Tourism has always been key to Weston’s local economy. Thousands of local jobs and livelihoods depend on it so, for months, I’ve been speaking to firms that were worried our summer visitors might not come back once the lockdown is over. The spectre of ‘three winters in a row’, where…
Olivia Finch and Jack Clark of WCSA interviewed Weston super Mare MP John Penrose. They covered issues on climate change and associated problems accelerated by COVID-19. Both the students have years of experience of interviewing, despite their age of 15. Olivia was one of the founding members of the school’s…
Weston’s MP John Penrose has condemned North Somerset Council’s dismissive reply to cross-party proposals for solving traffic jams on the M5 near J21, and a new section of green belt to protect rural villages from urban sprawl. The proposals were part of a cross-party letter sent by John, with LibDem…