Last week the Herefordshire Museum and Art Gallery Lead Damian Etheraads and I had the chance to meet with the top brass at the National Portrait Gallery in London. 

I had the honour to be among a throng of people going to celebrate the launch of Hereford's new cycle track the other day. 

Local MP Jesse Norman has hailed the opening of the new Hereford cycle track as “a massive boost to the county and the community”.

I will never forget my feelings of amazement and awe when I first entered Central Lobby in the Palace of Westminster. And little wonder: it's a dazzling sight, a towering stone hall built in the Gothic renaissance style, its ceiling encrusted with mosaics showing the saints and symbols of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

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.