It is, perhaps, the greatest source of our strength as a nation. It is one of the least-appreciated but most distinctive things about the UK. And it is at the heart of what makes Herefordshire tick. 

Just over two years after our incredible £22.4 million win from the Stronger Towns Fund, construction work is starting on the early projects. It is extremely exciting, and potentially transformational for Herefordshire.

Jesse Norman writes for The Telegraph.

To level up the country, we need to level up education. That is the message of the Government’s recent announcement about cracking down on low-quality degrees and driving up opportunities for our school leavers.

Local MP Jesse Norman has warmly welcomed news today that the government's Office for Students (OfS) has granted new degree awarding powers to NMITE, Herefordshire's pioneering new university project.

Local MP Jesse Norman welcomes news that the county has been awarded a £5 million grant to redevelop the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

It is wonderful news that the county has been awarded a £5 million grant to redevelop the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

“The King is strange to look at: he has bulging, expressive eyes, a slobbering mouth and an awkward gait. He dresses finely, yet somehow contrives to look ill-kempt. He speaks Scots with an accent, loves to drink ardent alcoholic spirits and swears like a tavern brawler.”

Almost exactly two years! That is what I was thinking, as I looked round the room at the Left Bank last Tuesday.

Jesse Norman writes for The Telegraph.

The King sits fretful upon his throne, while all around him his courtiers jostle for attention and advancement. He insists on his own unfettered power, yet the judges would entrap him in the meshes of the common law.