MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset
Exmoor National Park is 60 this year! Among the imaginative celebrations is a competition to design the ideal Exmoor flag. It is a fine idea. Entries have to be in by July 21st and anyone can take part! Well almost anyone! The winning … [Read more...] about Flag it Up!
For those of you with time to spare and deep pockets for the journey - enjoy the beautiful games! For all of you with a mobile phone in your pocket, take care. Calling home from Brazil may cost a packet. This helpful advice has just been … [Read more...] about Bridgwater to Brazil?
This is how it was This is how it is now RESIDENTS of Moorland received a Royal visit when the Earl and Countess of Wessex arrived yesterday. But Moorland is a very different place from the waterlogged scenes that everyone … [Read more...] about After the floods……
The Flood Action Plan will cost £100 million. It was produced by people who really understand the Somerset Levels and it is designed to deal with the immediate disaster and stop anything like it happening again. The Prime Minister … [Read more...] about Flood Action Plan Progress
Hinkley's new nuclear power station got planning permission yesterday. It was announced at Westminster, celebrated in Somerset and is the start of a new industrial revolution, as I wrote in the Western Daily Press. The Secretary of State … [Read more...] about Hinkley C gets the go-ahead