It was an honour to chair World Horse Welfare’s annual conference for the second year in a row today.

The coronavirus crisis has shown Norfolk’s traditional sense of community and neighbourliness is alive and well.

A moment the whole nation stops to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedoms. Commemorating the fallen is a commitment to a better future.

We are so lucky to have the Mid Norfolk Railway here in our part of Nelson’s County. It is a real tourist asset and a source of joy for so many.

We can’t have our local NHS overwhelmed by Covid: why I’ll support the PM on a November Covid circuit break.

As many constituents, businesses and local Parish Councils have contacted me about in recent weeks, the Government has recently held two important consultations – the ‘Changes to the Current Planning System’ and ‘Planning for the Future’ consultations.

It is no secret that I have deep concerns about the high number of applications in our part of Norfolk – many of which are, often, highly inappropriate and on a scale that is unsustainable and out of keeping with the heritage and identity of our largely rural area, lacking the services and infrastructure needed to support them and the existing community, as well as clearly breaching the sustainable development criteria set out in the National Planning Policy Framework and 2011 Localism Act.

Finally, after a long wait and our small, Covid compliant wedding in the summer, my new wife Fiona and I are moving into our new Mid Norfolk home.

The Cranswick pork plant in Watton, #MidNorfolk produces 20% of the country’s pork. It is thus a major part of our national food chain.