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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Nominations flooded in from Mercury readers and seven winners were chosen by a panel of judges which included Mr Penrose, Richard Nightingale and Mercury editor Simon Angear. Mr Nightingale said: “Each and every one of the winners has made an outstanding contribution to their community and it was my honour…
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*Cabinet minister told MPs the public had delivered its ‘instructions’ *Labour and Tories figures have demanded that MPs should have a vote *It would allow the pro-Remain majority in the Commons to delay Brexit *Six in 10 Britons believe the economy will do well over the next year David Davis…
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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…
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