Dear Reader

HELLO and welcome to the start of another week here with us at The News.

I hope you had a great weekend and were able to enjoy some of that beautiful sunshine.

There was plenty going on to keep my reporters busy, including the Chilli and Gin Festival on this page, and a gathering of Falklands veterans in the city to remember fallen comrades 40 years on from the landing of Royal Marines in San Carlos during the Falklands War. We have pictures and a poignant report from defence correspondent Tom Cotterill on pages 8&9.

Meanwhile, if you have children or grandchildren, you won’t want to miss our free toy offer on page 18 today…

I hope your week gets off to a good start!