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Regular readers will know it is very rare for me to write about the same topic two weeks in a row. But the Friarage remains our most important local issue and...

Like you, my family rely on the Friarage. From fixing broken bones to treating allergic reactions, the doctors and nurses at the hospital have been there for us...

Gale-force winds, horizontal, driving rain and low cloud – Fleet Moss was a pretty uncomfortable place to be on a recent Friday morning. Fleet Moss is on the...

VILLAGE halls are tremendous community assets – in many of our smaller settlements they are often the only place where everyone can come together. We have some...

LIKE me I am sure many of you will be sceptical about some of the surveys that are published, seemingly daily, about frankly rather odd subjects. But one that...

Mental health care in this country has for too long been a Cinderella service. Despite the development of modern treatment therapies and facilities, Governments...

I am always impressed and immensely gratified by the generosity of spirit I find in our North Yorkshire communities. So many people are prepared to do their bit...

On one of my regular busy constituency Fridays a while ago I met a group of parents at the Dales School in Morton-on-Swale, near Northallerton. As many of you...

I hope you, your families and friends had great Christmas and New Year celebrations. For my first column of 2019 I am returning to a subject dear to my heart –...