My Rutland Newsletter * Langham and Whissendine * Healing trauma in the aftermath of domestic abuse * Protecting Rutland * Protecting our communities from ASB * Fight for fair funding * New face in the team * Keeping young people safe rupertmatthews.org.uk/news/my-rutlan…

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) Rupert Matthews has written to Minister for Victims Alex Davies-Jones calling for an urgent rethink of the decision to cut funding for victims’ services in 2025/26. policeprofessional.com/news/pcc-calls…

Read my review of "Bad Dad" by David Walliams Spoiler - I loved the car which was as much a charactor as the title character of "Bad Dad". goodreads.com/review/show/75…

A great evening canvassing g with Aimee who took a break to chat about her campaign in #Coalville South.

The 25 April is marked in Australia and New Zealand as Anzac Day. army.gov.au/our-heritage/t… #OTD

😢 #vardy theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Townies in Brum should learn from the rural folks at Countryside Alliance The Countryside Alliance have highlighted the benefits of ratters in dealing with vermin, following the ongoing bin crisis in Birmingham, and the rat infestation that has followed it. countryside-alliance.org/resources/news…

#opgalileo Leicestershire's Rural Policing Team recently hosted 30 Police forces to a National Hare Coursing Conference, alongside Country Land & Business Association (CLA), National Gamekeepers, Hare Preservation HPT Hare Preservation Trust & Naturewatch Foundation, plus victims of crime.

Daniel Hannan Political conveyor belt syndrome, like ministers and EU laws. Sign off on on easy-but-bad stuff, so long as it only becomes a problem after you've left office.

On April 26th, 1956, the ship “Ideal-X” left the Port of Newark, New Jersey. This was the first voyage by a container ship - the concept that would revolutionise trade across the globe. transportgeography.org/contents/chapt…

On 1 May, #VoteConservative

It was uplifting to see so many people turn out at the Save Rushry Mead Library protest today. Thanks to City of Leicester Conservatives for organising. With Hemant Rae Bhatia Vrushika Valand Shivani Raja MP and others.

Great to see #MorrisDancing at John Lewis & Partners in #Leicester this weekend. Summer is a coming in ☀️😁

Another newspaper blast from the past discovered while having a clear out. First election at which I went campaigning. Think I’ll keep this one. 😃

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On 28 April 1947 the explorer Thor Heyerdahl set sail on the balsa wood raft Kon Tiki in an effort to prove his theory that Polynesia was settled by travellers from South America. #otd en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_…

This election matters. You’re voting for who collects your bins, fills your potholes and sets your council tax. Across the country, Conservative councillors get you better services for less tax. Vote Conservative 👇

I’ve had a great evening in the spring sunshine ☀️ campaigning with the mighty Barry Champion. In #MarketHarborough. On 1 May #VoteConservative Harborough Mail Leicestershire Conservatives Neil O'Brien AllThingsHarborough

Read my review of the novel "The City" by Stella Gemmell by Stella Gemmell. Spoiler - Light holiday reading, I suppose, but enjoyable anyway. goodreads.com/review/show/75…

Get your glad rags on guys - today is International Dance Day. international-dance-day.org