Skateboarders spotted

on Tamar Bridge

PROBLEMS with skateboarders on the Tamar bridge were highlighted at the latest Saltash town council meeting.

Councillor Steve Tait told the meeting that he saw the pedestrian lane of the bridge, situated on one of the new cantilevers, being used by the skaters.

He said: 'I saw four boys using the pedestrian lane on the day the bridge opened and the day after. I can see why the kids have used the lane. They obviously saw the opportunity to use the lane and took it. But this is not what the lane was designed for and it could be very dangerous.'

Police said they would look into this and several other skateboarding incidents.

Eden Centre checks

objects in space

THE EDEN Centre and Roseland Laboratory are set to join forces to become the South West Britain Centre for Spaceguard – an international non-Government organisation set up to monitor Near Earth Objects (NEOs).

The role of these two centres will be to provide information about objects from space which could cause potentially massive destruction and loss of life if they impacted on earth.

Police appeal for

baby information

POLICE are still appealing for the mother of a baby left in a Cornish car park 14 months ago, to come forward.

The boy was found on Thursday October 20, 2000 in a multi-storey car park in Launceston. The child was wrapped in an old blanket and placed inside a Tesco shopping bag.

Despite efforts, the police could not identify the mother and are appealing for anyone with any information about her identity to contact the police.

Top skiers to head

for the River Tamar

THERE will be two top-class water-based events held in the River Tamar and Plymouth Sound this year - the eight day European water ski racing championships and the world offshore class l powerboat competition.

The European championships will be held in Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar at Saltash, and are due to start on September l. The world off-shore class l powerboat championships, which were held in July during 2001, will be staged at Plymouth from July 19-21 this year.

New dogs to

find drugs

CUSTOMS officers in the South West are to introduce new 'sit and stare' dogs in their efforts to thwart drugs smugglers. The animals, which will replace sniffer dogs, will be used in Cornish ports and marinas, as well as at ferryports in the region.

Kittens abandoned

TWO black kittens, abandoned over Christmas, were found earlier this week in separate cardboard boxes at Menheniot. The cats, both males and around four and a half months old, are now being looked after by the Cats Protection League.