Bravo to the students at The Vyne School and St Bede's School for the impressive 'Beneath your feet' exhibition which showcased some brilliant artwork about school life. The students worked with artist in residence Vanessa Rolfe.

What a spectacular evening at Anvil Arts watching Basingstoke Primary School Music's 'The Elements'. Over 400 children from schools in and around Basingstoke formed a massed choir and orchestra, plus dancers and narrators. Thank you to everyone, it was a pleasure to meet you.

It was a great honour to raise the Windrush flag at the civic offices today, marking the important contibution that the Windrush generation and their descendants have made to our borough.

The Basingstoke Variety Show will take place at Anvil Arts on Sat 5 Oct 🪇 The evening will showcase the amazing local talent in our borough while raising funds for my Charity Appeal. Keep an eye on the show's Facebook page for details of the acts: facebook.com/basingstokevar…

Do you, or does someone you know, have a very special birthday or wedding anniversary coming up? If so, the Mayoress and I would like to send a card. Simply go to the council's website and fill out the short form and we'll do the rest. basingstoke.gov.uk/special-occasi…

Congratulations to all those who were awarded their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award at the Great Hall in Winchester recently. It was wonderful to hear about the hard work and dedication of the young people being awarded.

Good luck to Team GB at the Paris Olympics! 🇬🇧 The whole borough is rooting for our very own Ben Pattison who will compete in the 800m next week. Good luck Ben!

Do you, or does someone you know, have a very special birthday or wedding anniversary coming up? If so, the Mayoress and I would like to send a card. Simply go to the council's website and fill out the short form and we'll do the rest. basingstoke.gov.uk/special-occasi…

Thank you to everyone at Wallis Court Residential Home for inviting me to their 60th birthday celebrations. I had a great time. Wallis Court is owned and managed by Housing 21, a not for profit provider of extra care and retirement living schemes for older people of modest means

To celebrate the Baughurst Repair Café's first birthday, the group held a celebration which the Deputy Mayor attended. The team have helped over 400 people avoid sending 1,327kg of waste to landfill and save £16,306!

I was honoured to have Mr Oyet visit last week. He lives in our borough and works as the Sergeant at Arms (Chief Law Enforcement Officer/Mace Bearer) at the House of Commons . It was extremely interesting to hear about his role and his five years in this post.

I had a very enjoyable time with the wonderful staff at Oakridge House when I joined their Multicultural event. Oakridge House is a nursing and residential home run by Hampshire County Council with 57 bedrooms available for older people in need of specialised nursing care.

Thank you to everyone at Basingstoke and North Hants Model Railway Society for inviting me to celebrate the grand opening of its new club house, which was made possible after a 20 year fundraising campaign. I wish you all the best of luck for the future.

Do you, or does someone you know, have a very special birthday or wedding anniversary coming up? If so, the Mayoress and I would like to send a card. Simply go to the council's website and fill out the short form and we'll do the rest. basingstoke.gov.uk/special-occasi…