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Number 18 bus service pictured in Little Stoke, Bristol.

Saturday 22nd June 2013 SH (Editor)

MP calls on council to improve local transport

Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti has called on South Gloucestershire Council to do more to improve transport locally. Mr Lopresti has made the call after supporting a number of transport initiatives but he believes the council must go further, saying: “One of local people’s main concerns about our local area is the existing and future transport infrastructure. Public

Jack Lopresti (Conservative), MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke

Thursday 6th June 2013 SH (Editor)

Jack Lopresti MP diagnosed with with bowel cancer

Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, has announced that he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. Prior to the diagnosis, the MP had been in and out of hospital with suspected appendicitis for three months, culminating in a major operation three weeks ago. In a statement issued today, Mr Lopresti said: “I am to have three months chemotherapy.

The Times' Cities Fit For Cycling campaign.

Tuesday 18th December 2012 SH (Editor)

Cycling groups angered by MP’s refusal to support Early Day Motion

Local cycling groups have labelled Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti “a wimp” for not signing an Early Day Motion (EDM) that calls for measures to be taken to make cycling more popular and safer. In reply, Mr Lopresti says the ‘Get Britain Cycling’ EDM has little prospect of achieving anything, adding that he prefers to help the cause

Monday 20th December 2010 SH (Editor)

MP meets Tourism Minister over future of Concorde

Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton & Bradley Stoke, has met with John Penrose MP, the Minister for Tourism, to discuss the future of Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, currently sited at Filton, Bristol. The meeting came in the wake of the announcement by Airbus stating that their focus has shifted towards finding the Concorde a permanent home. Mr Lopresti and the Minister

Wednesday 15th December 2010 SH (Editor)

MP wants M49 junction issue to be decided locally

From the office of Jack Lopresti MP Jack Lopresti MP has asked the Secretary of State for Transport to remove the barriers to transport decisions being made locally. Jack asked the Secretary of State whether “whether he will review the previous administration’s Circular on Planning the Strategic Road Network so that infrastructure changes that are desperately needed can be decided

Friday 29th October 2010 SH (Editor)

MP tables motion on the future of Filton’s Concorde

Local MP Jack Lopresti has re-ignited the campaign to see Concorde 216 returned to public display. Mr Lopresti, the Conservative MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for all interested parties to come together to find a solution to the issue. The motion is worded as follows: Public display of Concorde “That this House

Friday 1st October 2010 SH (Editor)

MP holds surgery in village shop (Almondsbury)

For the last few months Jack Lopresti MP has been holding constituency surgeries at different venues all over the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency. On Friday 24th September, he held one at the Almondsbury Community Shop. Mr Lopresti said: “The Community Shop in Almondsbury is simply an inspiration.” “The reward to villages in having a community shop reaches far beyond

Thursday 26th August 2010 SH (Editor)

MP celebrates girls’ coaching initiative at cricket club

Jack Lopresti, the MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, teamed up with one of the most famous names in English women’s cricket to celebrate a new coaching initiative at a local cricket club. Jack joined Charlotte Edwards MBE, the England Women’s cricket captain and ECB Coaching Ambassador, at the recent special lunch event, held at Frenchay Cricket Club. The event