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This week I’ve been in Nashville in the United States attending a global conference for the business events industry. Visit Britain have been here too, selling...

I’ve made a rod for my back by using these first columns each January to have a look at the year ahead. 2017 needed to be a year of stability and normality...

Today’s paper is published on the day that Parliament rises for the Christmas recess and thousands of children across Somerset will be breaking for their...

Wells MP James Heappey has announced the three winners of his annual Christmas Card Competition – and presented them with certificates to mark their achievement...

Burnham-on-Sea MP James Heappey has congratulated the town’s postmen and women for all their hard work ahead of Christmas, after a visit to their delivery...

Burnham-on-Sea MP James Heappey was pleased to see a record turnout at the town’s beach clean on Saturday, just days after Burnham and Highbridge Town Council...

Glastonbury MP James Heappey is backing one of the town’s organisations which hopes to ban neonic pesticides, after it was proven they are harmful to bees and...

Wells MP James Heappey supports dog welfare charity in fight against ‘harrowing’ puppy smuggling trade The UK’s largest dog welfare charity – Dog’s Trust –...

A few months ago, I wrote in this column about the need to reduce the amount of single use plastics that were finding their way into our oceans. At the time, it...