Abridge

As a former teacher, and a former minister in the Department for Education, education is very important to me.

The glorious June weather has finally arrived, and it was a pleasure to be driving around the north and west of the constituency last week for my Friday visits.

The Brentwood and Epping Community Policing Team are offering local residents a free taster session self-defence class with local based company Loughton Self-Defence.

Many congratulations to the Shish Meze in Abridge on being long listed in the Best Newcomer Restaurant in London/Outside London category for a prestigious Turkish Restaurant & Takeaway Award.

6,500 homes and businesses across rural parts of Essex are set to be upgraded to lightning-fast gigabit broadband as part of the Government’s Project Gigabit programme.

As children break up for the summer holidays, and the weather, occasionally, brightens up to toast us and our gardens, thoughts turn to travel and time away from home.

Brentwood Borough Council will receive £67,383 to help local high streets reopen and attract shoppers and tourists along with £116,694 for Epping Forest District Council.

It’s a year this week since the Prime Minister appeared on our TV screens to explain the UK was entering a period a lockdown to try to bring the rising rates of coronavirus infections under control.

Essex is set to benefit as part of the first phase of the Government’s new £5 billion Project Gigabit which will deliver lightning fast broadband across the country.

Schools, colleges and universities can now apply for funding to allow students to study and work across the world as part of the Government’s new Turing Scheme.