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D&S column: shop local this Christmas

With Christmas looming ever closer, I am sure many of us will have gone online to do at least part of our festive shopping. With time being so precious in the hectic run-up to the holiday, the attraction of ordering from the comfort of your armchair and having goods delivered to your door is obviou

Rishi Sunak switches on Bedale's Christmas lights

Rishi Sunak was honoured to switch on the festive lights at Bedale's Christmas Festival. Hundreds of townsfolk gathered around the tree in the Market Place for mince pies, mulled wine, carols played by Bedale Brass Band and the switch on by the Richmond MP, ably assisted by the town's May

A19 death gap to be closed after pressure from Rishi Sunak

The gap in the central reservation which led to the death of a pensioner on the A19 is to be closed following pressure from Rishi Sunak and fellow North Yorkshire MP Kevin Hollinrake. M Sunak, MP for Richmond, and Mr Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, called on Highways England (HE) to close the

Rishi Sunak urges constituents to Think Pharmacy First

Rishi Sunak has urged his constituents to make good use of their local pharmacist this winter. The Richmond MP’s mother was a NHS pharmacist helping thousands of patients during her long career running the pharmacy alongside his father’s GP practice. Mr Sunak said: “Having watched my mother and ha

D&S column: The Budget balancing act

WITH the benefit of a week to consider the Budget, I think the Chancellor did a good job in balancing two objectives: bringing down the deficit while investing in the UK economy. We may have been distracted by other issues such as leaving the EU, but tackling this country’s debt – the total amount

Rishi Sunak welcomes schools collaboration

Richmond MP Rishi Sunak has seen the fruits of collaborative working between two North Yorkshire schools. Separated by 15 miles and a 25-minute car journey, Richmond Methodist Primary School and Arkengarthdale Church of England Primary Schools work closely together. During his visit to the Richmon

Rishi Sunak helps secure funding for service veterans' app

THE development of an app designed by a North Yorkshire man to help three million ex-servicemen and women is being funded by the Government. The roll-out of the Veteran Services Directory created by Dr Matt Kiernan, of Hudswell, near Richmond, is being boosted with a £500,000 grant from the Ministr

D&S column: broadband roll-out continues

The seventy or so souls who live in the hamlet of Ellerton-on-Swale would never consider themselves as living in a particularly remote part of North Yorkshire. Just off the main road between Northallerton and Richmond and only a couple of miles from the sizeable communities of Scorton and Catterick