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Cornwall Council council chamber at County Hall , Truro (Image: LDRS) Cornwall councillors will be asked to decide whether to accept a pay rise when they meet next week, but one councillor has already said he will vote against it. All councillors currently at County Hall receive a basic allowance of £14,870.50 and there are a number of special responsibility allowances which are paid to those councillors with roles such as leader of the council, cabinet members and committee chairmen. An...

No crib at European Parliament I agree wholeheartedly with what Francis Vassallo had to say in his article ‘No crib at European Parliament’ (December 28). Malta’s MEPs should not shy away and join Spanish MEP Isabel Benjumea in demanding a change of poli­cy regarding a crib at the European Parliament in the Christmas period. “Because it offends others” is a nonsensical excuse. May whoever is responsible remember that those who, as he said, could be offended, are the non-natives. Alfr...

Pregnancy and the law As a practising gynaecologist, I have been following the ongoing debate in this newspaper regarding pregnancy termination. As I have stated in a previous contribution, one’s stand on this matter reflects one’s own personal moral and religious beliefs. It is a personal stand and one that cannot really be argued in the theatre of science. However, the contribution ‘Giving women a choice’ by Christopher Barbara (December 19) requires a clarification. Barbara quotes th...