D&S column: some better health news 28th October 2017 WE have had some good news about local health services recently which given the current staffing challenges at the Friarage Hospital should rightly be... Articles
D&S column: why I launched my pubs survey and good news for Great Ayton 21st October 2017 THIS week I wrote to every pub in the constituency (almost 200 of them!) asking them to participate in my inaugural Pub Survey. Pubs are vital to our rural... Articles
D&S column: internet safety and fair broadband deals 14th October 2017 IT’S a modern-day truism that the internet has revolutionised our lives. Nothing has changed the way we live more than a technology invented by a Briton – Sir... Articles
D&S column: keeping emergency care services at the Friarage 6th October 2017 I make no apology for returning to a subject which has already featured many times in this column: the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. Just two weeks ago I... Articles
D&S column: just two cheers for part-opening of upgraded A1 1st October 2017 I confess that I could only give two cheers to last week’s announcement that part of the upgraded A1 between Leeming and Barton was to finally open. On the face... Articles
D&S column: why the Friarage is a special hospital 22nd September 2017 I am constantly coming across the sterling work of community groups raising money for a huge range of excellent local causes. It is, always difficult to single... Articles
D&S column: launching Swaledale's new life-saving group 15th September 2017 GOOD-quality local healthcare has been my Number 1 priority since being elected MP two and a bit years ago. With both my parents giving their working lives to... Articles
D&S column: from one end of the constituency to the other 8th September 2017 TWO of my constituency engagements last weekend really underlined what a massive Parliamentary patch I have the privilege of representing. I was at Kildale Show... Articles
D&S column: our special Dales landscape and back to work in Westminster 3rd September 2017 LIKE me, many of you will have spent some of your summer holidays in the iconic landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. While we are captivated... Articles