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 […]
Select Committee Visit to Berlin
John Whittingdale together with other members of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, where the finals of the 2006 Football World Cup will be played.
Wind Farm Protesters
John Whittingdale met protestors against the Wind Farm which is proposed to be built on Bradwell and Tillingham marshes at the exhibition held at Bradwell Village Hall
Meeting Geoff Hurst
John Whittingdale meets Geoff Hurst, hero of the 1966 World Cup final, and gets the opportunity to hold the World Cup.
New exhibition at the Combined Military Services Museum
On Saturday, 12th November 2005, John Whittingdale opened the new exhibition “Spy Collection” at the Combined Military Services Museum in Station Road, Maldon. The Collection was donated to the museum by Captain Peter Mason, thought by many to be the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond and contains probably the best espionage collection in the […]
Shoeburyness noise
John Whittingdale, Member of Parliament for Maldon and East Chelmsford, had a meeting yesterday with Don Touhig MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, to press for further action to reduce the disturbance and distress caused to thousands of people living in the Maldon District and beyond caused by noise and vibration resulting […]