In this week’s Cornish Times, in shops from today (Friday), we lead with the story that raising the height of safety parapets on the Tamar Bridge by a metre in a bid to stop it being the focus of incidents involving vulnerable people could potentially cost £6m

Members of the public are being asked to go along to meetings to give their views before councillors make a final decision.

Meanwhile we give more details about the disrespect shown by tombstoning youths to volunteers at the Ashtorre Rock in Saltash which has resulted in the centre closing and meetings being called over the matter. We also report on why Saltash railway station’s revamp will take a bit longer than expected.

In happier news we report on how people in Saltash took a fundraiser to their hearts after he made an eight-week journey from Shropshire to Cornwall in a horsedrawn gypsy caravan in memory of his wife. We have other fundraisers making epic journeys in the paper too: a South East Cornwall businessman tells us about his experiences of driving from China to Cornwall via the ancient Silk Road, and an artist from Calstock has been inspired to undertake a 100-mile cycle ride to raise funds for a cancer charity, as is a worker on a farm near Liskeard who is walking the county from end to end.

And a Rillaton devotee of folk traditions and all things Cornish is this weekend to be honoured by the Gorsedh by being made a Bard.

Meanwhile a couple who are stalwart volunteers at Looe lifeboat station have celebrated the Emerald Wedding (that’s 55 years of marriage) by making a generous donation to the RNLI.

While tri-service officers dealing with police, fire and ambulance service callouts around Cornwall have gained a new fleet of dedicated vehicles, the county’s popular community transport service is calling for more volunteer drivers.

We also have a preview of the Liskeard Unlocks Heritage open Days event, and an exhibition at the town’s Stuart House on 100 years of theatrical delights, and reveal details of what Cornwall’s new air ambulance will be like.

As well as lots of your community news and pictures, this week’s packed edition has a five-page Farming section, and other features on property and antiques, plus five pages on Motoring matters – including the new 69 plate – and our regular columns including Ray Roberts’ Nature Watch, Letters, Recipe of the Week, TV Choice, Puzzles, latest Books and 10 pages of Sport from around the area.

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