WHEN the weather’s this good you have to wonder why so many of us jet off to the Med and elsewhere for our summer holidays.

Extending the season when salmon fishing is allowed in the River Ure would be a major boost for Yorkshire Dales tourism, according to MP Rishi Sunak.

IF you take the road out of Hawes towards Ingleton on the western-most edge of the Richmond constituency you enter a little-known side valley called Widdale.

Rishi Sunak became the first investor in an ambitious project to buy and renovate the Green Dragon pub at Exelby, near Bedale, as a focus for the community.

Bedale's revived Scout and Guide Community Festival has been acclaimed a great success by Rishi Sunak.

The festival wasn't held in 2017 because of lack of support but returned this year and attracted hundreds of people to the grounds of Bedale Hall.

When American politicians come to pay us a visit in Parliament, there are two lines you can be sure will be in their speech. One is a Winston Churchill quote, the other is how relieved they are that they won’t ever have to face Prime Minister’s Questions.

Rishi Sunak has praised the work of a group of unemployed young people have been rolling up their sleeves to help revamp an unused school building in Catterick Garrison.

Rishi Sunak MP fielded questions at a village debate held in Seamer, near Stokesley.

About thirty residents attended the event in the village hall to put questions to their Westminster representative.

Rishi Sunak MP joined hundreds of people who took part in the first anniversary Catterick parkrun.

The event, which is held at 9am every Saturday morning at Catterick Racecourse, saw runners of all ages and abilities get involved in the celebratory event.

I found the huge bin of old-style milk bottle tops quite irresistible and I plunged my hand deep into the silvery pile of crinkly foil.

It made a very satisfying noise and reminded me of the days when everybody had milk delivered to their doorsteps in glass bottles with tops like this.