Two years ago I was nominated to attend the Queen’s Garden party at Buckingham Palace, for my work around mental health. Unfortunately this kept being delayed due to Covid. This week I finally got to honour my promise to my wonderful mother, who raised me without much and had been looking forward to this day. […]

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Well, 2021, where do you even start… In February we scambled to fight the South African variant during Operation Eagle. 10,000 tests in 10 days. We pulled together in Spring The Big b45 Clean up and collected over 1k bags of rubbish. We worked together to get the A38 bus lane scraped and revealed it’s […]

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Back out with highways (again) and as promised, I’d wear a Christmas hat if they fix the requested roads. Credit where it’s due, Holly Hill road has had loads of work done. I’m very satisfied with this and they’ve even started work on Arden road. However, Great Park / Park Way is still much to […]

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#TrafficLightGate continues… Residents will be aware that the temporary lights at the end of Boleyn road are BACK UP again this week (that lasted long), this time on the opposite side of the road. I emailed highways (again) and I’ve had a response stating this is a separate contractor, Seven Trent, doing important water works […]

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Success! Temporary traffic lights removed! We distributed a letter to every household within half a mile on Thursday evening, before receiving an email that night confirming they would be removed the following day. So, naturally, I went down on Friday to take a selfie. Well done everyone, had we not put the pressure on they […]

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Great to be back this morning cleaning around the Licky Banker and down the River Rea. We collected over 15 bags of rubbish and recovered loads of scrap from the river including a broken Go Kark which we let the the local scrap man take. Multiple residents have also reported to me the dumped sofa […]

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Had an absolute blast down Frankley Shops this evening for what was efficiently a mini rave branded as a Christmas lights switch on! Everyone got involved including the chippy, the kids loved it and at one stage mini mouse was caught flirting with Santa! (Yes I saw you!) Haha this is why I love Frankley! […]

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TAI CHI ANYONE? Loosen them muscles, decrease stress, anxiety and depression while increasing your energy and stamina. Great for all ages every Friday from 2pm at 4 Arden road shops next to New Starts. I had a great time! Well worth checking out! #FrankleyForward

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Many residents have complained about the temporary traffic lights at the end of Boleyn Road / New Inns Lane. They have been disrupting traffic for weeks now with rarely any sign of road works being carried out. I’ve wrote to senior officers asking for this to be looked into and I’ve chased them again this […]

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Residents contact me all the time about local issues around Crime, ASB and community engagement and my job is not just to support the Police; but to scrutinise them too. That’s why it was great to have a very productive meeting today with the local Police Sergeant and stakeholders from across the community including Balaam […]

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