Last week we were hit by three named storms in a single week, but our seafront defences held firm. It was a useful reminder that Weston’s promenade isn’t just a great place to walk when the weather’s fine: it does important work keeping us all safe when the waves are…
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This article was written by John Penrose and originally published in The Times The West’s answer to Russian aggression in Ukraine is pretty clear: if you invade Kyiv then it won’t just turn into the kind of guerrilla-war quagmire that exhausted and humiliated you into leaving Afghanistan years ago. We…
Read More Here’s a chance to shine in your pub trivia quiz: how many British seaside towns have 3 piers? The answer used to be just one (Blackpool) but, this year, Weston joined their exclusive club. But wait…..how can that be? Surely no-one has built a new Pier since Queen Victoria was…
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was written by John Penrose MP and originally published in Grazia. Good, reliable childcare is absolutely essential for any working parent who doesn’t want to put their career on hold. Parents who don’t have free help from a non working partner or family member find themselves trapped under a thick glass ceiling where…
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