Connon Bridge landfill site, near Liskeard, is operated by SITA UK on behalf of Cornwall Council and is due to expire in 2014.

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While there were traces of migrant groups across the UK, there were fewer in Wales and Cornwall.

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The first total eclipse on UK mainland since 1927 will be visible across Cornwall and part of Devon on the morning of August 11.

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People in Cornwall are being warned to get gas appliances checked by the UK's official gas registration body.

BBC: Gas body urges appliance checks in Cornwall

In its heyday the north Cornwall facility, with one of the longest runways in the UK, was a thriving base.

BBC: Millions invested in training at RAF St Mawgan

Inside, the congregation included Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

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The incinerator will be built by Sita UK, which signed a 30-year-contract in 2006 to handle Cornwall's waste.

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The incinerator is due to be built by Sita UK, which signed a 30-year-contract in 2006 to handle Cornwall's waste.

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For the most vulnerable patients - who are over 65 - they show that of all of the South West's hospitals in Devon, Cornwall, west Somerset and west Dorset, four are ranked among the 40 of the UK's 110 general acute trusts.

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Matt Pavitt, from north Cornwall MCA, said there had been a rise in the number of people tombstoning across the UK in the past two years.

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