This week’s edition of the Cornish Times is on sale now and news and features inside include:

- We lead with the mercy mission organised by Darren Tait of South East Cornwall taxi firm Darren’s Cars, whose convoy of minibuses and vans packed full of generous donations of aid and supplies for the Ukrainian refugees fleeing Putin’s invasion reached the Poland-Ukraine border yesterday (Wednesday). We also look at other events where local people have been showing their solidarity for those fighting to save their country or escaping the devastation of the bombing.

- This week’s edition carries a competition in which a lucky reader can win a pair of tickets to a concert by indie popsters Keane.

- We also have the story of how a Liskeard postwoman saved the day at the town’s COVID testing station after spotting smoke issuing from part of it.

- We have pictures of lots of school children dressed in fabulous costumes to celebrate World Book Day.

- In this week’s Westminster Column, South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray talks about ways to support Ukraine, about a meeting of Cornish MPs with Sajid Javid about the health situation in Cornwall and how progress is going with renovations of Liskeard’s Westbourne House to make it a new headquarters building for Wildanet.

- In this week’s Labour View column Lesley Carter of the South East Cornwall Labour Party discusses the housing crisis.

- Our Events page previews a youth show taking place in the spectacular underground venue of Carnglaze Caverns.

- Our Community page features thanks from Callington Methodist Church to those who attended their ‘Flipping Marvellous Pancake Party’ and the arrival of a new community bus for the Rame Peninsula.

- In Schools news we report on how Liskeard students impressed judges at a public speaking event at The Box, Plymouth.

- We have a report and pictures on all the action in the Looe 10 Miler, including Jacob Landers’ fantastic achievement of winning in record time.

- There is also a moving obituary sent to us from the USA about former Pensilva man Ian Robinson, who in recent years became a US citizen and got married in the east coast state of Rhode Island, but has now passed away aged 58.

- In his latest fortnightly column for the Cornish Times, former BBC Spotlight presenter Justin Leigh talks about how Cornwall needs to embrace looking to the future as well as showing pride in its past.

- Our four pages of Farming this week include a report on one of Britain’s few black farmers and a preview of this weekend’s Point to Point event due to take place not too far away along the A38 at Buckfastleigh in South Devon.

- This week’s Cornish Times has 10 pages of Sport and leads with Saltash United manager Dane Bunney’s praise for goalkeeper Ryan Rickard, who made two superb saves in the closing stages of the team’s match against Buckland Athletic and so gave his team a chance to snatch victory. The Ashes have also appointed Julie Morley as their new chairman.

There is also a report on how Liskeard’s Keelan Kay got on in the second round of the Cazoo UK Darts Open at Minehead, Somerset.

Other sports coverage this week includes: Western League, SWPL, Argyle Youth, South Western Peninsula League, St Piran League, ECPL and women’s football; Cornwall and Devon Rugby Union; Rugby League; Hockey; Atheletics; Golf; Short Mat Bowls; Darts; Snooker; Euchre and Pool.

- Plus there are your favourite features and columns including: Family Announcements; Letters; Court reports; Ray Roberts’ Nature Watch column and pictures; Puzzles; Wordsearch; Air Ambulance Lottery numbers; TV Choice; Recruitment; Antiques and Auctions; Christian Comment; Care, Health and Wellbeing; Homes and Gardens; and Public Notices.

There is all this and more in this week’s Cornish Times, on sale now.