• Eric Pickles declines to call in Waitrose plans for Truro

  By poldice

  BIG EARS - PRINCE OF HYPOCRYTES 1 DEMOCRACY & SANITY 0 THE REAL LOSER IS THE PRISTINE...

            

   

  By West Briton at 07:15 on 17/05/12

  

  PLANS to build a Waitrose, Cornish Food Hall, park-and-ride, 97 homes and a household waste recycling centre on Duchy of Cornwall land in Truro will not be called in. Secretary of State Eric Pickles has decided not to review Cornwall Council's decision to approve the Truro Eastern District Centre development. In a letter, Mr Pickles' office said he felt there was no reason for the decision to be made by the Government. It adds:...

• Olympic flame lights up the Westcountry

  By newplymouth

  Very well done Cornwall then Plymouth for turning out in such numbers to welcome the Torch 50,000...

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 08:00 on 21/05/12

  

  In a weekend when the Westcountry showed the world how to party, hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets to welcome the start of the Olympic torch relay in spectacular style. Rapturous scenes at Land's End, where the flame began its journey early on Saturday, were repeated time and again throughout the region. Police estimated 100,000 people had turned out in Cornwall on Saturday – around a fifth of the population...

• House prices in seaside locations have doubled in last 10 years

  By Big_Ger

  Sorry, that should read "It was paid off fully in 2002."

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 05:15 on 12/05/12

  

  House prices in seaside towns have doubled over the last decade with eight of the top ten most expensive coastal places to live being here in the Westcounty. According to new figures, the Cornish tourist hotspots of Wadebridge and Padstow have seen some of the steepest rises in the country with house prices rocketing more than 170%. Picturesque Salcombe, in the South Hams, tops the list of the priciest coastal places to live with...

• Defeated £20m stadium campaigners vow to fight on after major setback

  By Big_Ger

  The county council should not be involved in spending taxpayers money on speculative ventures which...

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 08:00 on 17/05/12

  

  Campaigners fighting for the creation of a £20 million sports stadium in Cornwall have vowed to battle on after councillors turned their noses up at publicly funding the bid. In a close vote yesterday, Cornwall Councillors voted against backing recommendations to siphon off £10 million from the public purse to build the 10,000-seater stadium on land at Langarth Farm, Threemilestone, on the fringes of Truro. A total of...

• Olympic torch route through Cornwall announced

  By gots1

  I am still fuming! I got up early, made myself very late for work, for this ' once in a lifetime...

            

   

  By Jo_Wood at 07:34 on 19/03/12

  

  As Cornwall prepares to celebrate the historic arrival of the Olympic Flame at RNAS Culdrose on the evening of 18 May with up to a billion people from across the world expected to watch as it leaves Land's End the following morning on the start of its 8,000 mile journey around the UK, details of the route the Flame will take through Cornwall and the names of the inspirational Torchbearers who have been chosen to carry it have been...

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