D&S column: what a turnaround for our Friarage Hospital Friday, 12 April, 2024 It is almost five years exactly since one of the biggest public meetings ever held in Northallerton took place in the old Grammar School. The school hall was packed to overflowing to discuss changes to the town’s Friarage Hospital. I had called the meeting after the hospital trust took the decision – at short notice – to downgrade the A&E department because it could not recruit the doctors to run... Articles
D&S column: my recommendation for a free family day out - Foxglove Covert 21st July 2017 WITH the summer school holidays underway, families are facing the annual challenge of finding interesting and fun things to do during the long break. This week... Articles
Rishi Sunak secures changes to ensure open military justice 20th July 2017 ARMY chiefs have changed their procedures to ensure details of forthcoming military court hearings are properly publicised. Following the intervention of... Military
Rishi Sunak criticises highways chiefs for removing town’s tourism signs 19th July 2017 HIGHWAYS chiefs have been criticised for not replacing two brown tourist destination signs for Richmond on the newly upgraded A1 motorway. For many years the... Local News
Rishi Sunak on the run with Brompton School to beat cancer 14th July 2017 A whole school went on the run - accompanied by their MP - to continue a tradition of cancer charity fundraising. Brompton Community Primary School, near... Skills and Schools
D&S column: taking pride in Yorkshire's great food industry 14th July 2017 Representing one of the most rural constituencies in the UK, it’s hardly surprising that farming frequently features in this column. Farming is the industry... Articles
Rishi Sunak praises community fundraising for hospital’s new x-ray kit 14th July 2017 A NEW-LOOK radiology unit at The Friary Community Hospital in Richmond has been officially opened – and has already benefited 81 patients in its first week. The... Healthcare
ITV's Around The House: zero-hours contracts, Brexit and the single market 13th July 2017 Debating the Taylor Report on modern employment practices - including zero-hours contracts - with Labour's York Central MP Rachael Maskell. Brexit and Labour's... Media
Rishi Sunak praises school's dramatic progress 12th July 2017 The dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of a North Yorkshire school rated as inadequate by inspectors has been praised by Richmond MP Rishi Sunak. Mr Sunak... Skills and Schools
Rishi Sunak helps launch NFU food and farming campaign 11th July 2017 Rishi Sunak MP hosted the Westminster launch of an NFU campaign to shout about the value of the food and farming industry to Yorkshire – its people, economy and... Farming