Six Years, £800,000, and Still No Beehive: Why Burgess Hill Needs Change Monday, 7 April, 2025 By Tobias Parker – Conservative Candidate for Franklands Ward For over half a decade, the people of Burgess Hill have been promised a new community arts and events venue— The Beehive. It was billed as a cultural cornerstone for the town, a modern replacement for Martlets Hall, and a sign of progress. Instead, six years later, we’re left with an empty field, spiralling costs, and more questions... Opinions
Official opening of B&Q in Burgess Hill 20th September 2013 The new store has created 95 new jobs in the local community and has taken six months to build. Local News
SYRIA AND THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEBATE 30th August 2013 Statement by Nicholas Soames following the Debate on ‘Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons’ in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29th August, 2013. Local News
Nicholas Soames with Sub-Postmaster, Kazem Hossini. 30th August 2013 Official opening of the new style open-plan Burgess Hill Post Office. Local News
First Bike Ride Defibrillator 10th August 2013 Unveiling of the first Bike Ride Defibrillator outside the Town Hall in Boltro Road, Haywards Heath Local News
Armed Forces Day 29th June 2013 Nicholas Soames MP at a Thanksgiving service in East Grinstead on Armed Forces Day Local News
Sussex MPs Slam Mayfield’s New Town Plan 27th June 2013 Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames and Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert have united to condemn the proposed Mayfield’s new town of up to 10,000 houses between... Local News
GCHQ 11th June 2013 Nicholas Soames’s Question to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; The Rt Hon William Hague MP; following his statement on ‘GCHQ’ in the... Speeches in Parliament
Nicholas Soames MP opens voting for Sussex food & drink awards 6th June 2013 Nicholas Soames opens the public voting for finalists in the Sussex Food & Drinks Awards 2013/14 at the South of England Agricultural Show. Local News
Draft EU Referendum Bill 14th May 2013 Statement by Nicholas Soames, a senior member of European Mainstream, following the publication of the Draft EU Referendum Bill Local News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News
Your Questions Answered by: Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer 18th June 2020 Your questions answered by Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer. National News
Shop safely today: shops can reopen their doors in England 15th June 2020 From June 15th, shops are able to reopen their doors in England, in the next step in our careful easing of lockdown – provided they are meeting robust safety... National News
Let us work peacefully and lawfully to defeat racism and discrimination 9th June 2020 The Prime Minister has condemned the violence seen against police officers during protests over the weekend. National News
Boris Johnson: We will meet our obligations to Hong Kong, not walk away 3rd June 2020 Britain wants nothing more than for Hong Kong to succeed under “one country, two systems”. I hope that China wants the same. Let us work together to make it so. National News
