In his regular article for Uphill Views, John Penrose explains why he went abseiling in Uphill... to stay grounded!...

John Penrose has expressed his delight that the Government has agreed funding for the Weston Package, a major road and transport scheme centred on Weston. £11million of further investment has been added to the £4million already pledged. The announcement was made by the new Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening, earlier this morning...

Anne Milton MP, Public Health Minister, visited Weston-super-Mare last week, after being invited by local MP John Penrose and Western Counselling (a leading local residential rehab centre) to see how the town is setting the pace in dealing with the problems of drug addiction...

John Penrose has issued a cautious welcome to a new draft proposal for the Severn Barrage made by a consortium of private investors...

Last Friday, Weston's MP, John Penrose, unveiled an interpretation board to commemorate the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. The ceremony arranged by the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway Group took place on the site of the former railway terminus at Ashcombe Road, Weston...

Local MP John Penrose recently visited the Lounge Social Club on Weston seafront to congratulate Westonian, Karl Kanadia, who recently won the prestigious Commitment to Excellence Award in London...

As the Warm Homes campaign released figures showing there were 120 ‘excess winter deaths’ (ie the higher number of people who die during cold winter months compared to other times of year) in the Weston-super-Mare constituency in 2009, John Penrose has issued some advice to help people who might struggle to keep warm this winter...

In his regular column for the Bristol Evening Post, John explains how, as Gambling Minister, he is trying to open the European market for British companies...

Weston’s MP, John Penrose, has welcomed the announcement by First Great Western that it is providing more carriages on its local services beginning next year...

John Penrose recently visited “F.R.E.E”, a community club based at Weston Aerobic Gymnastics Club. It was established by two young Weston entrepreneurs, Chantelle Williams and Denholm Cox to teach FreeRunning and Parkour in Weston, with sponsorship from Sports Relief UK...