Column in the Glamorgan GEM by Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP:

I must begin with the news that Gavin & Stacey will be returning to Barry this year for a Christmas Special!

On Sunday, the Royal British Legion brought the local community together to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings, the largest seaborne invasion force in history which set sail for France to liberate Europe on 6th June 1944.

Vale MP Alun Cairns has met with The Royal British Legion (RBL), both in Westminster and in Barry, ahead of next month’s 75th Anniversary Commemorations of the D-Day Landings.

Vale MP Alun Cairns has undergone training with the Alzheimer’s Society Cymru in order to become a Dementia Friends Champion, ahead of his Briefing Session in Llantwit Major on Friday 31st May.

Llantwit Major Town Twinning Association has successfully held a relaunch event at Llantonian Hall, after being dissolved six years ago.

Alun Cairns MP has called on the Vale Council to use the change in leadership as an opportunity to listen to the huge public opposition to proposals to introduce parking charges.

This weekend, Vale MP Alun Cairns and the Llantwit Major Dementia Friends held their inaugural coffee morning at the Llantonian Hall.

The group is made up of local volunteers who are passionate about supporting people living with dementia in the community and their carers.

Ex-Royal Navy serviceman, Lewis Morgan, will be taking on Mount Toubkal, in North Africa, throughout September to raise money for armed forces charity SSAFA.

Vale MP Alun Cairns has visited the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at Cardiff University, along with local dementia champions, to meet with expert dementia researchers and learn more about their vital work.

Vale MP Alun Cairns has once again reached out to Jane Hutt AM, asking that she backs his cross-party campaign for better education funding for the Vale of Glamorgan.