Local MP Sarah Newton says she is “delighted” with a major funding award for National Maritime Museum Cornwall (NMMC), which will help to boost its offering to visitors.

The museum, in Discovery Quay, Falmouth, has secured £96,500 to enhance its major temporary exhibitions programme.

Commenting on today’s announcement from the Department for Health on new capital funding for the RCHT, Cornwall’s MPs have commented: “Ensuring the NHS in Cornwall receives the investment to improve services and outcomes for people in Cornwall is a top priority.

Sarah Newton, the Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth, joined local entrepreneurs Tim and Ben Hawkins at a House of Commons event yesterday (Tuesday) highlighting the success of small businesses and how they could expand with additional support from banks.

Local MP Sarah Newton joined Conservative campaigners on the streets of Truro to persuade more women to get involved in democracy – 100 years since women were first allowed to stand for Parliament. 

Sarah Newton MP met with young people from across The Wildlife Trusts at a Parliamentary reception on Wednesday 14th November to hear their views on the natural environment.  

Last night I read the Government’s proposed agreements with the European Union that set out how we will leave the EU in an orderly way and develop a new and close relationship. A relationship that is based on our shared values, mutual security and economic prosperity. 

St Day, Cornwall, 6 November 2018 – Geothermal Engineering Ltd. (GEL) has announced that drilling will start this week to build the UK’s first deep geothermal electricity plant at the United Downs Industrial Estate near St Day in Cornwall.

An £8.5m investment has seen Kensa Heat Pumps appointed as the preferred ground source heat pump (GSHP) supplier to Together Energy.

Sarah Newton has welcomed that The Royal British Legion has launched a movement to say ‘Thank You’ to all who served, sacrificed, and changed our world during the First World War.

A&P Falmouth are celebrating after the A&P Group won a £239M Future In-Service Support (FISS) contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to refit three Bay Class RFA’s Lyme Bay, Cardigan Bay and Mounts Bay along with RFA Argus and the hydrographic ocean survey vessel HMS Scott.