Being an avid cyclist, I am delighted to celebrate Cycling UK’s 140th anniversary this month. Founded as the Bicycle Touring Club on August 5th 1878, it has grown into a national charity and campaigning organisation. 

Hello again! This column dropped out briefly from the pages of the Gazette, but it's a pleasure now to be able to bring it back.

IN-GER-LAAAAND!!!! By the time you read this, gentle reader, we will know whether England have made it through to a final of the World Cup for the first time since 1966.

July 5th marks the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the National Health Service. It is a delight for me to be able to celebrate the NHS, and the astonishing work it does every day to cure us of disease, to heal injury and to keep us safe for the future.

Last Friday was a day for me to visit businesses, big and small, local and national, up and down my constituency.

The first of April marked one hundred years since the creation of the Royal Air Force—the world’s oldest independent air force—from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

Local MP Jesse Norman has expressed his delight at news of three new funding wins for Herefordshire.

When trouble comes, there are always some who turn towards it. So it was last week amid the horrendous weather.

Earlier this week I had a chance to congratulate and thank the Farming Minister, George Eustice, who has announced a new £60m grants scheme through which farmers can bid for cash to buy new farm equipment.