More from our showbiz correspondent
Congratulations to the County Hall press office for being shortlisted in the "crisis communications" category at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Awards, for its handling of last year's floods. A posh dinner at the the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster, beckons on 1st June. £195 + VAT per person.
As I have blogged previously, the media industry has more than its share of awards dinners and I for one would not criticise the council if it sent an appropriate number of deserving representatives. Here's the shortlist:
Cornwall CouncilFlooding in Cornwall
IPB Communications
Irlam Gas ExplosionNATS
Managing the Volcanic Ash CrisisThames Water Press Office
Winter 2010/2011Yorkshire Water
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I'm BBC Radio Devon’s Graham Smith, blogging on news, views and some fresh insights into West Country life, particularly the way government works locally and nationally. 
Comment number 1.
At 18:10 12th Apr 2011, 28daysearlier wrote:Yeah, but it might be nice if they sent some of the people who did the real work on the ground rather than a bunch of overpaid (by Cornish standards) managers who are already well rewarded for their efforts.
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