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200728 | Test, track and trace in Cornwall: a tangled web

Test, track and trace in Cornwall: a tangled web

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Cornwall has the resources to do effective Covid-19 contact tracing. So why is it not being allowed to do so? Jane Stevenson talks to Councillor Colin Martin, who has been trying to find out.  read more »

200729 | Boris Johnson says there are signs of a COVID-19 ‘second wave’ as he defends new travel rules

Boris Johnson says there are signs of a COVID-19 ‘second wave’ as he defends new travel rules

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200729 | Covid-19: NHS campaigners in Cornwall call for urgent pandemic review

Covid-19: NHS campaigners in Cornwall call for urgent pandemic review

 NHS campaigners in Cornwall call for urgent pandemic review

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 8:45am 28th July 2020.  read more »

200727 | Over 3,000 Cornish businesses 'at risk' as government withdraws funding

Over 3,000 Cornish businesses 'at risk' as government withdraws funding

Over 3,000 Cornish businesses 'at risk' as government withdraws funding

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 6:27am 27th July 2020.

Written by Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter  read more »

200726 | More than a third of jobs furloughed in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

More than a third of jobs furloughed in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

More than a third of jobs furloughed in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 10:01am 26th July 2020.

More than a third of jobs have been furloughed in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, according to new figures.

The Trades Union Congress has called on leaders to provide more support for businesses to "stem the tide of redundancies” when the scheme ends in October.  read more »

200626 | Council clean energy pledge

Council clean energy pledge

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200624 | Concerns tourists who develop Covid-19 could be stuck on Scilly

Concerns tourists who develop Covid-19 could be stuck on Scilly

Concerns tourists who develop Covid-19 could be stuck on Scilly

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 8:38am 24th June 2020. (Updated at 8:41am 24th June 2020)

Written by Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter  read more »

200624 | £71m paid to holiday home owners in Cornwall

£71m paid to holiday home owners in Cornwall

£71m paid to holiday home owners in Cornwall

Published by Sarah Yeoman at 6:44am 24th June 2020.

Written by Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter

New figures reveal that holiday home owners received £71 million of coronavirus business grants paid out in Cornwall.

The Government provided cash to be paid to businesses which had been hit by the lockdown so that they could keep afloat.  read more »

200616 | ‘Irresponsible’ to open Cornwall to a large number of visitors

‘Irresponsible’ to open Cornwall to a large number of visitors

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