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Fantastic visit to Middleton Library over the weekend to celebrate its 135th anniversary.
The team at the Library have put together a fascinating display of photos, documents and other records charting the history of Middleton since the Library was built.

Today’s International Women’s Day and I would like to pay a special tribute to the hundreds of women veterans and those still serving in our Armed Forces from Heywood & Middleton.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

This World Book Day I'm proud to support the charities, schools and organisations that get young people excited about reading.

Developing a life-long love of reading early on is one of the biggest indicators of a child's future success. Happy reading!

Fantastic to join colleagues last week at the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Neurodiversity in Defence where we discussed how neurodiverse people contribute to our Armed Forces - keeping us safe and defending our British values.

Great to meet with the Leader of the House earlier this week to honour the Royal Navy and the West Africa Squadron, which helped to end slavery.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remember the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis.

Fantastic to chat with students competing in the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge today.

I've been a strong supporter of the UKROC as it promotes STEM to children from all backgrounds and recruits the next generation of engineers.

January is Love Your Liver Awareness Month, which aims to highlight the vital importance of the liver and the over 500 vital jobs it does to keep us alive.

The Olde Boar's Head, steeped in history, is a very worthy winner of my Pub Awards. Congratulations on your award!

Congrats to the Crown Inn for being nominated for my Pub Awards! It was fantastic to visit last weekend to present the award.