This week, local MP John Penrose attended a Parliamentary event addressed by Weston’s Chloe Gillum, a paediatric nurse living with several autoimmune conditions (type 1 diabetes, vitiligo and an underactive thyroid) to highlight the links between these conditions, and the need to treat them as a distinct medical research area…
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Weston’s MP John Penrose is hugely disappointed by news that bathing water quality on Weston beach has slipped after years of steady improvement. The latest figures show that water quality around Uphill has improved, after being rated as ‘poor’ last year, but Weston main beach has slipped back a notch…
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Prime Minister Theresa May has handed Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose a role in Government. Mr Penrose has been appointed minister of state for the Northern Ireland office. The 54-year-old has been Weston’s MP for the past 13 years, ever since the Conservatives regained the seat from the Liberal Democrats. He…
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A Weston business owner is ‘proud’ after being named among Britain’s best small shops. Outdoors & Active, in Meadow Street, has made the top 25 businesses in the Independent Retailers Consortium’s Best Small Shops competition. The shop is owned by Paul Batts – who is also chairman of Weston Business…
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