The Cornish & Devon Post is a weekly newspaper

Newspaper

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, published in Launceston, Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, England

England

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, which was launched in 1856. It is one of only two newspapers in the UK to carry advertisements rather than news on the front page. (St. Ives Times & Echo

St. Ives Times & Echo

The St. Ives Times and Echo is an independent, weekly local newspaper based in St Ives, Cornwall United Kingdom. Published every Friday, its circulation covers the St. Ives Bay Area and is intensive in the old Borough area of St Ives which encompasses Carbis Bay Halsetown and Lelant...

is the other one.) At some later date it absorbed the Launceston Weekly News.

There are four titles within the Cornish & Devon Post series, which cover the main towns of Launceston, Bude

Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Neet . It lies just south of Flexbury, north of Widemouth Bay and west of Stratton and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France...

, Holsworthy

Holsworthy, Devon

Holsworthy is a market town in the north west of Devon, England. It is situated near the county border with Cornwall, and is 9 miles from the coastal resort of Bude. It is on the intersection of the A388 and A3072 roads, and lies on the River Deer, a tributary of the Tamar...

 and Camelford

Camelford

Camelford is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, United Kingdom, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles north of Bodmin and is governed by Camelford Town Council....

; the area covered is roughly northwest Devon and a larger area in northeast Cornwall.

The company also publishes a weekly freesheet, the Launceston & Bude Journal Gazette, three monthly freesheets, the Camelford Journal Gazette, North Cornwall Post & Diary and Cornish & Devon Farming Diary, a yearly eating and entertainment guide, Country Cuisine, and town guides for Launceston & Bude, published every two years.

The current general manager is Tony Wilkins and the editor is Keith Whitford.

It is owned by the Tindle Newspaper Group

Tindle Newspaper Group

Tindle Newspapers Group publish over 200 local newspapers in the UK. Some of these titles are over 100 years old. They are based in Farnham, Surrey, and the Chief Executive, as at 2007, was Mr Brian Doel. The owner and managing director is Sir Ray Tindle...

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