I get a regular monthly MP update on unemployment in Weston and, once I’ve waded through all the seasonally-adjusted this and nationally-ranked that, it’s generally brought good news for the last couple of years. We’ve been creating new jobs faster than most other parts of the southwest for a while…
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A cross party group of MPs, including the MP for Weston-super-Mare John Penrose, the current Water Minister Therese Coffey, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch and former Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon, attended a chalk stream discovery day on the River Itchen last week to learn about problems facing all rivers and in…
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Choosing your favourite 10 songs of all time is a daunting challenge, but Weston-super-Mare’s MP John Penrose has shared his ideal Friday playlist with us this week. Think of our music feature as a Weston version of Desert Island Discs, based on Flat Holm island. Mr Penrose said: “My Friday…
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Weston’s MP has described the moment he was shouted at to ‘get back’ from the windows after shots were fired outside Parliament, less than a week after the devastating attack stunned the country. League President John Penrose MP.League President John Penrose MP. On March 22 at about 2.40pm, a man…
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