Malcolm Bell, head of tourism at Visit Cornwall said budgetary restraints forced the closure of the information centre last year.

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"If an agreement is signed with unions, this staff redeployment would require neither a plant closure or a voluntary redundancy programme, " Gerard Leclercq, head of Renault's French operations, told AFP.

BBC: Renault to cut about 7,500 jobs in France

"We must move away from this blanket closure and find ways to flexibly open air space, step by step, " IATA head Giovanni Bisignani told a news briefing in Paris.

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Elsewhere, UK Education Secretary Michael Gove urged head teachers in England to do "everything" possible to ensure schools opened on Tuesday after snow forced the closure of 5, 000.

BBC: Wales snow: Neighbouring Caerphilly schools open and shut