UK Parliament Week Monday, 13 November, 2023 Visits to Peases West, Parkside, Villa Real & Stanhope Barrington as part of UK Parliament Week in local North West Durham Schools Today marks the end of UK Parliament week! This is an annual event aimed at spreading the word about what Parliament is, what it does and how you can get involved. To celebrate it I went around to Peases West, Villa Real, Parkside Academy and Stanhope Barrington... Local News
Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2023 With all that’s going on at home and abroad, it’s important to remember those who’ve served and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. They fought... Local News
Armistice Day 11th November 2023 Lest we forget Earlier this week I laid a cross in the Parliamentary Garden of Remembrance on behalf of all those from North West Durham who fought and the many... Westminster News
Good News Story - Excess Credit on Energy Bills 10th November 2023 With the cold weather beginning to draw in and having seen very high fuel prices (which are now begininning to fall) naturally people look a bit harder at their... Local News
Derwent Valley Car Club 9th November 2023 Fantastic to visit the Derwent Valley Car Club in Blackhill. They are a community-based car club that offers pay-as-you-go electric car hire by the day or by... Local News
Northern Powergrid Meeting 6th November 2023 I was keen to touch base with Northern Powergrid ahead of this winter and spoke to them last week after several constituents got in touch with localised ongoing... Local News
Nuclear Test Veterans finally receive their medals! 5th November 2023 Almost two years ago, David Oliver got in touch with my office. Widowed and advancing in his years he wanted me to join the campaign for the veterans of Britain... Westminster News
Good news - Speeding in Fir Tree 2nd November 2023 There is one issue that people mention to me in every single town and village in North West Durham: speeding. It is both dangerous and anti-social, and a huge... Local News
Inquiry starts into historic abuse of young men and boys at Medomsley Detention Centre 1st November 2023 The Lord Chancellor has just commissioned the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman to conduct an independent, special investigation into Medomsley Detention Centre... Westminster News
Go North East Strikes - Latest 31st October 2023 As I've said before, I want UNITE and Go North East to get round the table to sort this situation out. There could be more talks between them or the could go... Local News