NHS CHIEF OPEN TO HARTLEPOOL HOSPITAL FUTURE AFTER ROYAL QUIZZING
The CEO of NHS England has offered new hope in the row over Hartlepool Hospital after being quizzed by Conservative Candidate Richard...
Speech at "We Love Our Hospital" Rally
Richard's speech at the Valentines Day Rally, organised by Save our Hospital and the Teesside Peoples' Assembly Against Austerity: Good...
Letter to Jeremy Hunt re hospital
Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP Secretary of State for Health Department of Health Richmond House 79 Whitehall London SW1A 2NS 2nd February...
Royal supports charity’s call for better mental health provision
Richard Royal, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Hartlepool, has backed calls for better provision of support for local people in...
Hartlepool needs and deserves vital hospital services
I’ve always been impatient. Even before I entered the world. My first act was to insist on being born on a busy May Bank Holiday Monday....
Hartlepool Masterplan: Please spend our money wisely!
I am pleased to read about the proposed Masterplan to regenerate Hartlepool town centre, albeit equally sceptical of its likelihood to be...
Royal questions council's "default position of buy, bulldoze and rebuild" over Seaton
Hartlepool’s Conservative candidate Richard Royal has backed calls to regenerate the abandoned Longscar Centre in Seaton Carew, but has...
'Vaccinating' against water based tragedies
In a previous edition of H2Open magazine I wrote of my concern that the UK faced an inter-generational swimming crisis due to the lack of...
Daley's Bravery Reveals Our Own Flaws
Firstly let me express some solidarity with Tom Daley… As a competitive swimmer who also has to wear speedos a lot, I know how it feels...
‘Vaccinating’ against Water-based Tragedies
In a previous edition of H2Open magazine I wrote of my concern that the UK faced an inter-generational swimming crisis due to the lack of...
Royal Escapes Alcatraz for Young Minds
*Featured in Young Minds Magazine* A brave swimmer has taken part in an audacious escape attempt from one of the world’s most notorious...
No Country For Young Swimmers
In November last year I visited Cambodia, a bewildering array of dusty streets, endless fields and historic monuments. Water occupies a...
Remembering Not Repeating: Why We Should Wear The Poppy
The falling leaves, icy winds and the sight of elderly people sitting with donation tins in tube stations can only mean one thing....
Engaging with the Foreign Office
Guest feature in the House Magazine The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is one of the great Offices of State, once presided over by great...
A burger by any other name...
So last week our Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, made the apparently fatal triple mistake of working late, eating junk food,...
