Firms in Masham have now commissioned a new sign at a fraction of that price.
BBC: Masham businesses pay for town sign on northbound A1
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Labour's Baroness Gould of Potternewton focused on HIV-Aids diagnosis, before crossbencher Baroness Masham of Ilton highlighted "hard-to-reach" sufferers of tuberculosis.
BBC: Public health campaigns to remain in reformed NHS
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But Baroness Masham argued that "something serious needs to be done to make this a genuine requirement", as she moved the amendment.