Fanstastic day at the Gurkha Cup on Queen’s Ground, Aldershot on Saturday. Huge thanks to the organisers, Tamu Dhee UK, to the Brigade of Gurkhas for sending the band and the RLC Silver Stars para display team - magnificent!

Thanks to Sean Usher for letting me in the commentary box at this year’s hugely successful Donkey Derby in Farnborough. Huge thanks to all local Rotarians for their hard work in making it happen - it was a massive turnout and bumper crowd.

Huge fun this afternoon at Cove Junior School celebrating 140 years with a refurbished school garden & cake - well done & thanks to the pupils and staff - enjoy half term!

Delighted to congratulate our brilliant new Mayor of Rushmoor Cllr Steve Masterson on his election last night. A busy year ahead! 

Happy Easter! Please see my Easter Newsletter here.

I hugely welcome Hampshire’s £2,956,522 share of the £97.5 million pothole/flood resilience funding announced today to repair roads after this winter’s damage.

There have been two very good news stories locally in the past week.

The Chancellor delivered a very sound budget on Wednesday; stamp duty scrapped for first time buyers up to £300,000 (a saving of £5,000), massive investment (£44bn) in house building to deliver 300,000 new homes per year by 2025, the freezing of fuel duty, more money for the NHS, less Income Tax

Amazed at the response to my Christmas card competition from schools across Aldershot and Farnborough...picking the winner is going to be tricky!

I had the honour today to lay a wreath in the Aldershot Garrison and attend the Remembrance Service in the Garrison Church. A moving but uplifting day.