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Rishi joined the growing number of young cricketers at one of their club training sessions – and practised his batting.

Visiting Northallerton Cricket Club, he met members of the 12 junior teams who now play at the club.

It’s almost exactly eight years since this column first appeared in the Darlington & Stockton Times.

That first column, written when I was a newly-elected backbench MP, featured a visit to Reeth Show – which is where I was again last bank holiday Monday.

A project to improve the riverside in the historic heart of Stokesley has been given the seal of approval by Rishi.

Rishi planted a commemorative tree to mark the completion of work on the banks of the River Leven where it flows through the centre of the market town.

Rishi has welcomed the growing success of Northallerton’s boxing club in attracting young people to the sport.

The MP called into one of the club’s regular training sessions in the basement of Northallerton Town Hall to meet the boxers, their coaches and parents.

Rishi visited two Dales agricultural shows over the bank holiday weekend.

At Leyburn on Saturday, Rishi and his family toured the Wensleydale showfield with joint presidents Joyce and James Sunter, visiting the livestock lines, horticulture/handicrafts tent, trade stands and main ring.

World Cup football fans watching the Lionesses’ big game in their local pub were joined by their MP Rishi Sunak.

Rishi dropped into the Fleece Inn on Northallerton’s High Street to watch the Women’s World Cup final with fellow England fans.

Rishi has visited a golf club leading the way in promoting the sport among women and young people.

Richmond (Yorks) Golf Club welcomed the MP to its clubhouse and course to explain how the club is driving membership.

Rishi praised the enterprise of young business apprentices at a village primary school’s summer fair. 

The MP called in to the fair held at Bolton-on-Swale St Mary’s Church of England Primary School to meet pupils, staff and parents at the annual event. 

Rishi took part in a special ground-breaking ceremony at the site of a new multi-million pound primary school in Northallerton.

He attended the milestone occasion which signalled the start of construction at the Alvertune Road site.

Rishi visited the inpatient ward at the Friary Hospital in Richmond as it reopened to patients again following extensive refurbishment.

Rishi visited the Victoria Ward to see the much-improved environment and talk to nurses, therapists healthcare assistants and other staff.