IN this week’s Cornish Times, in shops from today (Friday), we lead with the news that a special meeting this morning will hear the hard-hitting results of a review into the chaos that afflicted the Torpoint Ferry in autumn 2018. There are also differing views about South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray’s call for motorists to be compensated over the delays.
Also of concern to motorists is that a major road into Looe will be closing for eight weeks from tomorrow (Saturday) for major drainage works – we outline what diversions are involved.
A company which hopes to revive tin mining in South East Cornwall says that exploratory work has exceeded expectations, and Government funding has been secured for an initiative which will enable local people to redesign Liskeard’s cattle market site with the help of a firm of architects.
In the meantime, Liskeard’s new police station is starting to take shape – we have pictures – while Torpoint’s underused police station is to be bought by the council – find out what for. Cornwall is also benefiting from more than 60 new narrow-bodied ambulances suitable for our lanes and a number of new tri-service officers for local emergency services.
In other news, we hear about the celebrations held for the 108th birthday of the local woman who holds the title of being the oldest woman in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, and we have a feature in which people from South East Cornwall who have been selected to run in the London Marathon tell us about their training regimes and the good causes they are supporting.
We also have lots of pictures from the latest Cornish Times-sponsored East Cornwall Harriers Primary Schools Cross-country League meeting, and from community events around the area.
There are three pages of farming matters and other regular columns including Nature Watch, Recipe of the Week, Books and TV Choice.
Find all this and more in this week’s Cornish Times, available in shops from today.