with Buddha's bone fragments more than a hundred years ago.

Suave and smooth-talking, he says he's being blocked because he's challenging the political establishment. He thinks his "Romania First" politics have genuine appeal to people here.On that last point, he's probably right.

I haven't actually met anyone in Bucharest – outside Georgescu's immediate team – who's admitted to voting for him. But his online content – which flooded TikTok – had many messages that will appeal in a culturally conservative country, especially beyond the capital.He talks of sovereignty and of God and of fighting "the System". He tells people their lives should be better.Will his followers, whoever they are, believe the reports that he is a Russian project and accept the cancellation of the vote? Or might they emerge from behind their computer screens and phones to protest?

So far, the calls are to stay at home and stay calm. The election re-run might not be until spring. That's a long time in Romanian politics.A traditional fishing technique could be set for a comeback in Cornwall.

There has been a renewed interest in making crab and lobster pots from willow which were then completely biodegradable.

Kate Longley saw the skills to make the withy pots still existed in the village of Gorran Haven and helped set up classes to teach the original methods.In a speech, he said the party had came "within a whisker" of winning the North Tyneside mayoral contest in a Labour heartland and had "frightened the life out of the governing Conservatives" in Northumberland.

The count had faced a delay owing to a discrepancy between previously announced vote and turnout figures.Initially announced as 31%, the turnout was later confirmed to be 33%, the

Elsewhere, the Conservatives remain the biggest party on Northumberland County Council. The council remains under no overall control.