It's Dementia Awareness Week.

Great strides are being made in MK to raise awareness and bring people together, particularly in retail and local businesses. Keeping dementia at the top of the agenda.

In my Ministry of Defence role responsible for veterans, I was able to share in the excitement and anticipation with competitors for the second Invictus Games being held in Orlando, Florida.

It was back to college for me to meet with students currently studying for an HND qualification in Uniformed Public Service at MK College.

I always look forward to my annual surgery at Lovat Fields in Willen. Lovat Fields is a lively residential village which is part of the Extracare Charitable Trust.  The Trust provide independent, safe and secure futures for older people.

In the weeks before Christmas, the Paris climate summit saw a total of 194 countries come together to negotiate for the first time ever a global deal for tackling climate change.