It was great to join so many friends for the amazing East Cleveland Klondike today - including lots of Conservative council candidates at the heart of their communities.

Many of you will have seen the shocking photos of the shop break-ins from Guisborough over the last two nights.

Lots of Nunthorpe residents are concerned about school parking, which affects not only parents but anyone who struggles to get into and out of their homes at peak times.

Over the last couple of years, we’ve become used to the drumbeat of good news stories about our local economy. Government backing for this giant new power station is another really important example.

After meeting residents and Councillor Graham Jeffery in Hutton ward on Friday to discuss the site clearance off Meynell Avenue, I sat down with your local Conservative councillors.

It was great to join Julie Craig in her revamped Cafe Creations on Skelton-in-Cleveland Industrial Estate for my weekly surgery.

A big thank you to everyone who turned out for yesterday’s public meeting about the felling of all the trees off Meynell Avenue in Guisborough last week, which is clearly visible from The Avenue.

There’s been great news for KTS Academy in Brotton and Whitecliffe Academy in Carlin How this week. Both have received substantial sums for building works under the Government’s Condition Improvement Funding scheme for schools in 2019-20.

It’s a really proud day for Middlesbrough to have won the right to service and maintain HMS Enterprise, Echo and Protector. Shipbuilding and repair is one of our region’s historic strengths and this is a tribute to the skills of U.K. Docks.

A big thank you to Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor for joining a group of our candidates across Redcar and East Cleveland at Saltburn Conservative & Unionist Club last night for the official launch of our Council campaign!