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COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER

Will beautiful coastal towns like Scarborough rediscover the glory and status they once enjoyed?

Can our seaside towns rediscover their lost glory days?

Wensleydale Creamery, home to Yorkshire’s most famous cheese

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER The story of cheesemaking in Wensleydale - and beyond

The effects of Storm Babet in Scarborough

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER The absolute mayhem of this seaside town during Storm Babet

The reward for climbing Wansfell Pike in the Lake District is the spectacular view from the top

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER Hike, walk or saunter – what do you call it?

Twins Minnie and Fanny Benson, who were notable and well-loved characters from my home village

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER Fond recollections of well-loved twins from home village

Protestors mounted the roof of Rishi Sunak's North Yorkshire home back in August. He now wants to erect a fence around it,.

Rishi Sunak in bid to erect fence around North Yorkshire home after Greenpeace stunt

The outline of one of Joseph Foord’s water races can still be seen at Newgate Bank on the Helmsley to Stokesley Road

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER The North Yorkshire engineer who seemingly made water run uphill

Brompton by Sawdon near Scarborough claims to be the 'Birthplace of Aviation'

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER This North Yorkshire village the birthplace of aviation? More than a flight of fancy

Minnie Benson, with one of her many Lassies

COUNTRYMAN'S DUAGHTER Dogs called Lassie, super-sleuth mums, and what to do with dad's archive

Rishi Sunak finally confirmed the axing the high-speed link from Birmingham to Manchester after weeks of speculation during a Tory party conference speech at lunchtime

REVEALED: The North East projects earmarked for funding after HS2 scrapped

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Visitors to the ancient settlement of Skara Brae in the Orkneys have been throwing coins into what they thought was a well and making wishes. Turns out it is actually a sewage drain

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER Why visitors to this remote area are throwing lucky coins into a sewage drain

Brompton by Sawdon near Scarborough claims to be the 'Birthplace of Aviation'

COUNTRYMAN's DAUGHTER Is the 'birthplace of aviation' really this North Yorkshire village?

Steve was attacked in the face by angry wasps after running over their nest with his ride-on mower (Picture )

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER The painful consequences of when wasps attack

The traditional start of Reeth Show

Rishi Sunak column: It was a privilege to join the Reeth Show parade

According to readers, one reason dimpled pint pots with handles disappeared was because when broken, the handles could be used as offensive weapons in a pub brawl!

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER A pot full of opinions: The perils and positives of the dimpled pint glass

The Gypsey Race just about visible in the centre of this picture, near the village of Duggleby on the Yorkshire Wolds. The word ‘Gypsey’ refers to the fact that it ‘comes and goes’, flowing intermittently above and below ground

COUNTRYMAN's DAUGHTER The Yorkshire stream which runs an 'eerie course' above and below ground

Residents from across North Yorkshire took part in the Reeth Show in Swaledale this Bank Holiday Monday (August 28) as horses, produce, and even stuntmen were on show at the event Credit: SARAH CALDECOTT

Pictures as Rishi Sunak visits Reeth Show as residents enjoy fun-filled day

Wasps can become a nuisance at this time of year

Countryman's Daughter: Is the wasp really a pest?

Jack Suggitt’s cobbler’s workshop recreated at the Ryedale Folk Museum. I remember Mr Suggitt cutting my hair

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER A hair-raising experience: Why this cobbler cut my hair when I was aged just two

The ‘tulip’, left, and the ‘Nonic’, right, glasses that superseded the dimpled pint jug once lager became more popular

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER Where have all the dimples gone in our pub pint pots?

The village of Thixendale, in the Yorkshire Wolds

Just how did the ancient residents of this dry valley get their water?

Police in Kirby Sigston this morning dealing with the Greenpeace protest at Rishi Sunak's home

Climate protestors climb up Rishi Sunak's North Yorkshire home in anti-oil stunt

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The beautiful village of Thixendale nestles in one of the dales typical of the Yorkshire Wolds

Why do Yorkshire Wolds play bridesmaid to the Moors and Dales?

The three strips of darker green in the middle of this picture are evidence of the ancient ploughing method, ridge and furrow

The easy clues to centuries-old evidence of farmers' hard graft

The ever-patient Heartbeat actors Tricia Penrose, Vanessa Hehir and David Lonsdale, who spent hours signing autographs for fans

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER 13 years on from last episode of Heartbeat, its popularity is undiminished

This detail in my dad's mass book threw up some amazing details

How this little 17th Century mass book hides a big history

The Black Swan Hotel, Helmsley

Can tea, dinner and supper really all be the same meal?

The small mass book dating from 1688 that was in my dad’s study

Little book of mystery: Why carrying this could have proved highly dangerous

My ‘posh’ best friend Rhi enjoying an afternoon tea

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER How posh are you? The difference between high tea, low tea and afternoon tea

We think the final resting place of my mum’s grandmother, Mary ‘Polly’ Lacy, is where the clump of dead daffodils is, just to the left of the gravestone of Mary Ann Dale and her husband Martin. John Cook’s headstone is just beyond the clump of

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER Have we found Polly? My quest to find resting place of mum's grandparents

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak swapped from running the country to running 10k on Sunday (May 28) morning as he was spotted at the Northallerton 10k in his Richmond constituency.

Rishi Sunak swaps running the country for running 10k as he's spotted at race

Richard Darbishire, who uses local milk to make Swaledale Cheese, with his sons Johnny and Archie at the No 10 Farm to Fork Summit

Rishi Sunak column: Ensuring British farming is at the heart of British trade

Duncombe Park Country Fair showcases many aspects of traditional rural life

Putting on a right good show to celebrate rural life

Michael Gove confirms Teesworks investigation after 'serious allegations'

Rishi Sunak with the Wombles of Hambleton at Romanby Park, Northallerton

Rishi Sunak joins litter-picking heroes for fifth anniversary celebration

For obvious reasons, beacons were placed in spots with extensive views for miles around, just like this at the top of Beacon Bank in my home village

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER Beacon of light: The hills which helped provide our forebears with urgent signals

Rishi Sunak opening the new diagnostics centre at the Friarage Hospital

Rishi Sunak column: ‘The Friarage now operates as a model rural hospital’

Rishi Sunak meets villagers in the Countryman’s Inn community pub in Hunton, near Bedale

Rishi Sunak column: Helping communities to save pubs and local facilities

Plans for the state-of-the-art facility, which will more than double the number of planned operations the hospital carries out each year, were given the green light on Wednesday (February 8).

Rishi Sunak welcomes approval of £33.5m surgical hub at hospital as start date set

The central and southern henges of Thornborough Henges have been gifted to the nation.

Future of 'Stonehenge of the North' secured after being gifted to the nation

Rishi Sunak outlines government plans to tackle NHS crisis.

Rishi Sunak reveals how he plans to tackle NHS crisis in major speech

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak serves Christmas dinner to troops with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (centre) at the Tapa military base, in Tapa, Estonia Picture: Henry Nicholls/PA

Rishi Sunak column: Busy run-in to the Christmas holiday

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Rishi Sunak meets North York Moors National Park apprentices and volunteers at Lord Stones with Park chief executive Tom Hind

Rishi Sunak column: Favourite spots to unwind after a busy week in Westminster

Green activists project fuel poverty images on to Rishi Sunak’s house

Green activists project fuel poverty images on to Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire house

The hotel in Northallerton Picture: NORTHERN ECHO

Worry over plans to move asylum seekers into hotel in Rishi Sunak's Northallerton constituency

Rishi Sunak said a moratorium on fracking would be reinstated during his first PMQs (Cuadrilla/PA)

Rishi Sunak reintroduces fracking ban in England, overturning Liz Truss decision

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Rishi Sunak will become the UK's next Prime Minister following the resignation of Liz Truss

Rishi Sunak to become new Prime Minister as he wins latest Tory leadership race

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his bid to replace Liz Truss as prime minister

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announces his bid to replace Liz Truss as prime minister

Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Ben Wallace are all among the bookies favourites for next Prime Minister

These are the favourites to become Prime Minister as Liz Truss resigns

According to the latest report into the Covid furlough schemes by the National Audit Office, £4.5 billion was claimed in error or in fraud

Covid furlough scheme lost billions to fraud and error, watchdog claims

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Rishi Sunak with Friarage Hospital staff in the new department

Rishi Sunak column: The comments about the Friarage that lifted my spirits

The now-King with local farmers at Wensleydale Creamery in 2015 Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Rishi Sunak column: Treasured memories of royal occasions

Rishi Sunak celebrating with Friarage staff, from left, operating theatre manager Sarah Baker, chief medical officer Mike Stewart, and matron Vicki Davidson

Rishi Sunak column: I will always champion the Friarage Hospital

Sunak called for the Conservative Party to get behind Liz Truss (PA)

Rishi Sunak breaks silence as he loses out on PM position to Liz Truss