Attempted Abductions of children in Beckenham/Bromley Area Saturday, 8 May, 2021 Like everyone who still has children at local schools (me as well) I am worried about four very recent incidents in which children were approached by adults in the Beckenham/Bromley area although thankfully none of them were harmed. I gather that on the afternoon of Friday 30 April two incidents took place. The first seems to have been in at the bottom of Whitmore Road and in the area of Croydon... Local News
Vaccine Roll Out Report 24th January 2021 I do not have overall local figures of the numbers of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 but I thought constituents might like to see how the... Local News
COVID-19 VACCINATION INFORMATION 21st January 2021 As I believe everyone knows Covid-19 vaccinations are currently being offered by the NHS; starting with people most at risk from coronavirus. The NHS is... Local News
Meeting Father Christmas 13th December 2020 I met Father Christmas in Marks and Spencers' Car Park on Sunday 13 December. He had been invited there by the Beckenham Roatary Club of which I an also a... Local News
Update on Activities 20th November 2020 I take no pleasure in the downfall of anyone but I am pleased that Mr Cummings has left Downing Street. His behaviour over a trip north to Durham and visit to... Local News
Speech on Remembrance Day 12th November 2020 I start by quoting a poem by “Woodbine Willie”—Padre Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy: “There are many kinds of sorrow In this world of love and hate But there is no... Local News
Remembrance Sunday at Beckenham War Memorial 8th November 2020 The Beckenham War Memorial was unveiled on 24 July 1921 by Mr Bert Hanscombe DCM MM who was a local war hero and by then a local dustman (see photos of Mr... Local News
Free School Meals 24th October 2020 On Wednesday 21 October, if the Labour Party had won a vote to institute free school meals for disadvantaged children in the school holidays it would not have... Local News
The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill 7th October 2020 During the afternoon and evening of Monday 5 October the House of Commons debated the Second Reading of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct)... Local News
The Brady Amendment 26th September 2020 Previously on posts I have questioned the efficacy of facemasks and indeed a second hard lockdown. I still do but I accept that others, in Government and in the... Local News
