Blog Posts

  • 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

  • What I’ve been up to as your West Suffolk District Councillor in the last few weeks

    Doesn’t time fly! My last update post was last year! Since then I have been involved in a wide range of things on your behalf. I get alerted to an issue in a range of ways – email, phone, Facebook, messenger, LinkedIn and of course just bumping into people as I wander around the patch.… Read more

  • Loading / unloading – the rules

    There has been some questions asked about loading and unloading in Clare with respect to our Civil Enforcement Officers. The following statement is from our senior officer responsible for such matters. In short, it says if you are genuinely loading or unloading it’s ok but if you dash off somewhere in the middle of the… Read more

  • Public meeting to discuss HMP Highpoint expansion – Saturday 26th Feb at 1300-1500hrs at the Happy Days Childcare, 1 Lancaster Way, Stradishall CB8 9YD

    The residents of Highpoint Estate are most directly affected by what ever happens at the prison. And yet they don’t always have the means to be heard. Please come along to make your views known about the planned expansion to the prison and other matters related to the estate. We have set up a public… Read more