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Last week I visited Hinkley Point to get an update on construction and, much more importantly, to discuss how the project was impacting on Somerset. The...

With the Olympics now behind us and the Paralympics a week or so away, I thought I’d better steer away from sports punditry and get back to the day job but not...

I vaguely remember bits of the Seoul Olympics but Barcelona is the first games I remember following properly. Victories for Sally Gunnel, Linford Christie...

Last week I had the absolute pleasure of visiting 16 and 17 years olds from Blue School, Kings of Wessex, St Dunstans, Crispins and Whitstone whilst they were...

Last week, I excitedly wrote about the Hinkley deal which the world expected to be signed on Thursday and Friday. The Prime Minister had other ideas and so the...

After months of apparent indecision, it looks like Hinkley Point C will, at last, get its final investment decision in the next few days. I am delighted. We are...

By the time you read this, I will have voted for the renewal of our Trident nuclear deterrent. I have heard all the arguments about this being yesterday’s...

Today it has been announced that Wedmore Post Office is not going to move.

Politics has been on fast forward for the last few weeks. Referendum, resignations, a leadership race and the appointment of a new Prime Minister will have been...