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A number of residents contacted me regarding a planning application for a 5G mast at the corner of Tynings Lane and Birmingham Road in Aldridge.   I therefore met with local residents last week to...

I really enjoyed meeting Robert from the Football Foundation when I recently visited Oak Park Active Living Centre.   Earlier in the year the Premier League, the FA, and the Department for Culture,...

It was great to see Liz Truss in Aldridge and the West Midlands recently. She’s had my support from the start of the leadership campaign. Having worked closely with Liz at the Foreign Office it is...

I was delighted to be able to visit two local HAF schemes last week. The HAF (Holiday Activities Fund) is a Government led initiative that offers holiday activities for school aged children from...

It was good to be back again at Streetly Sports and Community Association (SSCA) and to meet up with Mark and his team. It was great to catch up on all that is going on and learn about their future...

You will remember last summer we fought the original Black Country Core Strategy and hundreds of you joined me in submitting concerns to these proposals. Whilst we await the review on this original...

I was extremely disappointed to receive notification of the closure planned for December this year of Lloyds Bank on Aldridge High Street. Understandably many local residents have been in touch to...

It is always such a pleasure to catch up with Peter Buck and the team from Lichfield Hatherton Canal Restoration Trust (LHCRT). We are so very fortunate that the LHCRT has so many dedicated...

It was good to catch up with Richard and John again along with the whole team at Jennifer Ashe and Son. After being invited to attend their official opening in Brownhills some six years ago it has...

It’s always good to catch up with Brian and the team of ‘Back the Track’ volunteers. Last week I met up with them for a walk along the Mclean Way to see the great progress being made on the Track....