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NEWS ARCHIVE
News from Holsworthy
Christmas Tour - MP thanks "those who look after the vulnerable and sick" 30 December 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox dropped in to Bideford, Holsworthy and Great Torrington Community Hospitals on Christmas Eve as part of his Christmas Tour. | more |
Geoffrey Cox MP opens Holsworthy Market Winter Fair 26 November 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox congratulated the Winter Fair Committee on organising a successful event and paid tribute to the quality of the livestock entries in opening the Fair last Thursday. | more |
MP visits Holsworthy Community College 26 November 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox visited Holsworthy Community College last Thursday. | more |
MP to visit Holsworthy Community College 20 November 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox will visit Holsworthy Community College this Thursday. | more |
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17 August 2007 : Article 
I am delighted that, although sadly and inevitably affected by the restrictions on livestock movements, the committee has determined to go ahead with the Holsworthy and Stratton Show. | more |
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14 August 2007 : Press Release
A struggle by a tiny rural Methodist Church community against an order to replace, at a cost of £30,000, its PVC windows has won the strong backing of its local MP, Geoffrey Cox. | more |
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3 August 2007 : Article
At the time of writing, shows such as North Devon, Okehampton, and Woolsery have been cancelled and we must consider ourselves very fortunate that the weather so far seems to smile on the Holsworthy and Stratton Show. | more |
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3 August 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox took to the roads last week to visit villages throughout the constituency for the next few weeks in his new mobile surgery. | more |
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12 July 2007 : Speech 
Geoffrey Cox calls on the Government to reject legal aid reforms recommended in the Carter Report to take into consideration the impact on clients in rural areas who face having to travel long distances to find a legal aid lawyer if local firms close. | more |
MP demands answers over changes to patient hospital transport charges 8 June 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox has tabled a series of questions in Parliament today about the impact of changes to the patient hospital transport scheme on the patients who use it and the volunteers who operate the scheme. | more |
MP calls for wind farm buffer zones to protect rural communities 15 May 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox questions the Government's policy on wind energy. | more |
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13 February 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox met NFU members from Holsworthy, Hatherleigh and Okehampton branches to give an appraisal of DEFRA's conduct in recent months. | more |
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26 December 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox took to the roads on his Christmas Tour of Royal Mail Delivery Offices, nursing homes and community hospitals around West Devon and Torridge on Friday 22nd December. | more |
MP presents sugar teeth to NHS Minister 18 December 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox last week met the Minister of State for Health Services, Rosie Winterton, to discuss the inadequacies of the provision of NHS dentists in Torridge and West Devon. | more |
Geoffrey Cox warns Minister of farming chaos 12 December 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox today powerfully argued to Lord Rooker, Minister for Farming, that any further delays to the investigation into West Devon Meat would result in farming chaos in the South West. | more |
MP discusses local passenger concerns with First Bus Company 13 October 2006 : Press Release 
Responding to the concerns of local bus users, Torridge and West Devon's MP Geoffrey Cox has met the Managing Director and Operations Director of First Bus Company... | more |
MP distributes money raised by local charity event 9 October 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox has praised the organisers and participants of an annual local charity event for their success in raising money for worthy causes in the area. | more |
Article for the Holsworthy Post 15 August 2006 : Article
I have a special fondness for the Holsworthy and Stratton Show. I visited some years ago for the first time with the late Dick Broad, who introduced me to the excellent Town Band and I have been coming ever since. | more |
Geoffrey Cox congratulates winners of Ruby Run half marathon 12 June 2006 : Photo 
Geoffrey Cox with winners fo the Ruby Run - half marathon from Holsworthy to Hatherleigh. | more |
MP praises carers dedication and sacrifice 8 June 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox visited Holsworthy Hospital last week to meet members of the Holsworthy and District Stroke Club. | more |
MP calls on Government to Save Community Hospitals 28 March 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox who is a Patron of CHANT (Community Hospitals Action Nationally Together) represented community hospitals in the constituency at a rally in Central London. | more |
MP Visits Halwill Junction for Devon Headway Open Day 20 March 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox was in Halwill Junction last week as part of Devon Headway’s Open Day at the Winsford Centre. | more |
MP meets Farmers to Discuss Rural Crisis 28 February 2006 : Press Release 
Over 40 farmers from the Holsworthy and Okehampton and Hatherleigh branches of the NFU congregated at the Halwill Junction village hall last week for a question and answer session with MP for Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox. | more |
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31 January 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox invited three children from Torridge and West Devon to London in December, to meet him at the Houses of Parliament and to attend a Christmas tea party, hosted by Cherie Blair, at 10 Downing Street. | more |
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14 January 2006 : Press Release Local Member of Parliament, Geoffrey Cox, has announced that he is to relocate his constituency office to Bideford. | more |