Progressive future for Hexham Constituency

Dunno if i will do this every week - but thought it might be interesting to have a look at this weeks Hexham Courant and pick out a few articles to highlight.  I quite like the Hexham Courant. Lots of interesting articles and local news - also covers quite a lot of local politics. The letters page is always entertaining. Great to see Hexham Bus Station reopening the waiting room - hope people will start using buses more - a lot of the ones I see going past don't have many people on. It's going to be crucial to tackle climate change to have much more public transport. In another article, there's mention of more COVID around and an increase in hospital admissions - so keep that in mind. Not mentioned in the Courant this week, but from my own experience and stuff on social media, there have been quite a lot of train cancellations recently. Need a reliable service to encourage people to use the trains - and affordable tickets!! COVID vaccination gets good coverage in the talkin...

No blogs for a while as I have been away on holiday - cycled from Lands End to John O'Groats. Great way to see the country. What a country we live in - incredible countryside, stunning bridges and beautfiul towns and villages. We met lots of lovely people along the way. It was nice to get away from the realities of politics for a while. We raised money for FareShare North East during the bike ride. Thanks to all for the donations. For more information see the blog about the bike ride: http://lejog2021forfsne.simplesite.com/450021484 Any donations to FareShare North East would be gratefully received. They do vital work in the region to tackle food hunger and food waste.  https://donorbox.org/wylam-friends-cycling-to-fight-hunger Anyway - back to reality with a bang. Considering its the summer holidays, sadly our Government do not take a holiday from new levels of incompetence. The latest issues to outfox the capabilities of the government make depressing reading/viewing in...