I’ve been spending a lot of time in the pub lately.

I should perhaps clarify that this has all been strictly work-related activity! It is part of my efforts to get the fullest understanding of this vital industry so that I can do all I can to support it in Westminster.

Rishi Sunak has welcomed health chiefs scrapping a plan that could have seen a hospital used by many of his constituents downgraded.

A thriving tennis club’s upgraded facilities have been officially declared open by Rishi Sunak.

Great Ayton Tennis Club recently completed the refurbishment of the playing surface on three of its five courts and laid the foundations for further improvements.

Rishi Sunak MP has welcomed the Government’s pledge to protect community transport operations from law changes which could have threatened their existence.

I recently made my debut on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions panel discussion.

For those not familiar with the long-running programme, it’s the radio equivalent of television’s Question Time, the Thursday night political discussion show chaired by David Dimbleby.

Dales villagers “got on their bikes” to celebrate the Tour de Yorkshire passing through their community.

A competition for the best decorated cut-out bike in Bellerby, near Leyburn, attracted 20 entries from young and old.

IMAGINE a glorious early spring day in the Dales, ideal for a brisk walk to blow away the cobwebs of a hard winter.

You set out with the appropriate clothing, map, compass and mobile phone, having let a loved one know where you are heading and roughly how long you will be.

Rishi Sunak MP has been out on exercise with a mountain rescue team which marks a significant anniversary this year.

Rishi Sunak MP has urged the Department of Transport to cherish the efforts of volunteers as it considers changes to the regulations governing community transport operators.

Compared with the craggy drama of the Lakeland fells or the sweeping beauty of Yorkshire’s Dales, the peatlands of Northern England attract little attention.