Select Committee visit to Olympic site
Maldon Beer Festival
John Whittingdale helped launch the 2006 Maldon Beer Festival which was held from 19th to 22nd April in Maldon Town Hall. This year’s festival helped to raise money for the East Coast Sail Trust which organises sailing trips for youngsters on Thalatta, a Thamas Barge. John Whittingdale is pictured with Mike Woods of Maldon and […]
Visit to Little Owls Nursery
John Whittingdale visits Little Owls Nursery in Danbury. On 31 March, John Whittingdale visited Little Owls Nursery in Danbury.Opened a year ago, the Nursery is a purpose built facility offering care between 7.30 am and 7.00pm for children from 3 months upwards. Also run from the premises is Barny’s Club providing holiday and after school […]
Local Housing Issues
John looks at the problem of housing locally. John Whittingdale spoke at a seminar to discuss the impact of housing and development proposals on local communities organised by Mayor of Maldon, Rev Tony Shrimsley. The seminar was attended by leading figures from the Methodist Church, of which Rev Shrimsley is a Minister, together with local […]
Visit to Endoline Services in Maldon
John visits Endoline Services in Maldon. John Whittingdale saw first hand how a HIGH-TECH Maldon company is making a valuable contribution to the UK environment. Mr Whittingdale was the guest of the IT equipment recycling company End-O-Line (EOLS) at its Station Road Maldon premises on 20 February. He saw how the company, which is the foremost […]
Visit to Asheldham Feed and Equestrian Centre
John visits successful local business. John Whittingdale recently visited the Asheldham Feed Centre and Equestrian Centre as part of his programme of regular visits to successful local businesses. The Feed Centre attracts customers from a wide area and supplies provisions for all kinds of pets. John is pictured with owner, Jannine Rose.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2006
MPs PLEDGE COMMITMENT TO HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday 27th January, the Holocaust Educational Trust has organised for Members of Parliament to sign the Holocaust Memorial Day Book of Commitment to honour the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust and pay tribute to the bravery of those who […]
Visit to Servowatch
John Whittingdale visited Servowatch, manufacturers of integrated control systems for marine vessels. The company is based in Woodrolfe Road in Tollesbury and exports around the world. John Whittingdale presented Stafford Williams with an award from the RNLI for his work in developing the new Systems and Information Management System for the Tamar class lifeboat. Also […]
Select Committee visit to Wembley Stadium
John Whittingdale visited the new Wembley Stadium in his capacity as Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select committee, to see how construction was progressing. Also pictured are Janet Anderson MP, Paul Farrely MP and Adrian Sanders MP.
Campaign to save Essex Police
John joins other Essex MPs to pledge to do what he can to save Essex Police force. Fifteen of the seventeen MPs in Essex including all the Tories, plus Andrew Mackinlay, (Labour) and Bob Russell, (Liberal Democrat) have expressed their opposition to the plans to merge the Essex force. Most of the […]