Cllr Dick Cole (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
It has been a restful day. I am taking it easy after a busy week and yesterday's Party Conference. The AGM went smoothly, there was an inspiring talk on modern campaign techniques from two Plaid Cymru members and the speeches in the afternoon were well received. Overall it was a very positive day, with many members reporting evidence of growing support across Cornwall. We are certainly looking forward...
Falmouth Packet | News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Over 150 budding entrepreneurs and representatives from businesses across Cornwall are holding an Apprentice meets Dragons’ Den event in Redruth today The young people will be coming up with product ideas, putting together a marketing plan and pitching to representatives from businesses across Cornwall with cash prizes for the winning teams.
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
BBC Freeview HD avaliable in London and Manchester in two weeks and one day - 2 December. The BBC announce that: "Today the BBC has confirmed the timetable that will make HD services on Freeview available to 50% of the population in time for next June's World Cup, and to 98.5% [1] of the population by the end of digital switchover in three years' time. In order to bring the benefits of HD on Freeview...
Prodicus (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
"What can we do to change the whiteness of Devon and Cornwall?" Apparently, even bonkers lefty-luvvie Emma Thompson balked at that one , answering the questioner's supplementary rather than give the technically correct answer, 'Fuck the fuck off, you racist fuck'. But I jest. Seriously, how dare all those native-born West Country whiteys just, you know, stay there? They should be forcibly...
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The draft strategy from Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, 'reaches out and grabs the future' said Jude Robinson, Labour PPC for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, following publication of the documents yesterday. "This is a strategy that reaches out and grabs the future. It strengthens many of the services in the west of Cornwall but I am also very pleased at the aim to provide more services to the east...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Peter Rubin, chair of the General Medical Council, tells Denis Campbell why he is determined to broaden the social intake of the profession – and make all doctors face a rigorous annual test to prove they are fit to practice Medicine, like many of the professions, often runs in the family. Unusual, then, to find one of the key members of the medical establishment recalling his father's past...
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Welcoming news that more people have taken advantage of the free swimming scheme since it was introduced earlier this year, Jude Robinson, Labour PPC for Camborne, Redruth & Hayle, is calling on Cornwall Council to extend the scheme to cover under 16s. "It is wonderful that older people in Cornwall have been able to swim for free, thanks to this scheme, on 28,046 occasions. What a shame that...
Falmouth Packet | News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A Redruth man is among nine of Cornwall’s most dedicated reservists, cadets and adult instructors for the forces to be rewarded for their dedication.
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Jude Robinson, Labour PPC for Camborne and Redruth, says that a complete change of culture is needed at Cornwall Council, following the damning Ofsted report on failures in the services to vulnerable children. Jude said: "The Children's Services is the latest and most serious in a long list of revelations about the Council's performance. Over the past few years, the council blocked out public...
Falmouth Packet | News (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
A restored vintage Bedford tanker has inspired more than a thousand primary school children from Cornwall, Devon and as far afield as the Highlands of Scotland to put their art and design talents to the test this summer.
Knights Holy Quest * and Saints of Old (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
This summer we visited the village of Laneast, Cornwall, on Bodmin Moor, where John Couch Adams was born and brought up during his youth. We found the village down some very narrow, windy lanes, which reminded me very much of where I spend my young life down in West Cornwall, near Redruth. John’s early life as an Astronomer was spent in this village and surrounding countryside. He would spend...
Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Private client investment manager Brewin Dolphin has announced the appointment of Darryn Richards as head of the firm’s newly opened office in Cornwall. Richards was formerly with a West Country stockbrocker, where he worked for 14 years, most recently as head of the Redruth branch. The Cornwall branch is the newest in Brewin Dolphin’s 40-strong UK-wide network [...]
TicklyToes (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Just a quick post today. If you're a local babywearer, then you might be interested in the Cornwall sling meet blog - http://cornwallslingmeet.blogspot.com/ that the other Liz has just started. The next sling meet is at the Redruth Children's Centre tomorrow - 15th October - at 1.30pm - we'd love to see you there.
The engineer (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Geothermal Engineering has outlined plans to establish the UK's first commercial-scale geothermal power plant near Redruth in Cornwall.
Falmouth Packet | News (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
A geothermal engineering company is planning to establish the UK’s first commercial scale geothermal power plant near Redruth in Cornwall.
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