Ongar and Villages

My ongoing campaign for a Weight Restriction Order to be introduced on Ongar High Street continues. Good progress was being made with Essex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, Cllr Lee Scott, who has now moved to be Cabinet Member for Planning A Growing Economy.

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

After a long week in the Houses of Parliament a couple of weeks ago it was a marvellous relief to roll up my shirt sleeves, gather some wooden balls and smash them vigorously into a shelf stacked with crockery.

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.

An estimated 25,000 riders will take part in this year’s Ford RideLondon-Essex this weekend which will cause some road closures and disruption around Ongar, North Weald and Fyfield as the cyclists ride through. The Ford RideLondon-Essex website has full details of any and all road closures which

I was very pleased to be able to take part in the Ongar Town Festival activities this year, and we were very lucky with the weather.

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.

The Government is investing an extra £2 billion in schools this year and next, with all state primary and secondary schools in Brentwood and Ongar getting their first payment this month.

I was very pleased to be able to take part in the Ongar Town Festival activities this year, and we were very lucky with the weather.

What a glorious weekend of Coronation celebrations we had across Brentwood for the King coronation on 6 May.