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Rishi Sunak serves up tea and cake at Stokesley memory cafe

Richmond MP Rishi Sunak called in to a memory café set up for sufferers of dementia and helped serve up tea and cake. Mr Sunak was invited to visit the Forget Me Not café which was established 18 months ago in Stokesley Methodist Church. He lent a hand distributing cups of tea and home-made cake t

Tunstall garden project wins Rishi Sunak’s approval

A garden created by the community in Tunstall, near Catterick, has been opened. The Tunstall TIGER Project was officially opened by Richmond MP Rishi Sunak and local Army veteran Tom Hunter who has volunteered many hours of help in the garden. TIGER  - which stands for Tunstall Island Garden

D&S column: the future of our High Streets

The future of Britain’s High Streets has never been far from the headlines this summer.  Some famous retailers like Marks and Spencer and House of Fraser have announced store closures and this week another national brand – Homebase – set in train a further contraction.  Town centre retai

Rishi Sunak welcomes A19 safety study progress

Up to 17 gaps in the central reservation of the A19 in North Yorkshire could be closed, according to a safety study called for by two MPs. The gaps in the busy dual carriageway between Dishforth, near Thirsk, and Crathorne, near Yarm, have been identified in a Highways England (HE) report drawn up

Rishi Sunak praises life-saving work of Stokesley company

Rishi Sunak MP has praised the work of a Stokesley company whose ground-breaking technology keeps submariners alive.  Analox Military Systems (AMS) keeps military personnel safe with their unique gas monitoring systems and solutions.  Earlier this year, the 80-employee com

D&S column: real progress in tackling the housing crisis

Like many readers, the day I took possession of the keys to my first home was one of the most memorable.  Along with going to starting my first job, getting married and becoming a father for the first time, it’s right up there as one of those rites of passage in t

D&S column: the lessons of this summer's moor fires

One of the abiding images of this long, hot, record-breaking summer will be the wildfires which devastated huge swathes of the landscape above Manchester and Bolton. The fires consumed thousands of acres of precious heather moorland, the distinctive feature of our Northern Uplands. The wildfire on

Rishi Sunak secures boost for Dales tourism industry

Environment chiefs have agreed to Rishi Sunak’s call to extend the salmon fishing season on the River Ure. The Environment Agency will start the process of changing the season when salmon can be caught in the river so it starts in February rather April. The move has been welcomed as a significant

Rishi Sunak hears of market town retailer’s success story

AN established Yorkshire Dales retailer has explained to Rishi Sunak how it is beating back the storm winds battering the High Street. The Richmond MP visited Leyburn’s department store Milners and heard how the family-run business is revolutionising its business model to combat the

Rishi Sunak welcomes affordable housing in Gilling West

A £1.6 million affordable housing scheme which has provided homes for people with a connection to a small Richmondshire village has been officially opened. Rishi Sunak MP was among the guests at the opening of Broadacres’ 11-home scheme in Gilling West, near Richmond. The development, at Oswin Gro