We must stop this council flunkie from killing off a great one-woman restaurant - Kelvin MacKenzie

We must stop this council flunkie from killing off a great one-woman restaurant - Kelvin MacKenzie

Times are tough enough without a local council flunky (with all his job and pension security) damaging a restaurant business in the middle of nowhere, where owner Ruth Hanson does all the kitchen prep herself, the washing up, the bookings, the till, payroll and then cooks the meals. The restaurant is called Hansom in Bedale, North Yorkshire. To give you some idea of its remoteness, it's seven miles from Northallerton, 31 miles from York and 36 m…