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Over the last two weeks thousands of students across the Wells Constituency have been receiving their A-Level, B-Tech and GCSE results. It appears that our...

In my last column I wrote about the newly crafted industrial strategy for our region and my hopes for how it might catalyse some change in our county's economy...

Last week I had an excellent meeting with the Chief Executive of our Local Enterprise Partnership to discuss our vision for developing the economy in Devon and...

There are plenty of road closures at the moment as our roads are dug up for the arrival of fibre broadband. This has been a long time coming and represents a...

There was a stark contrast between the victory speeches of the new leaders of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. Jo Swinson accepted her new role...

This is the last column I'll write whilst Theresa May is our Prime Minister. By the time this paper is published next week, the Queen will have called for the...

The proposal to move Wells's Post Office is attracting lots of attention and emotion. Three years ago we were able to 'save' the Post Office in its current...

On the morning before Meaningful Vote Three I felt genuine hope that we might be about to make significant progress on our Brexit journey. Enough Labour MPs...

This week Parliament has legislated for a new decarbonisation target of 'Net Zero' by 2050. This means that by then, the UK will have decarbonised compltetely...