East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin is telling Brussels transport chiefs to think again over a scheme to ban all petrol and diesel cars from city centres. The scheme, outlined in a European Commission policy document on future transport, calls for a 50 per cent reduction in the number of conventionally-fuelled cars allowed in city centres …Continue Reading

With less than a week to go before High Peak MP Andrew Bingham and East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin start their annual High Peak Hike, the two politicians are hoping for nice weather, and appealing for more people to sponsor them. The Conservative duo have done three of the hikes in previous years for local …Continue Reading

East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin has this week given her support to the ‘Save Roman Southwell’ campaign to stop housing being built on the former Minster School site in Southwell. Caunton Properties Ltd have put forward a plan to build 27 properties on the old Minster School site, which is also the site of historic …Continue Reading

With just one year to go before the start of the 2012 Olympic Games, East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin has spoken of her excitement and praised the organisers for the work done so far. The new Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park was officially unveiled today to mark the one-year countdown to the opening ceremony, …Continue Reading

Don’t let your dream holiday become a nightmare, a Conservative MEP is warning this summer. Emma McClarkin, MEP for the East Midlands, says a few simple precautions and a little planning before setting off on a European holiday can save a lot of heartache – and money. “When travelling in the European Union it’s important …Continue Reading