D&S column: bringing digital connectivity to the Dales Wednesday, 11 March, 2026 It is a fact of political life that sometimes the best ideas can take what seems a long time to translate into a successful outcome. I was reminded of this most recently on a lousy (weather-wise) day at the top end of Coverdale. Standing by a new telecommunications mast – one of a number that are being switched on this year in the most isolated parts of the Yorkshire Dales – I recalled a speech I... Articles
BBC Daily Politics: Brexit and funding university education 10th July 2017 Debating Brexit and how to fund university education with Labour MP Chukka Umanna. Presenter Jo Coburn is in the chair Media
D&S column: what's at stake at the Friarage Hospital 10th July 2017 THE Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, has occupied much of my time in recent days as staffing challenges facing the hospital in critical care and anaesthetics... Articles
A good post-Brexit deal for British farmers 6th July 2017 RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak said he remained confident that the UK would secure a brighter future for British farming when the country left the EU. Speaking at a... Farming
Friarage A&E crisis raised in Parliament by Rishi Sunak 5th July 2017 A recruitment crisis which threatens the A&E department at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, has been raised in the House of Commons by Richmond MP Rishi... Local News
Friarage Hospital: fighting for emergency care services 5th July 2017 I raise the crisis in recruitment of doctors for the A&E department at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, with Health Ministers. Minister Philip Dunne agreed... Speeches in Parliament
D&S column: looking after our Armed Forces veterans 2nd July 2017 WITH the British Army’s biggest UK base and RAF Leeming at the heart of the Richmond constituency, the health and wellbeing of servicemen and women, past and... Articles
Rishi Sunak encourages more girls to take up careers in science and engineering 28th June 2017 MAKING a weight-bearing chair out of sheets of newspaper was the challenge for a group of North Yorkshire schoolgirls. Teams from four schools were set the task... Local News
Rishi Sunak obtains assurances from company over factory closure plan 28th June 2017 AN MP has contacted an employer proposing to close a factory in his constituency seeking assurances about employees who may lose their jobs. Rishi Sunak, MP for... Local News
D&S column; a sun-kissed weekend in the constituency 26th June 2017 A weekend of wall-to-wall sunshine was just what was needed for two great events in the North Yorkshire summer calendar. On Saturday, the Dales Festival of Food... Articles
