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MPs Rishi Sunak and Kevin Hollinrake have welcomed further progress on making the A19 in North Yorkshire a safer road. Following completion of work to close gaps in the central reservation at Mount Grace Priory, near Northallerton, Highways England is pressing ahead with design work on additional safety improvements. Detailed design work is being carried out on the stretch of the road between the A172 Tontine junction and Trenholme Bar, near East Rounton. Designs are also being worked on for the road between the A684/Ellerbeck junction and Knayton, north of Thirsk. The work includes the closing of central reservation gaps and some access points, new junctions, and improvements to safety barriers, signs and road markings – after consultation with local people.
THE events of the last year have underlined the importance of connections for every one of us. While virtual connections became more vital because of the restrictions which made face-to-face meetings difficult or impossible, physical connections – like our road and rail networks – will again be important as our economy recovers from the pandemic. Connectivity in all its forms has been a key priority for me since I became an MP here in 2015. Indeed the very first opportunity I had as a backbench MP to raise an issue at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons was used to talk about rural broadband and the importance of good, high quality, access to the internet for us in North Yorkshire.
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Long-standing fixtures on its attractive High Street include a branch of the Yorkshire institution that is Bettys tea room, which is located in an elegant Georgian building with doll’s house-like proportions and a charming hidden terrace where you can soak up the sun as you enjoy afternoon tea, and the award-winning food and wine emporium Lewis & Cooper, which has occupied the same spot since 1899 and still remains a family run business.
A busy market day in Northallerton. Picture: James Hardisty
Then there’s Barkers, a family owned department store that was once dubbed the ‘Harrods of the North’ and has a fascinating history dating back to 1882. Its co-founder, William Barker, was one of 14 brothers and sisters who grew up on a farm in East Cowton. With the farm unable to support all the boys of the family, William, at the age of 14, embarked upon an apprenticeship with John Oxendale at his drapery shop.
Bus driver Terry Pinnegar at Beamish Museum. Picture: STUART BOULTON BEAMISH museum, Locomotion and Tyne & Wear Archives are amongst the North-East attractions welcoming people back as art galleries and museums reopen this May. Many museums and galleries around County Durham, Teesside and the wider North-East have not announced plans to reopen, with confirmation that Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown is going ahead coming just last night. But those preempting the green light to swing doors open and welcome back customers will be doing so from next week. Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has announced staggered reopening dates for its venues, with Laing Art Gallery and Great North Museum: Hancock, both in Newcastle, opening on May 17.