Investing in transport infrastructure in Weston-super-Mare’s surrounding villages is a key issue for the area, John Penrose has said. On a BBC Radio Bristol election debate programme, John Penrose, Conservative candidate for Weston, Worle and the villages, has said that maintaining and improving transport connections is vital. On the programme…
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FIVE of Weston’s General Election candidates debated housing and traffic problems when they took part in a village hustings last week. The event, organised by the Churches of Winscombe and Sandford, was held last Thursday at St James’ Church Hall in Winscombe. Although national issues such as immigration, the NHS…
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Somerset County Council has launched an online petition in a bid to get fairer funding from Government. The petition will ask Westminster to reconsider the funding of rural councils like Somerset. This is something John Penrose feels strongly about and has always fought for. Earlier this week, John took signed…
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Weston’s MP, John Penrose, has given a cautious welcome to the new short-term franchise to operate trains from Weston to Taunton, Bristol and London. The new deal, which runs from when the current franchise expires in September this year until April 2019, has been won by First Great Western. It…
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