• Smaller 'blast zone' around Falmouth Docks should ease planning restrictions

  By ucsweb

  I don't understand. How can there be planning restrictions? There are student flats BUILT IN THE...

            

   

  By West Briton at 07:15 on 09/05/13

  

  RESTRICTIONS on development around Falmouth docks could become a thing of the past if plans to drastically reduce the so-called 'blast zone' go ahead. A&P Falmouth wants to modify the conditions relating to the storage of hazardous substances. The changes to the consent which was granted in 1992, relate to the amount of ammonium nitrate (AN) and urea fertiliser and the locations it is stored on site. Last year Cornwall Council...

• VOTE NOW: West MPs join EU revolt - now you can join our online poll

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  Thanks for all the comments people - keep them coming! Hope you've voted in the poll too!

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 07:52 on 15/05/13

  

  Westcountry MPs have joined a growing Conservative rebellion over Britain's membership of the European Union. Up to 100 Conservative backbenchers are expected to register their anger that the Government's plans for the next year do not include a law to enshrine David Cameron's pledge for an in-out vote by 2017. Some 78 MPs have signed an amendment to the Queen's Speech, which sets out the coalition Government's legislative...

• Independents could lead after Tory defection

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  Whilst I agree that people should vote for the person rather than the party, this story stinks of...

            

   

  By West Briton at 07:15 on 16/05/13

  

  THE new Cornwall Council could be led by the Independent group, it has emerged. The news came out following the shock defection of top Tory, Councillor Mike Eathorne-Gibbons to the Independents. The results of the elections on May 2 were inconclusive as far as leadership, with 36 Liberal Democrats, 35 Independents and the Conservatives 31. But Mr Eathorne-Gibbons' defection has put the Liberal Democrats and Independents on level-pegg...

• Penryn teenager Charlotte Banfield not going to let Asperger's Syndrome or life threatening heart condition stop her

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  By West Briton at 07:15 on 09/05/13

  

  A TEENAGER with Asperger's syndrome and a life-threatening heart condition is refusing to let them stop her living to the max. Charlotte Banfield is even hoping to take part in the autism surf championships next month, and wants to become a marine biologist – despite having had a terrifying seizure in the sea. The 14-year-old from Penryn was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, which causes an irregular heartbeat. She...

• UKIP's surge in polls signals election breakthrough

  By Charlespk

  Quote:- "On romance and Mr Hague - the shadow foreign secretary was in the front row - she...

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 11:07 on 04/05/13

  

  The UK Independence Party has won its first council seats in the Westcountry as Nigel Farage's party hailed breakthrough local elections. At Cornwall Council, the first election since becoming a "super" authority in 2009 saw the Conservatives ousted as the biggest group, with a hung vote possibly leading to a "rainbow" coalition of diverse freshly-elected politicians. The eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP)...

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