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Rishi Sunak opens nursery's new forest school

RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak has officially opened a new forest school which is helping to teach children at a farm-based nursery about the great outdoors. The forest school at High Bank Day Nursery in Stapleton, near Darlington, provides children with hands-on learning experiences in a natural environm

D&S column: a good education is the greatest gift

WORKING as your constituency MP, I have spent more time in our local schools than anywhere else. That’s because I believe a good education is the most precious thing we can give our children. As someone whose grandparents grew up in villages in India without many modern conveniences, I a

Tiger farming in Laos still flourishing, I tell the House

In Foreign Office Questions I draw the Foreign Secretary's attention to the plight of tigers in Laos. A year after the Laos Government said it would ban the practice of tiger farming the trade is still flourishing.

Rishi Sunak appointed to Government

Rishi Sunak MP has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Richmond MP will work in the renamed Department of Communities and Local Government.

Schools partnership welcomed by Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak has seen a partnership between schools in Kenya and Bedale, North Yorkshire, in action. Mowbray School, a special school, established the partnership with Obalwanda Special School in Mbita, Kenya, five years ago and has worked on a number of joint projects. As a result of the partnersh

D&S column: a threat we must take seriously

On Christmas Day, while we were opening presents, tucking into our festive fare and generally enjoying the holiday, a strange journey was underway off Yorkshire's coast. A newly-built Russian frigate, the Admiral Gorshkov, was steaming through the North Sea close to UK territorial waters ostensibly

Rishi Sunak presents careers guidance quality award to Dales School

A SCHOOL has shown its quality for helping students with complex needs secure fulfilling careers. The Dales School, Morton-on-Swale, has been awarded the national Quality and Careers Standard becoming one of only 25 per cent nationally to achieve the coveted status. Richmond MP Rishi Sunak was on

Rishi Sunak opens village school kitchen

SCHOOLCHILDREN have swopped "meals on wheels" for delicious dinners prepared in their own school kitchen.  School dinners at Eppleby Forcett school, near Richmond, used to be prepared in the village hall and wheeled down the village street to the school.  But now, thanks to the

Train more doctors at the Friarage, urges Rishi Sunak

EFFORTS to train more doctors at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, and help to sustain its long-term future have been backed by Richmond MP Rishi Sunak. The MP has written to national education chiefs lending his support to local medical schools' plans to expand. Both Hull York and Newcastle U