival of a new lifeboat.
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Drivers are being warned about the dangers of using mobile phones while crossing the River Tamar by ferry.
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Ferry users warned about phones
A woman is charged with assault after a man was discovered with serious head injuries at a hotel in Falmouth.
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A Cornish resort is expected to lose its chance to host the Surf Life Saving World Championships in 2010.
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Coastguards issue a stern warning after three surfers had to be rescued off the South West coast.
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Surfers warned of weather danger
A man who worked on the Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway is jailed after admitting abusing young boys and downloading child porn.
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Three rural phone boxes in south east Cornwall are saved after a campaign by local people.
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Traders criticise road works and gas pipe replacement work which is leaving Falmouth town centre shut during the day.
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Crime at Cornwall’s main hospital is halved since the introduction of two permanently stationed police officers 10 years ago.
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Police cut hospital crime in half
A free text messaging service is being piloted at a Cornish hospital to remind outpatients about their appointments.
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