Following a meeting with Paul Everitt, Artistic Director of The Garrick Theatre currently being constructed in Lichfield, Michael Fabricant will be approaching the new management at the Royal Shakespeare Company to suggest that The Garrick be their temporary home during the proposed reconstruction of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon. "The Garrick will […]
The following statement on a possible armed conflict with Iraq was issued by Michael Fabricant today (12th September 2002):- There is little point in learning history if we do not learn lessons from history. In the 1930s Britain and France did nothing while Germany re-armed, brutalised its citizens, and marched into neighbouring countries. Well intentioned […]
In a show of solidarity with the people of the United States 12 months on from the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC, Michael Fabricant is organising a visit to Litchfield, Connecticut in New England and also to Boston, Massachusetts. The visit will take place in the autumn of 2003 and he […]
At 1.46pm today (marking the very moment when the first hijacked aircraft hit one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City at 8.46am Eastern Standard Time) two Giant Redwood trees from the United States will be planted at The National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas near Lichfield. These trees will […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s approach to the M6 Toll Group with the idea to stage a charity marathon before the road opens, Paul Neal, Project Director of the CAMBBA Construction Group has now written saying "while these are all great ideas, they all raise a number of wider issues including public safety, security and logistics. We, […]
Michael Fabricant will introduce legislation in the House of Commons in the new Parliamentary Session to provide the same privacy in law for emails as currently exists for conventional mail and telephone calls. The change in the law is being introduced in the light of the increased number of employers who routinely monitor their employees’ […]
Michael Fabricant is backing an idea proposed by Lichfield man, Robert Yardley of Cornfield Drive, to stage a major marathon run along the M6 Toll Motorway (formerly known as the BNRR) just before it is opened to traffic. The marathon would be open to contestants throughout the UK and abroad and it is hoped that […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s intervention with the Royal Mail (see News Release dated 8th August) which had planned to alter some post codes in Burntwood with old postcodes being discontinued by April 2004 after a 12 month overlap period when both old and new codes can be used simultaneously, Brian Davies – Address Systems Manager, Royal […]
Following his completion of the Three Peaks Challenge (reaching the summits of Snowdon, Skafell Pike, and Ben Nevis – the three highest peaks in Wales, England, and Scotland all in 34 hours over the weekend of 10-11 August), Michael Fabricant yesterday (Sunday 18th August) crossed the Sands of Morecambe Bay – at low tide – […]
Michael Fabricant has asked the Royal Mail to delay the implementation of post code changes which will affect parts of Burntwood with the WS7 8 postcode. In a letter to Brian Davies, Manager of the Address Management Centre in Shrewsbury, Michael has said: "My main concern is that constituents and businesses in the area should […]