In this week’s Cornish Times, in shops from today (Friday), we lead with Dean Moore, founder of Liskeard Radio, telling us of how a year of voluntary homelessness living in a former Royal Navy ambulance helped fire his music studio dream.
Meanwhile, twins at Liskeard School and Community College are celebrating a double set of GCSE successes, with 20 top grades between them.
There have also been standout performances by students at Looe Community Academy, and ‘teamwork and tenacity’ have earned Saltash Community School students a great set of results too.
We have lots of pictures showing students celebrating their exam successes.
A v very special group of friends have given a wonderful birthday surprise to a young man with disabilities who they call ‘Captain Leo’, and an 11-year-old gardener has continued his run of success at St Germans Flower and Vegetable Show.
Villagers in Quethiock have been commemorating a day a century ago that changed life in their village forever, plus we report on plans to give new life to a Lanreath inn described as the oldest pub in the land.
We have five pages on farming matters plus a two-page preview of the Liskeard Community Fire Station Fun Day due to take place this weekend.
We also report on Poldark star Eleanor Tomlinson’s affectionate tribute to Cornwall as the successful TV drama approaches its close on Sunday and Monday.
As well as lots of your community news and pictures, this week’s packed edition has sections on property and antiques, plus four pages on Motoring matters and our regular columns including Ray Roberts’ Nature Watch, Letters, Recipe of the Week, TV Choice and latest Books.
Plus our seven page Sport section leads with the news that South East Cornwall’s rising star of rowing, Tegan Baker, has been selected to represent Great Britain at the Atlantic Challenge in St Petersburg, Russia, in 2020.