This week’s packed Cornish Times main edition leads with the news that the Government’s Crime and Policing Minister, Kit Malthouse, has offered his condolences to the family of Liskeard fatal stabbing victim Damien Bendelow after South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray raised the matter in the House of Commons.

The message from the Minister came after Mrs Murray stood up in the Commons to ask what action was being taken to get knives off our streets. Inside there are differing views about planning refusal for two development plans in the area.

The Saltash edition, meanwhile, leads with the fact that donations from the public of more than £16,000 have flooded into an appeal in aid of a young rugby player from the town who is battling a rare form of cancer. The family of George Thompson, 17, say they have been overwhelmed by the response.

The Bodmin Edition leads with the news that the future of the Tulip factory site in the town has been secured – although a further 49 people are to be made redundant. There is also a story and picture about how high-flying customers of a Bodmin trampoline park have raised more than £1,000 for charity Children’s Hospice South West.

In all editions we have pictures from the 100th birthday celebrations of two South East Cornwall women who, remarkably, were born in the same village on the exactly same day. We also have a picture from the presentation event at which Liskeard’s Poppy Appeal organiser received recognition for his outstanding fundraising efforts.

In addition, there are pictures from a day when Downderry pupils took over their school for a day and staff had to dress up in costume, and of students at Callywith College celebrating after receiving an outstanding Ofsted report. There are also four pages of photographs of youngsters taking part in the latest stage of the Cornish Times-sponsored Primary Schools League Cross-Country races at Lanhydrock.

There is a lot about environmental and anti-climate change measures in this week’s editions: Cornwall has become one of the first counties in the UK to offer new books and resources offering the most up-to-date thinking and research on the issue in its libraries; residents of 15 Cornish towns and villages are to benefit from improved green spaces as a result of the Forest for Cornwall initiative to plant more trees; and the River Tamar catchment area is taking part in a pilot project to prevent plastic pollution entering the English Channel.

Looe’s lifeboat crew have had their first shout of 2020 after going to the rescue of a kayaker who was thought to be in trouble, and we have an account and pictures from the dramatic rescue of Faith, a 27-year-old horse at Common Moor who fell into a stream. There are also more dramatic images of some of the chaos and damage that Storm Ciara brought to Cornwall - and advice about whose services to call upon if you have storm damage that needs putting right.

There are also profiles of a Liskeard newsagent that boasts the biggest selection of magazines in the South West, and of the businesses based in the Barbican area of Looe. Our Farming section also profiles that work and story of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, and highlights how anyone in the right age group can join the county’s Young Farmers Clubs.

As ever, we also have lots of your community news and pictures and regular columns such as Ray Roberts’ Nature Watch, your Letters, TV Choice, Crosswords and Puzzles and the latest Books.

As well as the Farming & Equestrian section, there are Property and Motoring pages – including details of what is available for people with disabilities under the Motability scheme – and 11 packed pages of Sports action.

Find all this and more in this week’s Cornish Times, in shops from today (Friday).