• Flat rate fee for bus pass holders could save services

  By zengintepe1

  A nominal fee would not raise £2.9 million. Government would simply reduce the grant paid to...

            

   

  By West Briton at 08:00 on 02/02/12

  

  CORNWALL COUNCIL is set to ask the Government to allow a flat rate fee for bus pass holders to help keep bus services going. The council's Cabinet last week agreed to retain funding for bus services in Cornwall which had previously been earmarked for a significant reduction. In a bid to keep threatened bus services going, the council is now seeking to be a test area for a flat rate fee for concessionary bus fares. Under the proposal...

• Cornish family's red tape battle after body found in US

  By newtoyou

  What flag is that? The America flags has 13 stripes...! This is a very sad story my heart goes out...

            

   

  By West Briton at 08:00 on 02/02/12

  

  The family of a man missing for more than three months have received the news they feared – that a body found in an American desert is his. Ryan Adams, 36, had been working in Cypress, Texas, for an oil rigging company for the past five years after a 16-year career in the Army. But he vanished in October and his truck was discovered a few days later 1,000 miles away in California. Last week a body was found in the same area....

• Dredging plan for Falmouth harbour to be submitted in next few weeks

  By Regennotdegen

  Sounds like a good idea. I'm no expert but if the harbour was last dredged during the Second World...

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 08:00 on 28/01/12

  

  An application for a dredging trial in Falmouth harbour is likely to be submitted within the next few weeks with the team behind it optimistic that it could lead to full-scale dredging in 2013. Securing permission to dredge the harbour would unlock plans to develop Falmouth Docks – including a £106.5 million upgrade, a new marina and new wharves – because larger ships could then moor alongside. This would allow ship...

• First unveils changes to bus services in Cornwall

  By StephenCWLL

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  By Western Morning News at 08:00 on 27/01/12

  

  Cornwall's biggest bus operator has announced a raft of changes to services, with some being withdrawn and others boosted. First says it is making the changes, which come into effect on February 19 and mainly affect the west of the county, to match resources with demand. The news comes as Cornwall Council's cabinet announced a U-turn on concessionary fares. The authority threw the public transport network into disarray last year...

• 'Pig's ear of a housing system'

  By loulou1987

  you dont seem to listen it doesnt matter if a non local person needed a property they couldnt have...

            

   

  By West Briton at 08:00 on 26/01/12

  

  A SUDDEN rent hike for social housing has seen some tenants asked to pay nearly twice as much as others for similar properties. Councillor Les Donnithorne was "flabbergasted" by the plight of St Agnes residents, while Cornwall Council's housing chief accused the Government of making a "pig's ear" of the system. The rise was revealed when district nurse Jill Coleman, who has worked in the village for 30 years, was...

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