With just six weeks to go until Flora Day, Helston’s mayor is preparing to be tracked around the town.

Mike Thomas joked he was “honoured” – rather than “pleased” – to be approached by the Helston Business Improvement Partnership, to become the first mayor who could be followed around the town as he walked with the dances.

He was, however, at pains to point out he was “not being tagged” – contrary to some earlier reports – and his location would be pinpointed simply by a device within a mobile phone.