News

• 18.05 – Action needed after Belton Surgery Closure
• 09.05 – Rollesby’s Post Office to Return
• 07.05 – Kids of Steel
• 27.04 – Speaking up for the local tourist industry
• 12.04 – Sport in School and Training Schedule
• 11.04 – Highlighting Seajacks’ success story to the Secretary of State.
• 10.04 – Training Update
• 10.04 – A Planning Regulation Revolution.
• 10.04 – Braving the Rain to Show Support for Safe Cycling
• 15.03 – How not to lobby an MP
• 14.03 – Sport Relief, British Triathlon and a sub 8min mile….
• 13.03 – Axed quango bonuses condemned in Parliament
• 12.03 – £330 million cash boost for NHS
• 12.03 – The cheque is no longer in the post!
• 11.03 – Quango bureaucrats should hand back bonuses
• 11.03 – East Coast Hospice Quiz
  £800 raised for local chairty
• 09.03 – Pulling pints to support local pubs
• 08.03 – Knock-on effect benefitting Great Yarmouth
• 07.03 – World Book Day at Filby Primary School
• 04.03 – Running with Chrissie Wellington….
• 02.03 – Work Experience is a good opportunity.
• 01.03 – Benefit cap provides fairer welfare
• 01.03 – My letter to the CEO of McDonald’s
• 01.03 – Meeting on A47
• 24.02 – Workfare is working
• 24.02 – Stop the business bashing over workfare
• 17.02 – Triathlon Achievements and Recognition
• 16.02 – Great running and lost shoes…..
• 13.02 – Hero worship
• 11.02 – Brick Sessions return….
• 09.02 – Maximising pensions for the future
  Brandon gives views on pension reform
• 07.02 – Welcoming New Homes Cash for Great Yarmouth
• 02.02 – Local GPs at cutting edge of healthcare reform
• 31.01 – 2012 Starts here.
• 27.01 – Nexus centre will connect students with engineering
• 27.01 – Policy and porridge
• 27.01 – It’s not just the Treasury that can boost the economy
• 25.01 – Health watchdog lifts health warning
• 24.01 – Straight talking on A47 upgrade
• 24.01 – Speaking out against prejudice
• 24.01 – Talented Yarmouth bands needed to “Rock the House”
• 20.01 – Don’t be left in the dark on energy bills
• 16.01 – Red Tape Challenge – Pensions update
• 12.01 – Global interest in local enterprise zone

2011 (170)

• 07.12 – Time to be clear about pension charges
• 05.12 – An inspirational man
• 05.12 – Meeting our new train company
• 02.12 – A new right-to-buy revolution
• 01.12 – Extra investment for East Anglia infrastructure
• 01.12 – Reaction to BBC Sports Personality of the Year award review for 2012
• 30.11 – Living standards
• 30.11 – BBC announce sports personality review
• 30.11 – Letter sent to BBC demanding Sports Personality review
• 30.11 – BBC update on Sports Personality of the Year
• 30.11 – BBC Sports Personality of the Year: No Women or Triathletes included
• 26.11 – James Paget Hospital update
• 26.11 – Local company highlighted in the House of Commons
• 21.11 – One last push for Fair Fares petition
  14,000 sign campaign petition
• 16.11 – Charity Spotlight – Localgiving.com
• 16.11 – Fair Fuel debate
• 15.11 – Helping people back into work – helping our local community
  New community service scheme for long-term unemployed
• 14.11 – New health visitors for local Sure Start centres
• 13.11 – Fair Fares campaign even more important
• 12.11 – UPDATE – Gorleston Pier Public Meeting
• 10.11 – Gorleston Pier Public Meeting
  6pm, 21st November at the Pavillion Theatre in Gorleston
• 08.11 – Campaign for fairer fuel prices
  Brandon backs a fairer deal for motorists
• 07.11 – Olympic torch coming to Great Yarmouth
• 04.11 – Charity summit hailed a success
• 31.10 – Great Yarmouth shows Eric Pickles MP its very best
• 29.10 – Stay safe this Halloween
• 26.10 – Charity Spotlight – War Memorials Trust
• 25.10 – Visiting Caister Lifeboat
• 22.10 – The question of Europe
  Let’s put ideological differences to one side and see a sensible, measured approach towards the European motion.
• 21.10 – The EU referendum question….
• 19.10 – Huge response to charity event
• 19.10 – Fleggburgh wind turbines refused
• 17.10 – East Norfolk Sixth Form College Visit
• 17.10 – Fair Fares campaign goes from Strength to Strength
• 16.10 – Being Quizzed by Whizz-Kids
• 15.10 – Rural bus debate
• 15.10 – Long way to go
• 11.10 – Are the wheels coming off our bus service?
• 06.10 – Final…for now.
• 04.10 – A stitch in time
• 01.10 – Fair Fares: Sign the petion
  Brandon leads Fair Fares campaign
• 01.10 – We’re all going on a welfare holiday
• 30.09 – £250 million to return to weekly collections!
• 26.09 – Not last……
• 26.09 – Labour still in denial over economy
• 21.09 – Swimming!! ouch
• 20.09 – Helping to move Greenacre School Forward.
• 20.09 – Sims Systems move to Great Yarmouth
• 18.09 – A week to go…
• 16.09 – Gorleston pier meeting moves closer
• 15.09 – Call for rail investment
• 15.09 – Funding for rural bus services
• 13.09 – Protecting our local bus services
• 07.09 – Training with my son
• 07.09 – Laureus Foundation (Sport for Good)
• 02.09 – This month’s Mercury column
• 01.09 – Praise for local newspapers
• 01.09 – Direct democracy with new e-petitions
• 31.08 – A casino is not gamble for Great Yarmouth
• 31.08 – “I hope it makes a difference, but we have been regenerated more times than Dr. Who.”
• 31.08 – Call for more house building
• 30.08 – Great Yarmouth rail passengers should not pay more
• 29.08 – HRM oddity
• 28.08 – Being tough on rioters is “right-wing” say Labour
• 26.08 – Exam success for Great Yarmouth schools
• 26.08 – Mike Butcher: a good friend and a good man.
• 25.08 – MP’s launch inquiry into online child protection
• 25.08 – Offenders to face full week of hard work and job-seeking
• 24.08 – Charity Spotlight – East Coast Hospice
• 22.08 – Front Crawl
• 21.08 – Swim, Bike, run
• 18.08 – Congratulations to A-level students
• 17.08 – Enterprise zone success
  Big jobs boost for Great Yarmouth
• 16.08 – Charity Spotlight – Caister-on-Sea
• 14.08 – Short and Slow
• 12.08 – Action to tackle the riots
• 11.08 – Gorleston Pier
• 10.08 – Fix our station progress update
  New franchise will have to bring change
• 09.08 – The shameful scenes in London
  Rioting and looting condemned
• 08.08 – Charity spotlight: Nancy Oldfield Trust
• 08.08 – Digital TV Switchover
• 08.08 – Triathlon Gold Medals
• 07.08 – Fleggburgh wind turbines
• 06.08 – Rollesby Post Office Closure
• 04.08 – Brandon updates residents during power blackout
• 04.08 – Charity Support in our weekly newsletter.
• 04.08 – Learn a lesson?
• 02.08 – Minor Surgery Day
• 27.07 – DNS…..
• 23.07 – Olympic Hopefuls
• 23.07 – Running
• 22.07 – Coastal Town Cash Windfall
  New fund announced for coastal towns
• 21.07 – Frustrating
• 20.07 – Coastguard loss disappointment
  Revised proposals announced
• 19.07 – PFI savings of £1.5 billion welcomed
• 18.07 – Getting young people into work
• 18.07 – What matters?
• 16.07 – Bike fit
• 10.07 – The week
• 09.07 – Wet run
• 02.07 – A good morning’s work
• 02.07 – Canary Wharf Event
• 30.06 – Supporting Enterprise
• 27.06 – Test results
• 18.06 – VO2 and lactate threshold test.
• 14.06 – Core work
• 13.06 – Poppy Party Weekend success
  Raising money for veterans and their families
• 12.06 – 1 week, 2 Tri’s
• 10.06 – The weeks training
• 05.06 – I am a triathlete
• 30.05 – Feeling positive
• 30.05 – The weeks training set
• 26.05 – The nuclear deterrent shouldn’t become a political football
  National security comes before party politicals
• 25.05 – Rail bidder told station change needed
  Brandon tells Go Ahead station must be improved
• 24.05 – Get involved with the Great Poppy Party Weekend
  Coffee morning to celebrate our Armed Forces
• 20.05 – Must do better…
• 20.05 – Another step in the renewable revolution
  Opening of new Scroby Sands visitor centre
• 20.05 – Have your say on the future of the police force
  Influential committee launch police inquiry
• 17.05 – Addicted?
• 17.05 – Homework time at breakfast
• 17.05 – Pool Training
• 16.05 – Business backing our plans for growth
  Major business organisations back our approach
• 16.05 – Protecting places where people play
  New £10 million fund to protect playing fields
• 15.05 – Ed Milliband’s Immigration Denial
  Under Labour immigration rocketed by 2.2 million people
• 13.05 – Caister Infant School
• 13.05 – No to houses on Pontins site
  Local residents have their say at village meeting
• 12.05 – Libraries safe in Norfolk
  No libraries will close in Norfolk
• 12.05 – Jame Paget University Hospital visit
• 11.05 – Aspire – changing young people’s lives
• 10.05 – New look website launched
  No taxpayers money spent on rebranding
• 10.05 – Why no Blue Flags in Great Yarmouth?
• 10.05 – Tackling anti-social behaviour
  Kicking out anti-social behaviour
• 10.05 – 1st Open Water Swim
• 10.05 – Haven Bridge Update
  County Council delays bridge repairs over safety fears
• 01.05 – Duathlon Event experience
• 28.04 – Swim and Run
• 25.04 – Great Ride
• 23.04 – Low level but promising week
• 20.04 – Back on the Bike
• 15.04 – Keeping it going
• 09.04 – Victory for Fritton Woods Campaigners
  Campaigners in Fritton win long battle to stop quarry
• 07.04 – Wet suit fright
• 06.04 – ‘No To AV’ campaign team in Great Yarmouth
  Why I am voting No to the Alternative Vote
• 06.04 – New Homes Bonus for Norfolk
• 06.04 – Low earners in Great Yarmouth taken out of tax today
• 05.04 – Help for the poorest children in Great Yarmouth through the Pupil Premium
• 31.03 – New Blog
• 31.03 – Great Yarmouth receives £11 million extra in NHS funding
• 30.03 – Giving help to the right people
• 27.03 – Extra funding for students to stay in education
• 26.03 – A budget for growth, jobs and families
  Budget puts fuel into the tank of the economy
• 26.03 – The Prince’s Trust in action
  The Prince’s Trust provides fantastic opportunties for young people
• 22.03 – A11 plans given go-ahead
• 21.03 – Will view from Barnardo’s spark controversy?
  Charity chief sparks debate on benefits for all
• 12.03 – Council Tax Freeze: General Election pledge delivered
• 10.03 – Funding success for Vauxhall Bridge Improvement Scheme
  This historic structure will be maintained and preserved for future generations.
• 07.03 – Carers Week 2011
• 03.03 – Coastguard changes – safety must come first
  Maritime and Coastguard Ageny consult on coastguard changes
• 25.02 – When you need help digging out of a hole
  Government gives councils £100 million for pothoe repairs
• 25.02 – Great Yarmouth’s hidden asset – the Norfolk Broads!
• 24.02 – Can we afford the price for others democracy?
  Events in North Africa and Middle East will impact on British consumers
• 22.02 – Work not welfare!
  The work programme launches this summer.
• 22.02 – Forest consultation halted
  Coalition government halts consultation about forestry sell-off
• 11.02 – No votes for prisoners
  House of Commons tells European Court we will not give prisoners the vote
• 06.02 – Prison works, so does hard work
  The justice system has failed and created a conveyor belt of crime.
• 04.02 – Visit Britain must target the East
• 03.02 – Turning the spotlight on crime
  Headlines that says violent crime has risen by x%, helps spread a fear of crime when the reality locally is often different.
• 03.02 – Parliamentary Expenses Published
• 28.01 – Spend it here – send them here!
  I am still worried that Visit Britain will spend the £100 million fund promoting the normal tourism traps.
• 26.01 – Boxed in politics

2010 (7)

• 21.12 – Made the gym
• 21.12 – Swim Session
• 20.12 – Record Snow
• 16.12 – Shoreline Management
  Colleagues from other constituencies also raised their concerns for other areas including much of the Eastern Coastline that we share.
• 16.12 – Coastal Towns debate
  Being a coastal constituency the area has strong links to the sea, a famous former resident being Lord Nelson
• 16.12 – Norfolk Chamber of Commerce
• 15.12 – Welcome