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Local Councillors welcome Recycling improvements in St Austell
Local Bethel Councillors Jill Trewhella and Bob Davidson welcome expanded recycling centre at Menear Road During last years local elections both Jill & Bob called for better recycling in the to...

Cllr Derek Walker gives an update on the Tourist Information Centre
One of the most recent happenings at Newquay Town Council is the acquisition of the Tourist Information Centre (TIC), which was formerly operated under the auspices of Visit Cornwall and the Cornwall ...

Letter to Western Morning News in response to Benefits article
Dear Editor, The suggestion in the Western Morning News (Tuesday 15 September) that a future Conservative government might pay lower benefits in Cornwall than elsewhere in the country is not true. ...

Sita Appeal will be challenged
Caroline Righton, Prospective Conservative MP for St Austell and Newquay has put waste company Sita on notice that she will pursue every avenue to ensure their appeal against the refusal of planning p...

Letter answering M.Taylor's of last week
Dear Editor Matthew Taylor claimed last week that it will be impossible for me to carry out my constituency duties as the MP for St Austell and Newquay after the next election by only employing l...

Caroline Righton welcomes decision to remove pissoirs
CAROLINE RIGHTON, the Conservative prospective MP for St Austell & Newquay, has welcomed the decision by Cornwall Council to remove the pissoirs in central Newquay and re- open public toilets. ...

Letter to the editor – Local means Cornwall, not ‘The Peninsula’
Dear Sir, Few things matter more to our country than the NHS – it’s an institution that binds the nation together. So it is with increasing dismay that we have read your letter pages o...

Hard Working ‘Posties’ thanked
Caroline Righton took the Shadow Minister for Cornwall, Mark Prisk MP, on her visit to thank hard-working local postmen and women at the St Austell sorting office in Stennack Road. Speaking after ...