First knife crime assembly Tuesday, 19 March, 2024 I joined with local campaigners at the first ever knife crime prevention assembly at Pedmore High School. I vowed to work with schools and the campaigners to make Stourbridge a knife free zone. I was with Mark Brindley from the James Brindley Foundation and the father of Ryan Passey, Ade Passey, plus Passey family friend Jason Connon for the hard hitting assembly involving 120 year 8 pupils... Local News
Visit to the new Midlands Air Ambulance Airbase 5th September 2023 I visited the new Midlands Air Ambulance airbase and charity headquarters in Shifnal. The organisation was based in Stourbridge until its recent move to its new... Local News
Stourbridge News Column 2nd September 2023 I’m getting quite frustrated over delays in announcing the new police base in Stourbridge following the unpopular closure of the station back in 2017. The... Articles
Government will ban machetes and zombie knives 30th August 2023 I welcomed the government announcing it wants to ban the sale of machetes and zombie knives along with tougher prison terms for those who sell and possess them... Westminster News
Buy British 23rd August 2023 I am supporting a call for supermarkets to highlight the very best of produce by incorporating a ‘Buy British’ section online. I signed an open letter to chief... Westminster News
Sentencing Attendance 21st August 2023 I will support new legislation forcing convicted criminals to attend court for sentence and to hear from their victims’ families. Several high-profile murderers... Westminster News
Stourbridge News Column 18th August 2023 I know many people in Stourbridge are as upset as me over the devastating fire and then demolition of the Crooked House Pub. It was an amazing and much-loved... Articles
Meeting apprentices at Argus Fire 16th August 2023 I visited major local employer Argus Fire to meet its apprentices and have a chat with management. I caught up recently with executive director Simon Woodings... Local News
Stourbridge News Column 3rd August 2023 Parliament is now in summer recess but just before we adjourned, the Illegal Migration Bill finished its passage through both Houses of Parliament. It now... Articles
Stourbridge Cinema Project 21st July 2023 I met with the group wanting to open a cinema on the site of the former Chicago’s nightclub in the town. West Midlands Community Cinema and Art Spaces wants to... Local News