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NEWS ARCHIVE
News from Great Torrington
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 |
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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 |
Cox plays sterling innings for the Plough! 11 June 2007 : Press Release 
A dazzling array of cricketing talent assembled last Saturday in Weare Gifford... | more |
Cox plays sterling innings for the Plough! 11 June 2007 : Photo 
Geoffrey Cox MP with both teams at a charity cricket match to raise funds for the Plough in Torrington. | more |
Cox plays sterling innings for the Plough! 11 June 2007 : Photo 
Geoffrey Cox MP with Radio Lantern DJs at a charity cricket match to raise funds for the Plough in Torrington. | more |
Cox welcomes local election results 8 May 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox has welcomed the results of last week's local elections and has congratulated all those, successful and unsuccessful, who took part. | more |
Geoffrey Cox takes PM to task over lost funding for community groups 21 March 2007 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox put the concerns of local arts, sports, charitable and community groups centre stage today , by asking what action the Prime Minister planned to take to minimise the effects of the loss of Lottery funds to the London Olympics. | 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 |
Geoffrey Cox backs Carers Rights Day 12 December 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox went to Torrington on Friday to support the national Carers Rights Day. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 20 November 2006 : Article 
The other day I met David Johnston, who is the Director of Social Services at Devon County Council, for one of our regular discussions about the state of services to carers and to those with learning disabilities in Torridge. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 24 October 2006 : Article
John Robinson is in his eighties. Every three weeks, he waits patiently outside my surgery in Great Torrington until he can see me. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 29 August 2006 : Article
I have spent a large part of the summer, since the recess commenced, going around villages, visiting agricultural and flower shows and meeting those people, businesses and organisations whose work affects the lives of inhabitants of our constituency. | more |
MP Calls for Tesco Planning Inquiry 6 July 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox, Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon has called for a public inquiry into the retail giant Tesco's application to build a 30,000 square ft superstore on Great Torrington. | 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 |
Article for the North Devon Journal 14 February 2006 : Article 
In Torridge, we are very fortunate indeed to have dentists who are committed to NHS dentistry. Where others have been discouraged and have eventually given up and gone over to private work, they have continued to make a go of a bad system. | more |
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24 January 2006 : Press Release 
Torridge and West Devon MP Geoffrey Cox met dentists from Great Torrington and Bideford last week to discuss the threats to NHS dentistry in Torridge posed by the new dental contract, which dentists are being compelled by the government to adopt. | 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 |
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12 January 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox, Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon, has concluded his Christmas Tour of the constituency. | more |
MP condemns Government Office South West over planning delays 23 November 2005 : Press Release 
Torridge and West Devon MP, Geoffrey Cox, has strongly criticised the Government Office South West for its handling of planning applications. | more |
MP’s intervention on behalf of local residents secures survey on flooding 14 November 2005 : Press Release South West Water have agreed to conduct a comprehensive survey of drains and sewers in Great Torrington after local Member of Parliament Geoffrey Cox intervened on behalf of residents. | more |
Cox in the Stocks: Torridge and West Devon's MP Backs Great Torrington Museum 20 August 2005 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox, the new Conservative MP for Torridge and West Devon, got a taste of life in the middle ages last week when he voluntarily went into the Town Stocks to open the Great Torrington Museum “Under the Arches” exhibition. | more |
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28 June 2005 : Speech Geoffrey Cox makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons during the debate on ID Cards. | more |