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VIDEO: Agriculture Minister answers farmers' questions

Farming Minister George Eustice MP came to Wensleydale RUFC at Leyburn at the invitation of Rishi Sunak to answer farmers' questions about Brexit, subsidies, trade deals, animal welfare, promoting British food, environmental stewardship and the use of glyphosate weedkiller.

D&S column: making the right career choice

WE all know young people who have made the wrong career choice at the start of their adult lives. Whether it is finding themselves on an unsuitable course in further education or in a job for which they are fundamentally unsuited, the consequences for the individual and their family can be distress

Minister sets out Brexit objectives for UK farming to Rishi Sunak MP

FARMING Minister George has outlined the Government’s priorities for agriculture as it leaves the EU. Asked to outline his vision for UK agriculture after Brexit by Richmond MP Rishi Sunak, Mr Eustice set out five key principles. They are: Exploiting new market opportunities and getting the bes

Rishi Sunak joins Friends of Bedale Community Library

RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak was among more than 80 supporters who turned out for the launch of a new friends group to help open and maintain Bedale's Community Library.  Volunteers have rallied round to launch the new community facility following a decision by No

D&S column: proud to have the UK's best pub in Richmond

LIKE workplaces the world over, Monday conversations in Westminster often dwell on the events of the weekend. For MPs that means what they got up to in their constituencies and this week I was able to proudly say that I went to the pub – which just happens to be the best in the country! That’s acc

Keep Great Ayton in Richmond constituency, says Rishi Sunak

RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak has urged his constituents in Great Ayton to have their say about changes which could see them moved to a different Parliamentary area.  Great Ayton and its surrounding communities could be moved into the Thirsk and Malton constituency after more than 100 years in the R

Rishi Sunak sees progress on village’s community garden and nature trail

WORK has started on an ambitious community garden project in a North Yorkshire village. A group of volunteers in Tunstall, near Catterick Garrison, has embarked on a mission to improve and extend an existing green space behind the village hall. The project is called TIGER (Tunstall Island and Gard

D&S column: the Northern Powerhouse gets up steam

SINCE the term Northern Powerhouse was first coined by the then Chancellor George Osborne in 2014, there has been some scepticism expressed about what it means and amounts to.  To a degree that’s understandable.

Updating works at Garrison GPs' practice nears completion

Refurbishment work on a busy medical practice at the centre of the UK's biggest military base is nearing completion.  More than £400,000 is being spent updating Harewood Medical Practice in Catterick Garrison.  The work, which should be completed by Easter, will see facilities