Blog Posts

  • HMP Highpoint – roads update

    HMP Highpoint – roads update

    There are two sorts of roads at HMP Highpoint that I have been working on, ring road and estate roads. The first and easiest is what is known as the ring road. It is in a terrible state which is making things difficult for folk to move around without damaging their vehicles and cycles. Never Read more

  • HMP Highpoint – update – proposed car park to be relocated 👍🎉👏

    HMP Highpoint – update – proposed car park to be relocated 👍🎉👏

    Today I received an email from the Ministry of Justice providing me with an update to the HMP Highpoint prison planning application. One of the key concerns raised was regarding the position of the proposed East car park. This was too close to residents on the Highpoint Estate and would have been disruptive. I was Read more

  • HARDWICKE HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE – Stonehall Doctors surgery in Clare still shut but why!

    I have had a number of you asking what can be done about the the Stonehall doctors surgery in Clare which has been shut for some considerable time. Doctors surgeries are in effect small businesses who can open or shut as the see fit. But they must keep the NHS informed and ………… it would Read more

  • Axe attack – Bell Hotel Clare

    Axe attack – Bell Hotel Clare

    I said I would update you with the attack at the Bell Hotel. This has caused huge upset for the victim and family but also the wider Clare community. I hope we can all come together during these difficult times. Police are keen to reassure people that this is an isolated incident and a 39-year-old Read more

  • Clare Community Choir

    Recently I was approached by Clare Community Choir to see what funding may be available to help them overcome the financial ravages of covid. Like many community groups they have been sorely hit financially through lack of performance income and subscriptions whilst costs continue. They are a group of 75 musical souls who have been Read more

  • Public Meeting Notes – Highpoint Estate

    Public Meeting Notes – Highpoint Estate

    On Saturday 26th February 2022 a public meeting was held at the Happy Days Childcare building part of the Highpoint Estate. There was a great turnout with around thirty of us there and a great deal of interest was shown. Many gave their apologies because they were working. Thanks to Marion Rushbrook for organising the Read more