IN this week’s Cornish Times, in shops from today (Friday), we lead with a dog walker’s outrage at finding more than a hundred car and motorbike tyres dumped in a river at a local beauty spot.

Her online post about the flytipping inspired three young men to volunteer to fish the tyres out of the water and get them safely disposed of, and now the Environment Agency is working with a Saltash recycling firm to try and identify the flytippers.

In other news in this week’s packed edition, we report on a group’s plans to restored a much-loved passenger ferry that worked for more than 80 years on the River Tamar to her former glory.

We also give details of Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez’s survey into whether residents of Devon and Cornwall would be willing to pay more Council Tax to fund improvements to policing in the two counties. We also report that Cornwall Council carpark charges are set to rise, but on the plus side St Germans station may at last get a carpark to help encourage commuters and those planning longer journeys to take the train.

A bereaved mum of four tells us of how studying for an Open University degree helped her to cope with her grief following the death of her husband. We also hear that vocational course students at Cornwall College Saltash have a new canine classmate after research revealed the benefits to study that having a dog around can have on students.

In one of two in-depth features to be found in this week’s edition, South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray tells us about her forthcoming wedding to her long-term partner and agent Bob Davidson. The wedding is to take place in Westminster chapel the day after the official Brexit date.

In the other in-depth feature we hear about how a Looe woman’s voluntary contribution to helping those affected by Parkinson’s Disease has led to her being awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year’s Honours List.

We also report that a new memorial to the fallen of all conflicts is to be erected in Torpoint, and that the new training commander at the town’s HMS Raleigh base is a former Liskeard School and Community College student.

We also have lots of colourful photographs from pantomime productions around the area, as well as from other community events.

Other special features include a 12-page property section, including news from the world of antique sales, and two pages of farming news. Plus there are other regular features including Ray Roberts’ Nature Watch, Recipe of the Week (see further details on this website), TV Choice and Books.

For all of this and more see this week’s issue of the Cornish Times, in shops from today (Friday).