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Commuters across the country could boycott rail companies beset by strikes, in favour of rival firms, under proposals to allow different operators to run trains on the same lines. Jo Johnson, the transport minister, said the government may give train companies “open access” to more routes in order to give…
Read MoreJohn recently wrote to Ministers about speeding up new laws to reveal UK properties bough with dirty money by kleptocrats, oligarchs and organised criminals. Here is the reply he was sent: Thank you for your letter of 26 July 2018 about the draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill, and your kind…
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The revitalisation of a vacant Weston-super-Mare building is nearing completion, with hopes it will ‘inject fresh energy’ to the town centre. The former Co-operative Bank building, on the corner of Meadow Street and Alexandra Parade is being converted into flats and retail space, with the project due to be finished…
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A FEW YEARS before Jay Hammond, a Republican, was elected to serve as Alaska’s governor in 1974, he worked as mayor of the small borough of Bristol Bay. There, he watched as nearly all of his town’s rich salmon resources were extracted from the region, with virtually none of the…
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A new £25million school and a long-awaited Banwell bypass top an £80million council wish list, as Weston prepares for major growth in the coming years. North Somerset Council is bidding to the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) for tens of millions of pounds to bolster infrastructure ahead an anticipated boom…
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Liz Truss shared the article [by John Penrose MP] calling for the government to be forced to keep…Read More
Economists never agree on anything, right? Sometimes not even with themselves: President Truman famously asked for a one-armed…Read More
Robert Opie and John Penrose MP have opened the Grand Pier’s latest attraction: The Museum Of Memories. This…Read More
I was away on holiday when the Pier caught alight in 2008. Suddenly my phone went mad, with calls from…Read More
Weston’s MP John Penrose is demanding answers after recent figures showing local train services getting worse. John Penrose said:…Read More
Below is a copy of the letter John Penrose MP sent to the Managing Director of Great Western…Read More