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CITY of York Council’s chief operating officer has promised to bring stability to the council’s senior leadership team after three restructures…

A RECENT council scrutiny committee saw the council extolling the virtues of a ‘team around the child’, in reference to supporting vulnerable…

Nuremberg documents Budd and Stuart Schulbergs efforts to locate original footage of atrocities filmed by the Nazis themselves.

With the closing of a beloved landmark restaurant, Ed’s Steakhouse’s shuttered doors have caused a ripple throughout the Bedford community. On Jan. 2, after 67 years in operation, Ed’s Steakhouse

The nave of York Minster PLANS for a new 32 metre-high telecommunications mast in York have been criticised, with neighbours saying it will damage the city’s skyline. To compare the height of the mast to a city landmark, the nave of York Minster is 29m high. One resident has asked if the mast could be attached to the grade II-listed chimney in Foss Islands Road instead. A planning application has been submitted for the telecommunications mast to be installed at the former Heworth gas ...

PLANS to build a ‘floating house’ in York - which neighbours have been fighting for four years - have been given the green light. It is the third planning application developer Michael Hammill has submitted to City of York Council seeking permission to build a one-bedroom home in an access lane in Howard Street, off Fulford Road. It will see a two-storey property built in the gap across the lane at upper floor level - meaning cars will be able to drive underneath and the building will...

The national movement is fighting for the Right to Food to be incorporated into the Government’s National Food Strategy A NEW petition is calling for York to sign up to the Right to Food pledge as figures show more than 4,000 children in the city are living in poverty. The national movement is fighting for the Right to Food to be incorporated into the Government’s National Food Strategy - the first independent review of England’s entire food system in 75 years. Campaigners war...

Council leader Keith Aspden COUNCIL tax in York will rise by nearly 5 per cent after the local authority agreed its budget. It increases the council tax bill for a band D home by £69, to £1,452.36. This is the City of York Council portion of the council tax bill. The police and fire precept - the amount people pay through their council tax for police, fire and rescue services - is added on to the bill separately. The rise of 4.99 per cent is the maximum allowed without the need for a re...

Children will return to the classroom from March 8 A YORK MP will host a meeting for city residents ahead of schools re-opening next month. Central MP Rachael Maskell is hosting a Zoom meeting for parents, carers and residents to have their say on the future of education services and children’s services, to raise any issues they are currently experiencing, and to share and discuss ideas on this policy area. Cllr Bob Webb, Labour’s Spokesperson for Children and Young People on the City...

MORE than 1,000 young people have been left out of work in York as a result of the pandemic. Labour councillors are calling for Government action to extend its job placement scheme - and for the council to improve its own apprenticeship scheme. A spokesperson for the group said more than 1,000 York people aged 16 to 24 are now unemployed - a figure that is expected to rise next month when the latest data is published. The group is calling for action to help "ensure young people are not ...