Politics

Chief Scout Dwayne Fields

Dan Aldridge: What Scouting can teach us about resilience

Green Focus: The climate emergency and the threat of the far-right

Mr Aldridge recently visited Bakers Dolphin’s headquarters to discuss issues affecting coach travel

Mr Aldridge recently visited Bakers Dolphin’s headquarters to discuss issues affecting coach travel

Weston MP hears coach industry concerns over driver shortages and rising costs

Dan Aldridge: Accessibility barriers are coming down at Weston station

Dan Aldridge: How Weston turned grief into community and connection

Baby Loss Awareness Week

Dan Aldridge: I welcome the government's new bereavement leave law

Mr Aldridge recently visited Broadoak Academy

Mr Aldridge recently visited Broadoak Academy

Weston GCSE students quiz Dan Aldridge on AI, social media and infrastructure

Dan Aldridge column: Reflections on the Labour Party Conference

‘Steps to Safety’ launches locally recognising violence against women and girls as a public health emergency

‘Steps to Safety’ launches locally recognising violence against women and girls as a public health emergency

New programme to support survivors of domestic abuse launched in North Somerset

Dan Aldridge: I'm proud to champion Weston’s tourism and hospitality sector

Clinton Rogers: Making sense of Somerset’s varying fuel prices

Asylum accommodation, including hostel and hotel-style accommodation, in managed by the Home Office and their contractors

Asylum accommodation, including hostel and hotel-style accommodation, in managed by the Home Office and their contractors

Latest North Somerset asylum seeker hotel numbers revealed

Mr Aldridge has supported a new Health Bill designed to reduce NHS bureaucracy, improve patient care, and bring decision-making closer to communities

Mr Aldridge has supported a new Health Bill designed to reduce NHS bureaucracy, improve patient care, and bring decision-making closer to communities

Weston-super-Mare MP backs NHS reforms to cut bureaucracy

Clinton Rogers: My memories of the proudly British Falkland Islands

Dan Aldridge: The expansion of Pharmacy First is fantastic news

Column: Adam Dance MP presses for banking hubs in South Somerset

Dan Aldridge watching the solar eclipse on Sand Bay

Dan Aldridge watching the solar eclipse on Sand Bay

Dan Aldridge: We need public-focused reforms to protect Weston's water

Dan Aldridge: Sainsbury's new work experience scheme should be applauded

Mr Aldridge `has welcomed a proposed radiotherapy unit at Weston General Hospital

Mr Aldridge `has welcomed a proposed radiotherapy unit at Weston General Hospital

Progress made towards radiotherapy unit at Weston-super-Mare hospital

Dan Aldridge: Why it's vital to back Weston's independent businesses

Dan Aldridge: Fixing social care is long overdue - let's make it count

Mr Aldridge has welcomed the announcement which will see time restrictions lifted on concessionary bus passes for disabled passengers across England

Mr Aldridge has welcomed the announcement which will see time restrictions lifted on concessionary bus passes for disabled passengers across England

Weston MP welcomes government-backed free bus travel for disabled people

Terry Porter makes a speech about the Tropicana to a full meeting of North Somerset Council on April 21 (Image: North Somerset Council (screenshot) - free to use for all partners

Terry Porter makes a speech about the Tropicana to a full meeting of North Somerset Council on April 21 (Image: North Somerset Council (screenshot) - free to use for all partners

By-election candidates announced after death of Weston-super-Mare councillor

Column: How Dan Aldridge proved to me that contacting your MP is vital

Mr Aldridge has supported the new Labour government’s proposal to require planning permission for new vape shops

Mr Aldridge has supported the new Labour government’s proposal to require planning permission for new vape shops

Weston MP welcomes government plans to support high streets

Refugees and immigration

Letter: Choosing understanding instead of confrontation

Mr Aldridge hosted his second annual Summer School at Weston College for 15 to 18-year-olds from Weston-super-Mare

Mr Aldridge hosted his second annual Summer School at Weston College for 15 to 18-year-olds from Weston-super-Mare

Children and young people

Weston MP hosts second summer school for town's young people

Making Waves: Flags on Weston's seafront have been hijacked by extremists

Children and young people

Dan Aldridge: For Weston to thrive, it must back its young minds

Letter: Weston should push back against the Union Jack's weaponisation

Terry Porter makes a speech about the Tropicana to a full meeting of North Somerset Council on April 21 (Image: North Somerset Council (screenshot) - free to use for all partners

Terry Porter makes a speech about the Tropicana to a full meeting of North Somerset Council on April 21 (Image: North Somerset Council (screenshot) - free to use for all partners

Death of long-serving North Somerset councillor sparks by-election

Dan Aldridge: Why it's so important I listen to my constituents in Weston

Mr Aldridge has described the cut in business rates as

Mr Aldridge has described the cut in business rates as

Weston café owner welcomes business rates cut for pubs and clubs

England football

Clinton Rogers: The tournament that never captured my attention

Column: Dan Aldridge on Andy Burnham, General Elections and homelessness

Children and young people

Dan Aldridge: How we're helping young people fulfil their potential

Conservative Party

Letter: Looking beyond Tory criticism of Somerset Council

Dan Aldridge column: In praise of our NHS on its 78th birthday

Letter: Re-joining the EU would be counter-intuitive

Terry Porter makes a speech about the Tropicana to a full meeting of North Somerset Council on April 21 (Image: North Somerset Council (screenshot) - free to use for all partners

Terry Porter makes a speech about the Tropicana to a full meeting of North Somerset Council on April 21 (Image: North Somerset Council (screenshot) - free to use for all partners

Tributes as long-standing councillor who served the community for 17 years dies

North Somerset Council

Making Waves: Why councillors should live in the wards they represent

Mr Aldridge has welcomed the breakthrough for Worle Library after Weston Town Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of investigating a community-run library scheme

Mr Aldridge has welcomed the breakthrough for Worle Library after Weston Town Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of investigating a community-run library scheme

MP and council backs community bid to save threatened Worle Library

Dan Aldridge: Pride in Weston-super-Mare is about more than a parade

Dan Aldridge has paid tribute to Sir Keir Starmer

Dan Aldridge has paid tribute to Sir Keir Starmer

Weston MP pays tribute to Sir Keir Starmer after Prime Minister steps down

Dan Aldridge: Why Men's Mental Health Week matters to so many in Weston

Dan Aldridge: Why Weston station's accessibility improvements are personal to me

Ms Roberts has become a vocal advocate for brain tumour patients following her diagnosis

Ms Roberts has become a vocal advocate for brain tumour patients following her diagnosis

Backwell woman with brain tumour calls for action prior to parliamentary debate

Mr Aldridge has welcomed the extension of Labour's scheme offering free bus travel to under-16s across the West of England during school holidays

Mr Aldridge has welcomed the extension of Labour's scheme offering free bus travel to under-16s across the West of England during school holidays

Extension of free bus travel scheme backed by Weston MP

Dan Aldridge: Pride and patriotism goes beyond flying flags

Dan Aldridge column: My bid to inspire Weston's bright young minds

Mr Aldridge has welcomed a new scheme to tackle youth unemployment

Mr Aldridge has welcomed a new scheme to tackle youth unemployment

Children and young people

New £2.5bn scheme could help Weston-super-Mare youngsters

Dan Aldridge: We must listen to Sir David Attenborough before it's too late

Dan Aldridge: Let's celebrate Weston's past by investing in its future

Letter: It's high time to re-evaluate council tax and modernise it