Weston’s MP John Penrose met senior staff at Great Western Rail, including their Managing Director Mark Hopwood, to discuss the recent problems with delayed and overcrowded train services between Weston, Worle and Bristol. The meeting followed recent figures showing local train services have been getting worse rather than better. John…
James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government has refused Cribbs Causeway’s expansion plans after John Penrose MP wrote a letter to his department warning it would sap £39million trade from Weston and risked derailing future projects and potential investment. John said: “I am delighted the Government…
John 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…
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…