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Residents' power to referendum and veto inflation-busting council tax rises

Friday, July 30, 2010

Households are to be handed the power to veto inflation-busting council tax rises, the coalition Government is to announce today. Local Government...

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Crime minister praises the Newquay Safe Partnership set up to tackle disorder

Friday, July 30, 2010

Home Office Minister James Brokenshire made a visit to a project aimed at tackling underage sales, drink-fuelled crime and antisocial behaviour at...

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Perranporth father-of-one kebab shop owner jailed for raping student

Friday, July 30, 2010

A man has been jailed for six years after he was convicted of raping a 19-year-old drunken student he met at a nightclub. Married father-of-one Fatih...

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Region bucks nationwide housing trends, say agents, as house prices fall

Friday, July 30, 2010

A shortage of buyers sent house prices falling in July, the first month since February that they dropped, figures showed yesterday. The average price...

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Region bucks nationwide housing trends, say agents, as house prices fall

Red squirrels to be bred in Paradise before returning to wild in Cornish woodland

Friday, July 30, 2010

A bid to bring red squirrels back to Cornish woodlands is being given a helping hand by a local conservation park and visitor attraction. Paradise...

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Noise threat to wind turbines

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Westcountry households could see noisy wind farm developments blocked after the Government unveiled details of a review into controversial planning...

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Refuse collector's 6 months of 'terror' after needle jab

Saturday, July 31, 2010

A refuse collector has spoken of his agonising six-month wait to discover if he has been infected by a dirty hypodermic needle thrown away in a bin...

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Former MP's concerns over rural future

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Spending cuts will see rural communities lose "a lot of services altogether", unless the Big Society genuinely hands down powers to local level, a...

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Only seven Westcountry schools applied to be academies

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Just seven outstanding schools in Devon and Cornwall have applied to become academies, Government figures have shown. The figure is in stark contrast...

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Nurse apology after swearing at elderly man

Saturday, July 31, 2010

A nurse who swore at an elderly dementia patient and manhandled him back to bed kept his job after his professional body ruled that he was unlikely to...

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