Join our reporter Tom Howe for NEWSWAVE, your weekly rundown of the top stories happening across St Austell and surrounding areas.

In the latest episode, we join Show Director Mark Holman from the Cornwall Garden Society explains what visitors can expect at this year’s ‘Regeneration’-themed Spring Flower Show.

We check in with course leader Mel Clear and new graduates at Duchy College Rosewarne, to share the incredible journeys behind the latest cohort of newly qualified veterinary nurses.

As well as that, we take a trip to Caerhays Spring Gardens which reopened this week after the winter storms, meeting Head Gardener Jaimie Parsons, who talks us through the remarkable survival and bloom of their historic magnolias.

We hear from Mevagissey parish councillor John Gann outlines the village’s plans to take on local green spaces and public assets through Cornwall Council’s devolution programme.

If all that wasn’t enough, we welcome personal finance expert Sue Hayward who joins us to break down new research showing millions of over‑55s may be missing out on key financial support

…plus Emma Bryson, Board Director at The Association of Lifetime Lawyers, discusses why Lawyers are seeing a rise in contested estates.

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