If the thousands of spectators heading to Penzance for the powerboat racing this weekend needed a hero to cheer on, then they need to look no further than adopted Cornishman Stephen Baggs.

Having spent two years living in Minions, near Liskeard, Baggs calls the UK's most south-westerly county his 'spiritual home', with his son, Stuart, having been born there.

More in this story in this week's Cornish Times.