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Lord and Lady Brittan's ordeal at the hands of the Metropolitan Police

In  a Westminster Hall debate about the Henriques Report into Operation Midland I outlined the appalling treatment meted out to one of my predecessors, Lord Leon Brittan, and his wife, Lady Diana, by the Metropolitan Police's handling of an historic - and groundless - abuse allegation against L

D&S column: why the Scotch Corner designer outlet is good news

On my recent visit to the Royal Mail’s delivery office in Richmond it was amazing to watch the parcel sorting operation underway at the beginning of the Christmas rush. The deftness and accuracy of the team making sure the hundreds of packets and boxes were allocated to the right round was very imp

MP scrums down with ‘gold standard’ rugby club

A North Yorkshire rugby club has won the seal of approval from its national governing body and MP. Northallerton RUFC is now a Rugby Football Union accredited club and its certificate was presented to the club chairman at its recent home game against Wensleydale RUFC by Richmond MP Rishi Sunak. Th

The importance of integration

Welcoming the Casey Report into opportunity and integration among our minority communities, I stressed how important it is that Britain's new communities integrate properly and have an obligation to embrace a common British identity.

North Yorkshire’s finest food and drink champions honoured

HONOURS have been dished out to the best food and drink businesses in North Yorkshire. Businesses from across Richmondshire, Hambleton, Harrogate and Ryedale districts gathered at the Flavours of Herriot Country Awards. The food and drink awards, held at the Garden Rooms at Tennants of Leyburn, ce

D&S column: investing in the nation's productivity

CENTRAL to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week were measures to address Britain’s longstanding productivity gap. The issue, in the simplest terms, is that British workers produce less per hour, or shift, than workers in some other countries, notably France, Italy and the US.

Improved water supplies for thousands of Richmond and Catterick consumers

Work is nearing completion on a new water plant which will improve supplies for thousands of consumers in North Yorkshire. A £2m treatment plant beside the A1 at Catterick should be finished by Christmas and when fully operational will supply homes in the Catterick and Richmond areas. The plant wi

Five options to solve Northallerton's level crossing congestion

A list of five possible solutions to the congestion caused by Northallerton’s railway level crossings have been drawn up following a meeting called by MP Rishi Sunak. The Richmond MP called a summit meeting to consider what could be done to ease the traffic congestion in the county town caused by i

Angels bring Osmotherley villagers together

THE first Osmotherley Angel Festival has been praised for bringing the whole community together. The three-day event in the village near Northallerton was attended by hundreds of people to get the Christmas season underway. Among them was Rishi Sunak and his family who visited the church open day