Staff at The Cornish Times are working hard from home to bring you your local weekly paper with the news, pictures, advice and information you look forward to reading.
You’ll find the latest edition in the shops from this afternoon.
In our front page story this week, find out how Harry Redknapp and the players at Plymouth Argyle helped turn disappointment for a Dobwalls younsgter into the best birthday ever!
Inside there’s another positive birthday story – this time from the community in Callington, who pulled together at the last minute to make sure a 100-year-old Second World War veteran would have a celebration despite the restrictions.
If you’ve been wondering what it feels like for children at the moment, away from their classmates and their normal routines at school, we have some wonderful work from pupils in Landrake to share. Class Four at Sir Robert Geffery’s School have written some brilliant poems about their lives in lockdown and we’ve published some in this week’s paper – there’ll be a few more on our website in the coming days too.
This week we focus on the fishing industry and the help from Government for local fishermen in Looe and elsewhere, and a scheme to encourage new routes for delivering fresh, sustainable fish to customers.
In farming news, we hear from a farmer who says he’s lost around 30 ewes and lambs in recent months to dog attacks, the most recent three ewes on a holding near Liskeard.
Our sports pages this week take an in-depth look at Polperro AFC as their manager steps down from the role after 10 years at the helm. Dave Potham turns his attention to St Dominick’s season, and on the back page, a South East Cornwall cricketer who’s kept his fitness up in lockdown with a massive charity ’cyber cycle’ for the NHS.
With all this there’s also your favourite sections like Naturewatch with Ray Roberts, Motoring, Puzzles and TV and the recipe column to try.
Look for your Cornish Times – out in the shops today!