{"id":4919,"date":"2026-02-17T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?page_id=4919"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:12:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?page_id=4919","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4919\" class=\"elementor elementor-4919\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31ec94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a31ec94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a24358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a24358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-17-at-10.09.24-768x533.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4850\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-17-at-10.09.24-768x533.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-17-at-10.09.24-300x208.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-17-at-10.09.24-1024x710.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-17-at-10.09.24-1536x1065.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-17-at-10.09.24.webp 1926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e47674 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e47674\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f149337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f149337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mp-scope\">\n  <style>\n    .mp-scope{\n      font-family: Catamaran, Arial, sans-serif;\n      color:#02060E;\n      font-size:19pt;\n    }\n\n    .mp-scope h2{\n      font-size:25pt;\n      font-weight:600;\n      margin:0 0 6px 0;\n      color:#002663;\n    }\n\n    .mp-flash{\n      width:100vw;\n      height:3px;\n      margin:6px 0 22px 0;\n      margin-left:calc(50% - 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