A COMMUNITY group battling to save Birnbeck Pier says damage caused to the pier’s north jetty during Storm Frank will not undermine its long-term rescue plans. The Birnbeck Regeneration Trust is campaigning to save the Victorian pier from crumbling and is applying for millions of pounds in funding from the…
Weston’s MP John Penrose has welcomed further reforms of the planning system announced in the Productivity Plan which followed last week’s budget. He said: “Firstly, these proposals will make it much easier and simpler to regenerate town and city centres by redeveloping brownfield sites – something which everybody wants to…
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…
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…