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Graham Smith

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Founder of Cornwall Reports: https://xitter.cf/t.co/YdXaigtRGN Annual subscription £40 or pay-as-you go for 40 pence/day

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No government cash for windfarms which you can’t plug in to the grid, says Healey cornwallreports.co.uk/no-gov…
No government cash for windfarms which you can’t plug in to the grid, says Healey - Cornwall Reports

No government cash for windfarms which you can’t plug in to the grid, says Healey - Cornwall Reports

By Julia Penhaligon Chancellor John Healey has dented confidence that offshore wind energy investors might rush to Cornwall by saying he will veto projects which do not have a viable plan for...

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Treveth: what’s the point? cornwallreports.co.uk/trevet…
Treveth: what’s the point? - Cornwall Reports

Treveth: what’s the point? - Cornwall Reports

By Julia Penhaligon October was another tough month for Cornwall’s construction sector, with three more local firms included in more than 100 South West region insolvency notices published by the...

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Restructuring Cornwall’s publicly-owned companies: where is the Red Quadrant report? cornwallreports.co.uk/restru…
Restructuring Cornwall’s publicly-owned companies: where is the Red Quadrant report? - Cornwall...

Restructuring Cornwall’s publicly-owned companies: where is the Red Quadrant report? - Cornwall...

By Graham Smith Freedom of Information officials are experiencing “push back” from Cornwall Council’s allegedly “commercial” companies over a £47,500 consultants’ report which recommends fundamental...

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Truro City go top of the league cornwallreports.co.uk/truro-…
Truro City go top of the league - Cornwall Reports

Truro City go top of the league - Cornwall Reports

1,885 people watched Truro City beat Kent's Ebbsfleet United 3-0 yesterday (Saturday.)  League champions are automatically promoted to the National League.  There is a second promotion berth decided...

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Ten years of Cornwall Reports cornwallreports.co.uk/ten-ye…
Ten years of Cornwall Reports - Cornwall Reports

Ten years of Cornwall Reports - Cornwall Reports

October 2026:  Cornwall Reports celebrated 10 years of independent local journalism with our best-ever single month figure for new subscription sales.

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EasyJet proves that Newquay-Gatwick flights don’t need a summer subsidy cornwallreports.co.uk/easyje…
EasyJet proves that Newquay-Gatwick flights don’t need a summer subsidy - Cornwall Reports

EasyJet proves that Newquay-Gatwick flights don’t need a summer subsidy - Cornwall Reports

By Peter Tremayne EasyJet’s two-month experiment with flights between Gatwick and Newquay appears to have been a success, according to the latest official passenger data published by the Civil...

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Public quiz council over vanishing County Hall bosses cornwallreports.co.uk/public…
Public quiz council over vanishing County Hall bosses - Cornwall Reports

Public quiz council over vanishing County Hall bosses - Cornwall Reports

By Julia Penhaligon Three public questions are on the agenda for Tuesday’s extraordinary meeting of Cornwall Council, called in an attempt to explain the sudden disappearances of chief executive Kate...

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Build council houses if you want government cash, Rayner tells Cornwall cornwallreports.co.uk/build-…
Build council houses if you want government cash, Rayner tells Cornwall - Cornwall Reports

Build council houses if you want government cash, Rayner tells Cornwall - Cornwall Reports

By Julia Penhaligon Housing and Local Government secretary Angela Rayner has written to Cornwall Council leader Leigh Frost setting out her expectation that taxpayers’ cash should prioritise social...

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Cornwall’s Greens “deeply saddened” by the defection of their group leader to Labour Party cornwallreports.co.uk/cornwa…
Cornwall’s Greens “deeply saddened” by the defection of their group leader to Labour Party -...

Cornwall’s Greens “deeply saddened” by the defection of their group leader to Labour Party -...

By Julia Penhaligon Cornwall’s Green Party has issued this statement, following the defection of its County Hall group leader Drew Creek to Labour: We are deeply saddened by Cllr Drew Creek’s...

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Cornwall’s Green Party leader defects to Labour Party cornwallreports.co.uk/cornwa…
Cornwall’s Green Party leader defects to Labour Party - Cornwall Reports

Cornwall’s Green Party leader defects to Labour Party - Cornwall Reports

By Julia Penhaligon Cornwall’s Green Party has suffered a serious blow with the defection of its County Hall group leader, Newquay councillor Drew Creek, to the Labour Party. Councillor Creek cited...

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Code Red: Cornwall Council’s arms-length companies are feeling the heat cornwallreports.co.uk/code-r…
Code Red: Cornwall Council’s arms-length companies are feeling the heat - Cornwall Reports

Code Red: Cornwall Council’s arms-length companies are feeling the heat - Cornwall Reports

By Graham Smith Usually reliable sources within Corserv have told Cornwall Reports there is a growing mystery about the organisation’s chief executive, Neil Edmond. The sources claim they have been...

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Who were the 17 people who took part in County Hall’s “Curriculum Kernewek” survey? cornwallreports.co.uk/who-we…
Who were the 17 people who took part in County Hall’s “Curriculum Kernewek” survey? - Cornwall...

Who were the 17 people who took part in County Hall’s “Curriculum Kernewek” survey? - Cornwall...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Councillors planning to spend £50,000 on the recruitment of a specialist teacher to promote the Cornish language in classrooms were not told that a “public consultation”...

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Kate-gate farewell celebration: if you’re not on the list you’re not getting in cornwallreports.co.uk/kate-g…
Kate-gate farewell celebration: if you’re not on the list you’re not getting in - Cornwall Reports

Kate-gate farewell celebration: if you’re not on the list you’re not getting in - Cornwall Reports

By Graham Smith Eyebrows have been raised at several social media posts discussing possible protests at the Hall for Cornwall next week, where a private party is to be held to celebrate the 10-year...

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Cornwall Council left to its own devices, as Devon, Plymouth and Torbay get the go ahead for a mayoralty cornwallreports.co.uk/cornwa…
Cornwall Council left to its own devices, as Devon, Plymouth and Torbay get the go ahead for a...

Cornwall Council left to its own devices, as Devon, Plymouth and Torbay get the go ahead for a...

By Julia Penhaligon Cornwall Council will claim it as an historic victory – there is no mention of Devonwall in today’s budget. But the reality is that by confirming Cornwall as a Single Foundation...

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Tourist tax: now it’s official, and here are the details cornwallreports.co.uk/touris…
Tourist tax: now it’s official, and here are the details - Cornwall Reports

Tourist tax: now it’s official, and here are the details - Cornwall Reports

By Julia Penhaligon As budget speeches go, it was all a bit grey.  The devil – and the fun – will be in the detail. You have to consult a 31-page document published in tandem with the budget speech...

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Will it all be over by Christmas? Lib Dems think there could be a general election on 10th December cornwallreports.co.uk/will-i…
Will it all be over by Christmas? Lib Dems think there could be a general election on 10th December...

Will it all be over by Christmas? Lib Dems think there could be a general election on 10th December...

By Julia Penhaligon Some of Cornwall’s Liberal Democrats have always been easily excited, but several senior constituency officials are now planning for a snap general election.  They think there is...

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