To herald the swearing in of Barack Obama as the new President of the United States today the Eden Project has shone his celebrated campaign phrase “yes we can” on to the side of the Biomes – the world’s biggest greenhouses.

Elsewhere in Cornwall, Americans living in the county are also celebrating, many watching on television and keeping in touch with relatives across the pond.

At Culdrose where there are a number of American servicemen there were no special arrangements in place, but senior officers said if families wanted to get together during today they could.