A councillor who decided to bring her knitting along to a meeting has sparked debate in the Cornish town of Liskeard.
During the first Liskeard Town Council meeting following the local elections, which saw splinter group Open Liskeard take nine of the 15 available seats, a pair of knitting needles were at the centre of a heated exchange between the town mayor and the new councillors.
The Cornish Guardian reports that newly-elected Open Liskeard councillor Rachel Brooks began knitting, only to... read more
