News - Andrew Percy MP

Local Schools Have Chance to win £20,000 With Asda’s Plastic Investigators Club

May 09, 2019

Asda have asked Andrew to spread the word that local schools have a chance to win up to £20,000 via the Plastic Investigators competition. Andrew reports, "Asda are inviting primary school pupils to design a poster that raises awareness of plastic waste and what can be done to help solve it." The prizes for the competition are as follows: • 1st prize – A cheque for £20,000 to the school of the winning pupil to promote sustainable living and a £1,000 Asda Gift Card for the winning pupil. • ...

World Ovarian Cancer Day

May 08, 2019

Today is World Ovarian Cancer Day. The goal of this campaign is to spread awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms throughout the UK. Andrew says, "A woman dies every 2 hours from the disease in the UK. Early diagnoses are key to improving survival rates; however, 82% of UK women are not able to name the main symptoms of ovarian cancer." The NHS website outlines the following most common symptoms of ovarian cancer: • feeling constantly bloated • a swollen tummy • discomfort in your tummy or ...

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

May 07, 2019

This month is Lyme disease awareness month, with Lyme Disease UK running their annual ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ campaign. Andrew adds, "Lyme disease can be caught all over the UK, including in urban parks and back gardens. Public Health England estimates that around 3,000 new cases of Lyme disease are seen every year. Lyme disease can be extremely hard to diagnose, and tick bites are easy to miss as they are normally painless and very small." Below is some information on being “tick aware” from Public...

Reflections and a New Generation

May 05, 2019

Andrew published the below Facebook update following the Local Election results. "I don't want to dwell too much on the election results on here as I prefer to keep this more about issues, but I did just want to thank people in our area again for giving the local team such backing last week. Having done an analysis of the results, I am so proud of my North Lincs team for winning every single polling district in North Lincs. It was a particular joy for Elaine, Ralph and Helen to come out on top ...

Goole Hospital Update

May 02, 2019

Andrew has received the below update regarding Goole Hospital: "I thought residents might like an update on a couple of issues related to Goole Hospital. Like most people locally, I really value our local hospital and have been contacted by a few residents in recent weeks raising some issues. I thought you might like an update on some of the issues. Ophthalmic Department Biometry Machine. This machine (used for cataract patients) is broken beyond repair and this has been raised by some residents...

Wrawby - Broadband Update

May 01, 2019

Andrew has been informed that super fast broadband has gone live for a number of properties on Melton Road, Wrawby, DN20 8SS. Andrew explains, "Residents are now able to place their orders for superfast broadband. Other areas are still being worked on and I will keep residents updated as soon as I receive further information."

Update: O2/ Vodafone – Broughton Mobile Coverage

Apr 29, 2019

* FURTHER UPDATE: following the update below, O2 have informed Andrew that their network team have confirmed that the work on the site serving Broughton (071187) is now complete and the site is now back on air. As mentioned in a recent post regarding mobile coverage in Broughton, Andrew has been pressing the various providers for their latest updates on works to improve coverage in the town. Andrew reports, "Following EE/BT Group’s response last week, O2, who share their infrastructure with Vo...

EE/ BT Group – Broughton Mobile Coverage Update

Apr 25, 2019

Residents may remember that Andrew conducted a survey on mobile coverage and broadband in Broughton last year, which was used to raise the issue of poor service in the area with the providers. After the survey report was sent to the providers last year, O2, who share infrastructure with Vodafone, had informed Andrew that they would undertake works to improve 4G coverage in Broughton and EE/BT Group also informed him that they were constructing a new mast site in the town. Andrew chased the provi...

Siemens Planning Application Submitted

Apr 23, 2019

An important step in the Goole rail factory took place this morning with Siemens officially submitting the planning application for the Goole rail factory, test track and office block. The test track is not to be confused with the proposed new 5-mile test ring with has also been looked at by Siemens and remains at an early stage. This is great news and moves the project on considerably. The hope is that the planning application should be relatively non-controversial, enabling swift approval to...

Severn Trent Water Sewer Collapse - Emergency Works from 23rd April

Apr 18, 2019

Andrew has been informed that Severn Trent Water will shortly be undertaking emergency works following a sewer collapse off Doncaster Road. Their investigation work has shown the sewer under Doncaster Road to be in poor condition and in urgent need of replacement. Their work will start on Tuesday 23rd April 2019 and will involve replacing the length of the sewer where it crosses under Doncaster Road. During these repairs, Severn Trent will need to close the A18 Doncaster Road between Hilton Ave...