There has been a horrific loss of innocent lives in both Israel and Gaza over the last two weeks. This is a terrible situation but Israel is totally justified in its response to those shocking attacks on its people.
Plans to regenerate Lye are making progress, with initial works to start next year, I have been told during a catch up with officials in charge of the project.
There has been a horrific loss of innocent lives in both Israel and Gaza over the last two weeks. We should also not forget the UK nationals killed in the Hamas attacks. Nor those kidnapped. If Hamas had a single ounce of humanity, they would release all the hostages immediately.
I received further good news last week on plans to have a police base and response team here in Stourbridge. This has been a campaign of mine since I was elected in 2019 following the closure of the police station back in 2017 - much to the dismay of local people.
I have written to Stourbridge town centre businesses asking them if they would consider setting up a business watch group to help deter crime and anti-social behaviour.
I held my first knife summit meeting with local organisations and the police.
Several groups came to Stourbridge Football Club on Thursday with the aim to work together to come up with ways to tackle knife crime in the West Midlands.
