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…
John Penrose MP has echoed calls from local headteachers who feel that the schools of Weston and the Villages need fairer funding if they are to maintain their excellent standards of education. When asked by The Mercury for his thoughts on whether the pupils of North Somerset ‘deserve better’, John…
WESTON MP John Penrose opened the new League of Friends Shop located in the entrance of Weston Hospital on Wednesday. The shop is part of a £100,000 programme of improvements to Weston Hospital’s entrance that the League of Friends has funded, including a new eco-friendly revolving front door. John said:…
Bournville school have written a short report following John’s visit to see some of the excellent work they’ve being doing that resulted in an SSAT Educational Outcomes Award: Today we welcomed John Penrose MP to [Bournville] school. Mr. Penrose had recently written us a lovely letter of congratulations for our…