This week we lead on Jim Cording, in training for his tenth London Marathon at the age of 81 - all in aid of the Chestnut Appeal for Prostate Cancer.

We also report on the aftermath of Operation Venus - the police’s campaign against new psychoactive substances in Kingsbridge and other towns in the South Hams, the rescue of a woman from the South West Coast Path near Toby’s Point, the Bowel Cancer West supercar rally, volunteers from Kingston Fire Station receiving recognition from the High Sheriff of Devon, details of three great wildlife walks from the Kingsbridge Natural History Society and Thurlestone Primary School’s deputy head teacher’s ambitious plans to complete the largest obstacle course in the world.

And free inside this week’s paper is our annual Holiday Times publication, with tips about what to do and where to visit this spring and summer.

All this and lots more, available first thing on Friday morning in all good, local newsagents.