‘The bobby on the beat’ is a policing catchphrase that’s so old it’s practically prehistoric. With good reason though; everybody worries about crime, and wants to be reassured by the sight of someone in uniform patrolling a street near their home or place of work. Even though Weston is one…
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Politicians have never had a great reputation. In most polls of occupations you’d like your children to enter, they rank somewhere between bankers, journalists and smallpox. And if you look at old-time newspaper caricatures, it’s been that way for centuries. But most MPs I meet, from every political party, do…
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Weston’s MP John Penrose is delighted by today’s news that Birnbeck Pier’s owners will be served with an official ‘Repairs Notice’, giving them two months to put the Pier right. John’s involvement with the decaying grade 2* listed building first began when he got Heritage Minister Ed Vaizey MP to…
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Residents and staff at a supported housing service for young people in Weston were visited by local MP John Penrose this Starts At Home Day Mr Penrose, the Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare, visited Sanctuary Supported Living’s Weston Foyer to learn more about the model of support it offers, as well as…
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