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Peckish Fish and Chips, in Camelford, Cornwall has been named as one of the best chippies in the country, according to a new ranking based on Google, TripAdvisor and Instagram ratings.

Cllr Linda Taylor says the conservatives are looking forward to forming the next administration The Conservatives says they looking forward are to taking full control of Cornwall County Council after returning enough councillors to form a majority. The Conservative Group on Cornwall Council will be forming the next administration following the victory by the party at last week’s local elections. The Conservatives returned 47 councillors, enough to form a majority administration at Cornw...

Former MP Andrew George has been elected to Cornwall Council Former Helston and St Ives MP Andrew George has said he is deeply grateful to have been granted a majority in the Cornwall Council election. Mr George, who lost his seat to Derek Thomas in the 2015 election after eight years in office, said it will be an honour to now represent the people of Heamoor, Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval, Zennor, Morvah, Newmill and surrounding hamlets and moors. The Liberal Democrat thanked the previous incu...

Speaking on Friday evening Cllr Taylor also said: “We will start to deliver on our plan. Tomorrow is the start of a new, big adventure for Cornwall. “We will be working with our six Cornish MPs to make sure we deliver exactly what the people of Cornwall want. I am looking forward to the challenge and working with other candidates who have been selected.” She added: “We will make Cornwall a much better place to live and work.” County Hall has been controlled by a Lib Dem/Indepe...

A Cornish woman was left without the support she needed after the council told her she could not pay her daughter to care for her, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said. The unnamed woman, who has significant and complex needs, had been using her direct payments to pay her daughter to provide care for her. But Cornwall Council told the family this was not allowed because the daughter lived with her. The council said paid care could only be provided by a live-in family member...

A review finds there were missed opportunities to help a pensioner in Cornwall who was murdered by her husband Picture from file: Goodboy Picture Company/Getty Images A review has found that there were a number of “missed opportunities” to help a pensioner who was a victim of domestic abuse and murdered by her husband. The 88-year-old woman, identified as Margaret (not her real name), was found dead in her home in February 2017. Now a combined Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) and Safeg...

Stock photo elderly care (Image: copyright free from pxhere.com) Cornwall councillors have called on the Government to provide immediate extra funding for adult social care and long-term reform. The council’s health and adult social care overview and scrutiny committee made the call when they considered the council’s budget plans for the coming year. Cornwall Council is set to add an extra 3 per cent onto council tax bills which will be used to fund adult social care in Cornwall. Th...

CLINICALLY, extremely vulnerable residents are being reminded by Cornwall Council, NHS Kernow and Volunteer Cornwall that support is available with food shopping, medical prescriptions and mental health throughout the current lockdown. The government is writing to everyone who has a health condition which makes them clinically extremely vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19 and who may have been shielding previously to stay at home as much as possible during this...